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

Young Iranians contend with high rates of unemployment and underemployment; older generations have found their pension funds to be largely insolvent. —Karim Sadjadpour, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2026

The district said if the loan is denied, the district is projected to be insolvent after the 2026-27 school year. —Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 9 Jan. 2026

Noun

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

Trump's change would make Social Security’s retirement trust fund insolvent more thanone year earlier – in early 2032 instead of late 2033 -- and the initial 21% cut across the board would deepen to a 25% cut, CRFB said. —Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2024