Synonyms and antonyms of Bankruptcy in American Thesaurus

administration (noun)

British a situation in which the financial affairs of a business that cannot pay its debts are taken over by an administrator

administrator (noun)

British a person or company that takes over the financial affairs of a company that cannot pay its debts

bankrupt (adjective)

a person or business that is bankrupt has officially admitted that they have no money and cannot pay what they owe

bankrupt (adjective)

a country or state that is bankrupt owes more money than it can ever pay back

bankrupt (adjective)

formal without any good qualities at all

bankrupt (verb)

to make a person, business, or country bankrupt or very poor

bankrupt (noun)

someone who has officially admitted that they have no money and cannot pay what they owe

bankruptcy (noun)

a situation in which a person or business becomes bankrupt

bust (adjective)

informal a company or organization that is bust has lost all its money and can no longer continue to operate

go broke ()

to no longer have any money and be unable to pay what you owe. Go bankrupt is a less informal expression

liquidator (noun)

someone whose job is to liquidate a company so that it can pay money that it owes

official receiver (noun)

in some countries someone whose job is to manage the property of a person or company that is bankrupt (=cannot pay what they owe)

receiver (noun)

business an official put in charge of a business that has financial problems by a court

repo man (noun)

American someone whose job is to take cars away from people who no longer have enough money to make regular payments. Repo is short for “repossession.”