bankrupt
The word “bankrupt” has 2 syllables: bank-rupt
It's pronounced as /ˈbæŋk.rʌpt/
What is synonym and antonym for bankrupt?
In the thesaurus, “bankrupt” has 91 synonyms and 54 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for bankrupt along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for bankrupt
- absent
- almsman
- backslider
- bare
- barren
- beggar
- bereft
- blackguard
- blank
- break
- broke
- bust
- cad
- debauchee
- debaucher
- decadent
- deficient
- degenerate
- delinquent
- depleted
- derelict
- destitute
- deviate
- devoid
- down-and-out
- down-and-outer
- drifter
- empty
- exhausted
- failed
- fragmental
- fragmentary
- gamine
- have-not
- heel
- hobo
- impoverish
- impoverished
- in Chapter 11
- incomplete
- incorrigible
- indigent
- innocent
- insolvent
- insufficient
- knave
- lacking
- lecher
- libertine
- lost
- mendicant
- miscreant
- missing
- out of business
- panhandler
- partial
- pauper
- pauperize
- perv
- pervert
- playboy
- playgirl
- profligate
- ragamuffin
- rake
- rakehell
- rascal
- reduce
- reprobate
- rip
- roamer
- rogue
- ruin
- ruined
- satyr
- scoundrel
- short
- spent
- stark
- straiten
- tapped out
- tramp
- transient
- urchin
- vacant
- vagabond
- villain
- void
- waif
- wanting
- wipe out
Antonyms for bankrupt
- abounding
- affluent
- billionaire
- billionairess
- brimming
- bulging
- bursting
- chock-full
- chockful
- crammed
- crowded
- deep pocket
- enrich
- fat
- fat cat
- filled
- flush
- fraught
- full
- furnished
- gazillionaire
- have
- jam-packed
- jammed
- loaded
- magnate
- millionaire
- millionairess
- moneybags
- moneymaker
- nabob
- packed
- plutocrat
- provided
- replete
- restored
- rich
- richen
- rife
- saint
- saturated
- saved
- solvent
- stuffed
- success
- successful
- supplied
- swarming
- teeming
- thick
- thronging
- tycoon
- unused
- wealthy
Meanings of bankrupt
- noun
- One who becomes unable to pay his or her debts; an insolvent person.
- A trader who secretes himself, or does certain other acts tending to defraud his creditors.
- verb
- To force into bankruptcy.
- adjective
- In a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay one's debts.
- Having been legally declared insolvent.
- Destitute of, or wholly lacking (something once possessed, or something one should possess).
Example Sentences
- The company was declared bankrupt after years of financial mismanagement.
- His lavish spending habits eventually left him bankrupt.
- Many businesses went bankrupt during the economic recession.
- The court appointed a trustee to handle the affairs of the bankrupt estate.
- She feared going bankrupt if her new venture didn’t succeed.
On this page you'll find 145 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to bankrupt, such as: abounding, absent, affluent, almsman, backslider, bare, barren.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
Related Words
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backslider
- AWOL
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- overstrain
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- in Chapter 11
- in Chapter 13
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failure
- Chapter 11
- abortion
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