Synonyms of bankrupts

bankrupts 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of bankrupt

as in ruins

to cause to lose one's fortune and become unable to pay one's debts

several bad investments bankrupted him

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ruins
• reduces
• breaks
• busts
• impoverishes
• beggars
• pauperizes
• cleans (out)
• wipes out
• straitens

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• enriches
• richens

bankrupts

2 of 2

noun

plural of bankrupt

1

as in delinquents

Related Words

• delinquents
• derelicts
• incorrigibles
• degenerates
• perverts
• rakes
• rips
• backsliders
• libertines
• scoundrels
• villains
• profligates
• deviates
• knaves
• reprobates
• debauchees
• blackguards
• decadents
• heels
• pervs
• cads
• debauchers
• miscreants
• rogues
• playboys
• rakehells
• rascals
• satyrs
• lechers
• playgirls

Dissimilar Words

• saints

2

as in insolvents

Related Words

• insolvents
• beggars
• waifs
• urchins
• ragamuffins
• mendicants
• drifters
• panhandlers
• paupers
• transients
• hoboes
• almsmen
• tramps
• indigents
• roamers
• vagabonds
• gamines
• have-nots
• down-and-outs
• ne'er-do-wells

Dissimilar Words

• plutocrats
• affluents
• moneybags
• millionaires
• haves
• deep pockets
• billionaires
• fat cats
• magnates
• successes
• tycoons
• nabobs
• moneymakers
• gazillionaires
• millionairesses
• billionairesses

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bankrupts

Verb

The 2020s have been a decade of compounding American institutional failure — a pandemic, political rupture, an affordability crisis, student loan servicers treated as adversaries, a healthcare system that bankrupts the sick, and a growing sense that the system is not working as advertised. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2026