broke
1 of 2 ˈbrōk 
past tense of break
broke
2 of 2adjective
: penniless
Synonyms
Adjective
- beggared
- beggarly
- destitute
- dirt-poor
- down-and-out
- famished
- hard up
- impecunious
- impoverished
- indigent
- necessitous
- needful
- needy
- pauperized
- penniless
- penurious
- poor
- poverty-stricken
- skint [chiefly British]
- threadbare
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Example Sentences
Adjective She is broke and homeless. Can I borrow 10 dollars? I'm broke until payday.
Recent Examples on the Web
Jasmine Browley, Essence, 28 July 2022 Going for broke rather than investing just 20 percent or zero in the market certainly produces a much higher upside. Laurence Kotlikoff, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022 Naive and good-natured, Scully failed to file travel expense reports, and the earnest announcer nearly went broke the first year. Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Aug. 2022 As the water rose, Ms. Estep tried to run for her life after a storage shed broke loose from its moorings and slammed hard into the side of her trailer, a gift from her boyfriend of 17 years, Ronnie Holcomb. New York Times, 31 July 2022 Alex Toth died broke and facing federal charges in 2008 at the age of 60. Fox News, 29 July 2022 At the signal, Thoms pulled so hard the oar broke, forcing officials to postpone the team’s heat. Kim O'connell, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 July 2022 And though there’s been a little remodeling over the years at the venerable sandwich shop his parents spun up 50 years ago, its safe to say that nothing’s broke. Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 20 July 2022 There's so many funny stories that my parents have of those early days when they were broke and figuring it out. Wisdom Iheanyichukwu, refinery29.com, 19 July 2022 See More
Adjective
It’s been reported that about 60 percent of former NBA players go broke within five years of retirement. Jasmine Browley, Essence, 28 July 2022 Going for broke rather than investing just 20 percent or zero in the market certainly produces a much higher upside. Laurence Kotlikoff, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022 Naive and good-natured, Scully failed to file travel expense reports, and the earnest announcer nearly went broke the first year. Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Aug. 2022 As the water rose, Ms. Estep tried to run for her life after a storage shed broke loose from its moorings and slammed hard into the side of her trailer, a gift from her boyfriend of 17 years, Ronnie Holcomb. New York Times, 31 July 2022 Alex Toth died broke and facing federal charges in 2008 at the age of 60. Fox News, 29 July 2022 At the signal, Thoms pulled so hard the oar broke, forcing officials to postpone the team’s heat. Kim O'connell, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 July 2022 And though there’s been a little remodeling over the years at the venerable sandwich shop his parents spun up 50 years ago, its safe to say that nothing’s broke. Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 20 July 2022 There's so many funny stories that my parents have of those early days when they were broke and figuring it out. Wisdom Iheanyichukwu, refinery29.com, 19 July 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Adjective
Middle English, alteration of broken
First Known Use
Adjective
1710, in the meaning defined above
Phrases Containing broke
Kids Definition
broke 1 of 2
past tense of break
broke
2 of 2adjective
ˈbrōk
: having no money
Medical Definition
broke
past of break
Legal Definition
broke
past of break
brokers
noun
1
as in intermediaries
one who works with opposing sides in order to bring about an agreement the broker in the hostage situation was a prominent reporter that the gunman felt he could trust Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- intermediaries
- negotiators
- mediators
- agents
- middlemen
- ambassadors
- attorneys
- conciliators
- liaisons
- intermediates
- honest brokers
- buffers
- peacemakers
- negotiants
- advisers
- intercessors
- representatives
- proxies
- moderators
- go-betweens
- interceders
- delegates
- envoys
- referees
- interposers
- advisors
- judges
- bargainers
- deputies
- factors
- reconcilers
- messengers
- umpires
- counselors
- troubleshooters
- arbitrators
- procurators
- appeasers
- counsellors
- emissaries
- arbiters
- interferers
- meddlers
- pacificators
- legates
- media
- busybodies
- pacifiers
- mediums
2
as in sellers
the person in a business deal who hands over an item in exchange for money all of the local yacht brokers were at the boat show Synonyms & Similar Words
- sellers
- vendors
- dealers
- traders
- merchants
- retailers
- salesmen
- venders
- merchandisers
- distributors
- wholesalers
- auctioneers
- exporters
- resellers
- smugglers
- salespeople
- peddlers
- concessionaires
- traffickers
- tradesmen
- scalpers
- hucksters
- black marketeers
- bootleggers
- hawkers
- discounters
- jobbers
- hustlers
- pedlars
- fences
- saleswomen
- fencers
- chapmen
- black marketers
- shopgirls
- salesclerks
- hagglers
- horse traders
- e-tailers
- bargainers
- palterers
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- buyers
- purchasers
- consumers
- users
- end users
- ephemeralness
- ephemeralnesses
- ephemerals
- ephemeran
- ephemeras
- ephemeres
- ephemerid
- Ephemerida
- ephemeridae
- Ephemeridae
- ephemerides
- ephemerids
- ephemeris
- ephemeris time
- ephemerises
- ephemerisses
- ephemerists
- ephemeron
- ephemerons
- Ephemeroptera
- ephemeropterae
- ephemeropteran
- ephemeropterans
- ephemeropteras
- ephemerous