Synonyms of the word

bankrupt

• adj. In a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay one's debts.
• adj. Having been legally declared insolvent.
• adj. Destitute of, or wholly lacking (something once possessed, or something one should possess).
• v. (transitive) To force into bankruptcy.
• n. One who becomes unable to pay his or her debts; an insolvent person.
• n. (Britain, law, obsolete) A trader who secretes himself, or does certain other acts tending to defraud…

belly-up

• adj. Alternative spelling of belly up.

break

• v. (transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that…
• v. (transitive) To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.
• v. (transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.
• v. (intransitive) To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief.
• v. (transitive) To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate.
• v. (transitive) To ruin financially.
• v. (transitive) To violate, to not adhere to.
• v. (intransitive, of a fever) To pass the most dangerous part of the illness; to go down, temperaturewise.
• v. (intransitive, of a storm or spell of weather) To end.
• v. (transitive, gaming slang) To design or use a powerful (yet legal) strategy that unbalances the game in…
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.
• v. (transitive) To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.
• v. (transitive) To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce.
• v. (intransitive, of a wave of water) To collapse into surf, after arriving in shallow water.
• v. (intransitive) To burst forth; to make its way; to come into view.
• v. (intransitive) To interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily.
• v. (transitive) To interrupt (a fall) by inserting something so that the falling object does not (immediately)…
• v. (transitive, ergative) To disclose or make known an item of news, etc.
• v. (intransitive, of morning) To arrive.
• v. (intransitive, of a sound) To become audible suddenly.
• v. (transitive) To change a steady state abruptly.
• v. (copulative, informal) To suddenly become.
• v. (intransitive) Of a voice, to alter in type: in men generally to go up, in women sometimes to go down;…
• v. (transitive) To surpass or do better than (a specific number), to do better than (a record), setting a…
• v. (sports and games).
• v. (transitive, military, most often in the passive tense) To demote, to reduce the military rank of.
• v. (transitive) To end (a connection), to disconnect.
• v. (intransitive, of an emulsion) To demulsify.
• v. (intransitive, sports) To counter-attack.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate.
• v. (intransitive) To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To fail in business; to become bankrupt.
• v. (transitive) To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of.
• v. (transitive) To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.
• v. (intransitive) To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change the gait.
• v. (intransitive, archaic) To fall out; to terminate friendship.
• v. (of a horse) To tame, to horsebreak.
• n. An instance of breaking something into two pieces.
• n. A physical space that opens up in something or between two things.
• n. A rest or pause, usually from work. Often the mid-morning breaktime in the school day.
• n. A short holiday.
• n. A temporary split with a romantic partner.
• n. An interval or intermission between two parts of a performance, for example a theatre show, broadcast,…
• n. A significant change in circumstance, attitude, perception, or focus of attention.
• n. The beginning (of the morning).
• n. An act of escaping.
• n. (computing) The separation between lines or paragraphs of a written text.
• n. (Britain, weather) A change, particularly the end of a spell of persistent good or bad weather.
• n. (sports and games).
• n. (dated) A large four-wheeled carriage, having a straight body and calash top, with the driver's seat in…
• n. (equitation) A sharp bit or snaffle.
• n. (music) A short section of music, often between verses, in which some performers stop while others continue.
• n. (music) The point in the musical scale at which a woodwind instrument is designed to overblow, that is,…
• n. (music) A section of extended repetition of the percussion break to a song, created by a hip-hop DJ as…

failure

• n. State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success.
• n. An object, person or endeavour in a state of failure or incapable of success.
• n. Termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function, breakdown.

impoverish

• v. (transitive) Make poor.
• v. (transitive) Weaken in quality; deprive of some strength or richness.
• v. (intransitive) Become poor.

insolvent

• adj. Unable to pay one's bills as they fall due.
• adj. Owing more than one has in assets.
• adj. Not sufficient to pay all the debts of the owner.
• n. (law) One who is insolvent; an insolvent debtor.

loser

• n. A person who loses; one who fails to win or thrive.
• n. Something of poor quality.
• n. A person who is frequently unsuccessful in life.
• n. (derogatory) A contemptible or unfashionable person.
• n. One who or that which loses something, such as extra weight, car keys, etc.

nonstarter

• n. A project that has no chance of success.
• n. A horse that does not run in a race for which it has been entered.

ruin

• n. (countable, sometimes in the plural) The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a…
• n. (uncountable) The state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed.
• n. (uncountable) Something that leads to serious trouble or destruction.
• n. (obsolete) A fall or tumble.
• n. A change that destroys or defeats something; destruction; overthrow.
• v. (transitive) to cause the fiscal ruin of.
• v. To destroy or make something no longer usable.
• v. To cause severe financial loss to; to bankrupt or drive out of business.
• v. To upset or mess up the plans or progress of, or to put into disarray; to spoil.

smash

• n. The sound of a violent impact; a violent striking together.
• n. (Britain, colloquial) A traffic accident.
• n. (colloquial, entertainment) Something very successful.
• n. (tennis) A very hard overhead shot hit sharply downward.
• n. (colloquial, archaic) A bankruptcy.
• v. To break (something brittle) violently.
• v. (intransitive) To be destroyed by being smashed.
• v. To hit extremely hard.
• v. (figuratively) To ruin completely and suddenly.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To defeat overwhelmingly; to gain a comprehensive success.
• v. (US) To deform through continuous pressure.
• v. (transitive, slang, vulgar, of a man) To have sexual intercourse with.