Verbal Ability - Synonyms - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Synonyms - Section 1 (Q.No. 32)
Directions to Solve

In the following the questions choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the given word.


32.
INSOLVENT
Poor
Bankrupt
Penniless
Broke
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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Discussion:
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Gowthami said:   1 decade ago
Give me a sentence using penniless and bankrupt?

Rahul kanna said:   1 decade ago
Bankrupt and broke both mean the same.

The question should also specify its "parts of speech".

If insolvent is "adjective" then answer is "broke".

If insolvent is "noun" then answer is "bankrupt".
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Achu said:   1 decade ago
Insolvent means bankrupt that is the man could not pay the money.

Manojit said:   1 decade ago
Penniless is an adjective.

Penniless ==> very poor, without money.

Revathy said:   1 decade ago
What is meant by penniless?

Md.Afsar said:   1 decade ago
Liquidity --> debt paying ability.

Manish said:   1 decade ago
Bankrut is most appropriate as both (insolvent & bankrupt) means a person unable to pay debts when he binds legally or socially.

Naziya said:   1 decade ago
What is meant by liquidity?

Hareesh said:   1 decade ago
As broke and bankrupt are same, why it will not be broke.

Sachin said:   1 decade ago
Main Entry: insolvent.

Part of Speech: adjective.

Definition: financially ruined.

Synonyms: bankrupt, broke*, broken, busted, failed, foreclosed, in Chapter 11, in Chapter 13, in receivership, in the red, indebted, lost, on the rocks, out of money, strapped, taken to the cleaners, unbalanced, undone, wiped out.

Antonyms: moneyed, rich, solvent, wealthy.

* = informal/non-formal usage.
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