| Insolvent 1. (a.) Not solvent; not having sufficient estate to pay one's debts; unable to pay one's debts as they fall due, in the ordinary course of trade and business; as, in insolvent debtor. 2. (a.) Not sufficient to pay all the debts of the owner; as, an insolvent estate. 3. (a.) Relating to persons unable to pay their debts. 4. (n.) One who is insolvent; as insolvent debtor; -- in England, before 1861, especially applied to persons not traders. Thesaurus Entries bankrupt, broke, broken, busted, destitute, down-and-out, failed, failure, fortuneless, homeless, impoverished, in Queer Street, in receivership, in the gutter, in the red, indebted, insolvent debtor, lame duck, landless, moneyless, on the rocks, out of funds, penniless, propertyless, ruined, unsound, wiped out, without a sou |