Synonyms for broke
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Broken — without any money, penniless
broken, poor, hard up, stone-broke, flat, impoverished, bankrupt, penniless, strapped for money, stony, stony-broke, destitute, needy, insolvent, poverty-stricken, indigent, beggared, penurious, stuck slang dated, strapped slang, skint slang UK IE, bust slang
Definitions
- adj. 1
Without any money, penniless.
Related words
- Word family
- brokeness
- Phrases
- go for broke stone-broke stony-broke broke off
Example sentences
- broken He got his arm broken while he was playing soccer.
By length
- 4 letters
- poor1, flat1, bust1
- 5 letters
- stuck1, needy2, stony2, skint
- 6 letters
- broken2
- 8 letters
- bankrupt2, strapped1, indigent3, beggared
- 9 letters
- destitute3, penniless3, insolvent3, penurious4
- 12 letters
- impoverished3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (needy2 = 2 syllables).