Debtor

//ˈdɛt.ə//

Synonyms for "debtor" (6 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Noun(1 words)

Strong matches (1)

Related words (3)

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8 relation types

More general

3 entries

Antonyms

2 entries

capable of

1 entries

derived

6 entries

derived from

2 entries

has context

2 entries

is a

1 entries

related to

2 entries

Translations

101 translations across 53 languages.

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Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • χρεωφειλέτης noun (a person or firm that owes money)
  • ὀφειλέτης noun (a person or firm that owes money)

Arabic

2 entries
  • مديون noun (a person or firm that owes money)
  • مَدِين noun (a person or firm that owes money)

Armenian

1 entries
  • պարտապան noun (a person or firm that owes money)

Asturian

2 entries
  • deudor noun (a person or firm that owes money)
  • deudora noun (a person or firm that owes money)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • даўжні́к noun (a person or firm that owes money)
  • даўжні́ца noun (a person or firm that owes money)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • длъжни́к noun (a person or firm that owes money)
  • длъжни́ца noun (a person or firm that owes money)
  • длъжни́чка noun (a person or firm that owes money)

Catalan

2 entries
  • deutor noun (a person or firm that owes money)
  • deutora noun (a person or firm that owes money)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • قەرزار noun (a person or firm that owes money)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 借方 noun (a person or firm that owes money)
  • 債務人 /债务人 noun (a person or firm that owes money)
  • 欠債人 /欠债人 noun (a person or firm that owes money)

Church Slavic

1 entries
  • длъжьникъ noun (a person or firm that owes money)

Czech

2 entries
  • dlužnice noun (a person or firm that owes money)
  • dlužník noun (a person or firm that owes money)

Dalmatian

1 entries
  • debituar noun (a person or firm that owes money)

Danish

2 entries
  • debitor noun (a person or firm that owes money)
  • skyldner noun (a person or firm that owes money)

Dutch

3 entries
  • debiteur noun (a person or firm that owes money)
  • debitrice noun (a person or firm that owes money)
  • schuldenaar noun (a person or firm that owes money)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • debitoro noun (a person or firm that owes money)
  • ŝuldanto noun (a person or firm that owes money)

Estonian

2 entries
  • võlglane noun (a person or firm that owes money)
  • võlgnik noun (a person or firm that owes money)

Finnish

3 entries
  • luotonottaja noun (a person or firm that owes money)
  • luotonsaaja noun (a person or firm that owes money)
  • velallinen noun (a person or firm that owes money)

French

2 entries
  • débiteur noun (a person or firm that owes money)
  • débitrice noun (a person or firm that owes money)

Georgian

1 entries
  • მევალე noun (a person or firm that owes money)

German

2 entries
  • Schuldner noun (a person or firm that owes money)
  • Schuldnerin noun (a person or firm that owes money)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐌻𐌰 noun (a person or firm that owes money)

Greek

2 entries
  • οφειλέτης noun (a person or firm that owes money)
  • οφειλέτρια noun (a person or firm that owes money)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • חַיָּב noun (a person or firm that owes money)
  • חייב noun (a person or firm that owes money)
  • חייבת \ חַיֶּבֶת noun (a person or firm that owes money)

Hindi

4 entries
  • अधमर्ण noun (a person or firm that owes money)
  • ऋणी noun (a person or firm that owes money)
  • क़र्ज़दार noun (a person or firm that owes money)
  • धर्ता noun (a person or firm that owes money)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • adós noun (a person or firm that owes money)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • skuldari noun (a person or firm that owes money)
  • skuldunautur noun (a person or firm that owes money)

Italian

2 entries
  • debitore noun (a person or firm that owes money)
  • debitrice noun (a person or firm that owes money)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 借方 noun (a person or firm that owes money)
  • 債務者 noun (a person or firm that owes money)

Korean

1 entries
  • 채무자 noun (a person or firm that owes money)

Latin

2 entries
  • dēbitor noun (a person or firm that owes money)
  • dēbitrix noun (a person or firm that owes money)

Latvian

2 entries
  • parādniece noun (a person or firm that owes money)
  • parādnieks noun (a person or firm that owes money)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • skolininkas noun (a person or firm that owes money)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • должник noun (a person or firm that owes money)
  • должничка noun (a person or firm that owes money)

Malay

1 entries
  • penghutang noun (a person or firm that owes money)

Māori

3 entries
  • kaitangonama noun (a person or firm that owes money)
  • kaiwhakatārewa noun (a person or firm that owes money)
  • tangata noho nama noun (a person or firm that owes money)

Norman

1 entries
  • detteur noun (a person or firm that owes money)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • debitor noun (a person or firm that owes money)
  • skyldner noun (a person or firm that owes money)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries
  • debitor noun (a person or firm that owes money)
  • skuldnar noun (a person or firm that owes money)
  • skyldnar noun (a person or firm that owes money)

Old English

1 entries
  • sċola noun (a person or firm that owes money)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Schildna noun (a person or firm that owes money)

Polish

2 entries
  • dłużniczka noun (a person or firm that owes money)
  • dłużnik noun (a person or firm that owes money)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • devedor noun (a person or firm that owes money)
  • devedora noun (a person or firm that owes money)

Romanian

2 entries
  • debitoare noun (a person or firm that owes money)
  • debitor noun (a person or firm that owes money)

Russian

3 entries
  • дебито́р noun (a person or firm that owes money)
  • должни́к noun (a person or firm that owes money)
  • должни́ца noun (a person or firm that owes money)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • dùžnica noun (a person or firm that owes money)
  • dùžnīk noun (a person or firm that owes money)
  • ду̀жница noun (a person or firm that owes money)
  • ду̀жнӣк noun (a person or firm that owes money)

Slovak

2 entries
  • dlžník noun (a person or firm that owes money)
  • dlžníčka noun (a person or firm that owes money)

Slovene

2 entries
  • dolžnica noun (a person or firm that owes money)
  • dolžnik noun (a person or firm that owes money)

Spanish

2 entries
  • deudor noun (a person or firm that owes money)
  • deudora noun (a person or firm that owes money)

Swahili

1 entries
  • mdeni noun (a person or firm that owes money)

Swedish

1 entries
  • gäldenär noun (a person or firm that owes money)

Thai

1 entries
  • ลูกหนี้ noun (a person or firm that owes money)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • боржни́к noun (a person or firm that owes money)
  • боржни́ця noun (a person or firm that owes money)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • con nợ noun (a person or firm that owes money)

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

That man is a heavy debtor.

Source: tatoeba (397838)

A debtor of my debtor is not a debtor of mine.

Source: tatoeba (664086)

Borrower Kevin J. Rosenberg, 46, of Beacon, N.Y., asked the court to forgive his student debt because repaying the loans was impossible and created an undue hardship, the legal test of whether a debtor should be forgiven.

Source: tatoeba (8485571)

The debtor agreed to repay the loan within six months.

Source: wiktionary

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.