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

There was plenty of evidence on this point, the most important being that the Kittrells were being chased by creditors at the time of their transfers and the transfers left them insolvent and unable to satisfy their debts. — Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

The collection was listed among the assets of the Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA), which was recently deemed insolvent. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Noun

The diocese acknowledged that the value of Diocesan assets available to resolve claims, including any available insurance coverage, may not be sufficient to cover the claims and could leave the diocese insolvent. — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2025

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