Synonyms of bankrolled

bankrolled

verb

past tense of bankroll

as in financed

to provide money for

several corporations bankrolled the Broadway musical

Synonyms & Similar Words

• financed
• funded
• subsidized
• supported
• capitalized
• endowed
• staked
• underwrote
• sponsored
• endorsed
• backed
• aided
• advocated
• maintained
• championed
• paid
• patronized
• provided (for)
• defrayed
• stood
• refinanced
• liquidated
• paid up
• nourished
• cofinanced
• paid off
• grubstaked
• refunded
• sprang (for)
• settled
• footed
• discharged
• recompensed
• quit
• cleared

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• defunded

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bankrolled

The national nest egg also bankrolled the military, as soldiers could be paid partly in property. — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

The primary became increasingly bitter in the final weeks, with an attack ad from Shaheen accusing Sullivan of being bankrolled by the pro-Israel lobby and corporate interests. — Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026

Perhaps surprisingly, that same business has quietly bankrolled Spano’s path to the sky. — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2026

Corporate money has poured into both sides of the Massachusetts primary, with Advance Progress, a PAC supportive of Moulton, bankrolled by major financial players like former Bain Capital co-chair Josh Bekenstein. — Garrett Downs, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026

In June, the Florida Bulldog published an article detailing how Alvarez’s campaign was being bankrolled by Trump allies who were irate by Ruiz’s ruling in the presidential library case. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2026

The group sought to prove its point again Sunday by partnering with Nida Abu Baker, whose father was sentenced in 2009 for coleading a Texas charity that bankrolled terrorists. — Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 9 Aug. 2026

The plan was for the Speedwell to remain in North America and fish for cod to salt and dry and take back to help repay the investors who bankrolled the journey. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026

But the campaign was largely bankrolled by organizations that do not have to disclose their donors, which raised eyebrows from some voters. — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026