Synonyms of insolvent

insolvent 1 of 2

adjective

as in bankrupt

not having enough money to pay debts

The company has become insolvent.

insolvent debtors

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bankrupt
• bankrupted
• impoverished
• penniless
• indigent
• busted
• destitute
• bust
• poor
• broke
• reduced
• needy
• impecunious
• deprived
• skint
• disadvantaged
• beggarly
• down-and-out
• needful
• famished
• distressed
• threadbare
• penurious
• depressed
• necessitous
• pauperized
• underprivileged
• poverty-stricken
• beggared
• dispossessed
• ruined
• dirt-poor
• straitened
• hard up
• hand-to-mouth
• short
• low
• unaffluent
• pinched
• hardscrabble
• possessionless
• poorish
• tapped out
• cash-strapped

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• prosperous
• comfortable
• wealthy
• rich
• affluent
• opulent
• moneyed
• fat
• monied
• well-to-do
• flush
• fat-cat
• well-off
• silk-stocking
• deep-pocketed
• well-heeled

insolvent

2 of 2

noun

as in waif

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bankrupt
• waif
• beggar
• urchin
• ragamuffin
• mendicant
• panhandler
• drifter
• almsman
• gamine
• have-not
• hobo
• indigent
• transient
• pauper
• roamer
• tramp
• down-and-out
• vagabond
• down-and-outer
• ne'er-do-well

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• affluent
• plutocrat
• moneybags
• millionaire
• deep pocket
• billionaire
• fat cat
• have
• millionairess
• magnate
• nabob
• success
• tycoon
• billionairess
• moneymaker
• gazillionaire

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of insolvent

Adjective

In general, the Fed is allowed to lend only to solvent institutions, not insolvent ones. —Timothy F. Geithner, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2016

Trust funds are used to shore up payments to Social Security beneficiaries and they're projected to become insolvent in 2035, one year later than estimated last year by the Social Security Board of Trustees, based on an annual report filed in May. —Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 14 Nov. 2024

Noun

The scheme impacted both investors trading and the exchange itself, which had to suspend operations after Eisenberg's attack made the exchange insolvent. —Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 19 Apr. 2024

Unfortunately, this made the bank insolvent, and a bank run ensued. —Zain Jaffer, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024