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

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

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