Synonyms of bankrolling

bankrolling 1 of 2

noun

as in funding

Related Words

• funding
• financing
• subsidy
• endowment
• sponsorship
• backing
• patronage
• assistance
• encouragement
• aegis
• aid
• auspice
• fosterage
• help

bankrolling

2 of 2

verb

present participle of bankroll

as in financing

to provide money for

several corporations bankrolled the Broadway musical

Synonyms & Similar Words

• funding
• financing
• subsidizing
• supporting
• capitalizing
• underwriting
• endowing
• staking
• sponsoring
• endorsing
• aiding
• backing
• advocating
• maintaining
• championing
• paying
• refinancing
• defraying
• patronizing
• providing (for)
• standing
• liquidating
• cofinancing
• refunding
• grubstaking
• footing
• paying off
• nourishing
• springing (for)
• paying up
• settling
• discharging
• quitting
• recompensing
• clearing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• defunding

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bankrolling

Noun

Just last week, the utilities spent $10 million against me, joining Big Oil’s bankrolling of my opponents. — Tom Steyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2026

As recently as this summer, Robinson boasted about his role in co-creating, bankrolling, and starring in Legacy of Lies, an action movie headlined by John Wick martial artist Scott Adkins. — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025

Verb

In recent years, foreign actors have increasingly begun bankrolling American legislators, taking advantage of massive loopholes in campaign finance laws and the Federal Election Commission’s lack of enforcement. — Matthew Duss, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2026

That largely has been left to Silicon Valley, where Sergey Brin and Eric Schmidt are among those bankrolling the campaign against it, along with support for the competing propositions 41 and 42. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 2 Nov. 2026

Outraged Jewish groups are now demanding organizers answer for bankrolling violent extremists. — Staff, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026

New campaign finance filings reveal the major role billionaire Elon Musk has played in bankrolling Republican efforts against Democrat James Talarico in his home state of Texas. — ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026

Goldberg has been at Skydance for 16 years, helping the company move from bankrolling movies to producing its own films and shows. — Brent Lang, IndieWire, 6 Oct. 2026

Cook got longtime search cash cow Alphabet to bankroll Apple’s AI, which means bankrolling not only Gemini but, perhaps more important, the huge power costs. — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 27 Sep. 2026

The grandees of Gullen have set their hopes on Claire’s bankrolling their faltering community’s recovery. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Proposition 137 would siphon $175 million in taxpayer dollars every year to degrade and destroy Colorado’s landscape by bankrolling industrial logging of tens of thousands of acres annually. — Josh Schlossberg, Denver Post, 25 Aug. 2026