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

The bottom line is that policyholders in California have little-to-no risk of their insurer going insolvent. —Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025

Pritzker also sided with government unions over taxpayers by authorizing around $100 million in new annual pension sweeteners for two nearly insolvent Chicago funds. —Forrest Claypool, Chicago Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025

Noun

The British government pulled funding and, in early 1982, declared the DeLorean Motor Co. insolvent. —Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2024

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