| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unable to pay debts |
| Synonyms: | broke, depleted, destitute, exhausted, failed, impoverished, in Chapter 11, insolvent, lacking, lost, out of business, ruined, spent, tapped out |
| Antonyms: | rich, solvent, wealthy |
| Main Entry: | helpless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | incapable, incompetent; vulnerable |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, basket-case, debilitated, defenseless, dependent, destitute, disabled, exposed, feeble, forlorn, forsaken, friendless, handcuffed, impotent, inefficient, inexpert, infirm, invalid, over a barrel, paralyzed, pinned, powerless, prostrate, shiftless, tapped, tapped out, unable, unfit, unprotected, up creek without paddle, weak, with hands tied |
| Antonyms: | able, capable, competent, enterprising, independent, resourceful, skilled, strong |
| Main Entry: | penniless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without any money |
| Synonyms: | bankrupt, broke*, clean*, cleaned out, dead broke, destitute, dirt poor, down to last penny, flat broke, flat*, impecunious, impoverished, in the gutter, indigent, lacking, moneyless, necessitous, needy, on last leg, over a barrel, penurious, poor, poverty-stricken, ruined, strapped, tapped out, without a dime |
| Antonyms: | affluent, rich, wealthy |