in debt

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broke adj.
embarrassed adj.
indebted adj.
in the red adj.
owing adj.

ADJECTIVE

broke

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bankrupt destitute insolvent penniless

STRONG

beggared bust impoverished ruined strapped

WEAK

cleaned out dirt poor flat broke in Chapter 11 indebted indigent needy penurious poor stone broke tapped out

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STRONGEST

rich solvent wealthy

WEAK

affluent

ADJECTIVE

embarrassed

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STRONG

bankrupt straitened

WEAK

insolvent poor

ADJECTIVE

indebted

Synonyms

STRONGEST

appreciative beholden duty-bound grateful obligated obliged thankful

WEAK

accountable answerable for bound bounden chargeable honor-bound hooked in hock liable owed owing responsible

Antonyms

STRONGEST

thankless unappreciative ungrateful

WEAK

paid settled

ADJECTIVE

in the red

Synonyms

WEAK

at a loss bankrupt behindhand defaulting delinquent in arrears in dire straits in hock in the hole insolvent losing money nonpaying to the bad unprofitably

Antonyms

WEAK

in the black

ADJECTIVE

owing

Synonyms

STRONG

mature matured owed unsettled

WEAK

attributable comeuppance due outstanding overdue payable

Antonyms

STRONG

green young

WEAK

paid resolved settled

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in debt

France has more than $1 trillion in debt coming due by 2030.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

As part of the deal, EA took on $20bn in debt, which the company will have to pay back.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

The bullish analyst expects SpaceX to issue another $80 billion in debt next year.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

The senior IMF official added that "many" low-income countries were in debt distress, or close to it, and that they should seek debt restructuring if they were not able to address the issue.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

This was a distressing thing to admit, given how hard I’d worked and how in debt I was.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

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