Synonyms for debt
dɛtdebt

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. debt

   Synonyms:
   debit, liability, default, obligation, claim, score, something due

   Antonyms:
   liquidation, assets, credit, trust, grace, favor, obligation, accommodation, gift, gratuity

Princeton's WordNet

1. debtnoun

   the state of owing something (especially money)

   "he is badly in debt"

2. debtnoun

   money or goods or services owed by one person to another

3. debtnoun

   an obligation to pay or do something

Matched Categories

1. • Indebtedness
   • Liabilities
   • Obligation

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. owe

   something, typically money, that is owed or due.

   i am not in debt anymore!

   Submitted by JP03 on October 27, 2014  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. debtnoun

   Synonyms:
   due, obligation

2. debtnoun

   Synonyms:
   trespass, offence, transgression, sin, fault, crime

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1. debtnoun

   Synonyms:
   liability, due, obligation, debit

   Antonyms:
   asset, resource

   Associated words:
   garnishee, distrain, distress, debenture

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1. List of paraphrases for "debt":

   debts, indebtedness, al-din, addin, eddin, religion, dette, borrowing, liabilities, indebted, eldeen, receivable, el-din, cleric, dean, obligations, loan, eddine, blame, receivables, duty, ad-din, borrowings

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1. DEBT

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How to use debt in a sentence?

1. Business Secretary Sajid Javid:

   The key point is any investment would have to be on commercial terms, investment can take a variety of forms - for example it could be debt.

2. Tamas Varga:

   Markets are worried that a Greek debt default could hit European economic growth and thus fuel demand.

3. Andrew Wilkinson:

   If Ukraine wants to settle with Russia on better terms (than what others received) they will have to come back to the bondholders for consent, under terms of the deal there is no carve-out for sovereign debt or Paris Club debt.

4. Mark Cutifani:

   The proceeds from this transaction ... will enable us to continue to reduce our net debt towards our targeted level of less than $10 billion at the end of 2016.

5. Mike Quillen:

   Debt will kill you in the coal business, and it’s cyclical. But everybody just got caught up in the idea that high coal prices would go on forever.