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

Related Words

• bankrupt
• bankrupted
• impoverished
• penniless
• indigent
• 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

Dissimilar Words

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

insolvent

2 of 2

noun

as in waif

Related Words

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

Dissimilar Words

• 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

The federal government has been insolvent for many years, and budget deficits and debt are nothing new. —Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 14 May 2026

Anyone with a basic understanding of math can see that the United States is functionally insolvent. —Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026

Noun

This omnibus pledge can have the effect of rendering the debtor insolvent such that any transfer that the debtor tries to make for asset protection purposes is voidable by a creditor. —Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025

The group found that Trump’s agenda would make the government program insolvent in six years, shrinking the current timeline by a third, and expanding Social Security’s cash shortfall by trillions of dollars. 5. —Kristian Burt, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2024