Definition for Debt:

• That which is due from one person to another; that which any one is obliged to do or to suffer; a failure in duty. An action of debt, an action to recover a sum of money by legal process. The debt of nature, death.

Synonyms for Debt:

• n.

  •
  • borrowings,
  • notes,
  • balance,
  • money,
  • home loan.
  •
  • pay,
  • due.
  •account payable (noun)
  • balance dues,
  • account-payable.
  •account receivable (noun)
  • account-receivable.
  •bill (noun)
  • in-voice,
  • in voice,
  • in-voices,
  • statement indebtedness,
  • itemized accounts,
  • in voices.
  •communication (noun)
  • debt.
  •debit (noun)
  • collectibles,
  • collectible.
  •debt (noun)
  • delinquency,
  • deficit,
  • note,
  • iou,
  • voucher,
  • default,
  • pledge,
  • arrears,
  • obligation.
  •deficit spending (noun)
  • debt explosion,
  • pump priming,
  • negative cash flow,
  • budget deficit,
  • no assets,
  • compensatory spending,
  • paying out in excess of income,
  • overspending,
  • deficit financing,
  • megadebt.
  •encumbrance (noun)
  • monkey on one back,
  • thorn ones side,
  • monkey one's back,
  • monkey one back,
  • monkey back,
  • monkey on ones back,
  • ball chain,
  • thorn one side,
  • thorn one's side,
  • thorn side,
  • thorn in one side,
  • thorn in ones side,
  • monkey ones back.
  •expense (noun)
  • de-privation,
  • out-put,
  • up-keep,
  • de privation,
  • out puts,
  • out lays,
  • in vestment,
  • sur-charges,
  • sur charges,
  • up keep,
  • de privations,
  • sur charge,
  • out put,
  • sur-charge,
  • over-heads,
  • in vestments,
  • in-vestments,
  • out-puts,
  • up-keeps,
  • in-vestment,
  • out-lays,
  • out pocket,
  • de-privations,
  • outdi,
  • out-lay,
  • over heads,
  • up keeps.
  •owing (noun)
  • liable,
  • in the red,
  • in arrears.
  •poverty (noun)
  • under-development,
  • penury,
  • impecuniousness,
  • Neediness,
  • Necessitousness,
  • underdevelopment,
  • impoverishment,
  • vacancy,
  • famine,
  • Impecuniosity,
  • pauperism,
  • penuriousness,
  • exiguity,
  • abjection,
  • pennilessness.
  •reckoning (noun)
  • cipherings,
  • addings.
  •score (noun)
  • in justices,
  • in-justice,
  • amount dues.
  •sin (noun)
  • mis deeds,
  • de-merits,
  • mis-deed,
  • un-godlinesses,
  • un-righteousness,
  • dis-obedience,
  • de-merit,
  • mis deed,
  • dis obedience,
  • de merit,
  • dis obediences,
  • de merits,
  • un-righteousnesses,
  • un godliness,
  • unrighteousnesses,
  • evil doings,
  • dis-obediences,
  • un godlinesses,
  • ungodlinesses,
  • sinfulnesses,
  • mis-deeds,
  • venialities,
  • evil-doings,
  • peccabilities,
  • wrongnesses,
  • un-godliness,
  • un righteousness,
  • un righteousnesses.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • grateful,
  • gratitude,
  • payable,
  • owing,
  • Arrearage,
  • remission,
  • repayable,
  • appreciative,
  • thankful,
  • beholden,
  • Student Loan,
  • bad debt,
  • run up,
  • indebted.
  •
  • mercifully,
  • borrowing,
  • outstanding,
  • payment,
  • thankfully,
  • embarrassment.
  •
  • appreciation.
  •
  • tab.
  •
  • touch.

Paraphrases for Debt:

• Reverse Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    indebtedness, indebted.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    indebtedness, over-indebtedness.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    debits, responsibilities, detainees, requirements, qualifications, headings, degrees, prisoners, headlines, DUES, shares, inmates, liabilities, kinds.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    deficit, debit, culpability, blame, mortgage, guilt, leverage, bondage.
  • Verb, past tense
    Gave, said.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    creditors, borrowing, borrowings.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    debt-servicing, servitude, borrowing, repayment, creditor.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    debts.

Antonyms for Debt:

• n.

  • money owed to others
    profit, irresponsibility, asset, cash, excess.
  • Other antonyms:
    morality, faultlessness, blamelessness.

Debt Sentence Examples:

• Let me get out of your debt.

• Monsieur, she said, I have come to pay something of a debt which I owe to you.

Homophones for Debt:

• davit, deviate, defeated, deaf-aid, depth, daybed, deputy, deadbeat dad, dipped, doped, deep-eyed, day by day, diabeta, depot, devote, daft, depute, divided, devoted, divot, david, devotee, divide, devout, dipodidae, devoid, deep-dye, deft, debut, defat, dead body, duvet, DVD, defeat, deadbeat, dubiety, doubt, deathbed, debate, day bed, debit.

Hypernym for Debt:

• n.

  • possession
    installment debt, debt ceiling, principal, arrears, public debt, bad debt, score, debt limit, loan, national debt.

Hyponym for Debt:

• n.

  • communication
    obligation.
  • possession
    liabilities.
  • state
    indebtedness, liability, financial obligation.