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

While unions representing teachers and firefighters front the opposition, billionaire donors are bankrolling parallel ballot measures to weaken or void the tax. — Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026

Michelangelo, court artisans — all these things happened because someone was bankrolling them. — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 18 Aug. 2026

Wall Street's largest banks are riding a lucrative new wave — bankrolling the AI gold rush. — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2026

The man bankrolling it, John Middleton, was seated in the first row behind the Phillies’ dugout Friday. — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026

But the exact source of those dollars remains hidden, leaving voters in the dark about who is bankrolling the plan to overhaul the state’s tax structure. — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026

Allies include Brin’s Building a Better California, which is bankrolling two counter-measures aimed at undermining the billionaire tax. — Ben Paviour july 2, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026

Northanger Limited was founded in October 2024 with producers bankrolling development from private funds worth £300,000. — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 22 June 2026

If the superfund template survives, the next decade of American energy policy will be written by trial lawyers, attorneys general and a handful of out-of-state philanthropies bankrolling the litigation pipeline. — Yaël Ossowski, Boston Herald, 30 May 2026