CAPITALIZING Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

capitalizing

verb

present participle of capitalize

as in financing

to provide money for several investors agreed to capitalize the new venture

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defunding

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Recent Examples of capitalizing At the Big Ten office, capitalizing means reshaping the league’s inventory and creating special events that place its best programs, environments and star athletes into key television windows. — Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 26 June 2026 And seeing their dad capitalizing off this situation makes my heart break for all the people that have been sending money. — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 20 June 2026 But capitalizing from one in back-to-back matches is unprecedented. — Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2026 Getting lucky and capitalizing. — George Skelton, Mercury News, 10 June 2026 That sort of inning has led to them capitalizing later against starters in some games. — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2026 With the midterms approaching, certain primaries have reflected broader debates about whether the Party might consider cursing more, capitalizing tweets, going Dark Woke. — Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026 Memes, gossip, the latest celebrity beef — the business of being in the know is more lucrative than ever before, and the film industry is capitalizing. — Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 11 Mar. 2026 The plan remains capitalizing upon the festival as a launchpad for stickiness, and catapulting movies from cult to mainstream status. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 11 Mar. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for capitalizing

Verb

This leads central bankers to ask who is financing the build out, and the long-term stability in doing so.

— Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Examples range from financing community cooling centers and supporting ecosystem restoration to helping smallholder farmers in supply chains adopt practices such as crop diversification and rainwater storage that build resilience to drought.

— Sylvain Johansson, Fortune, 7 July 2026

Definition of financing

Verb

Abruzzo, the county administrator, insisted none of those projects have been put on hold and the county will not be redirecting airport funds to the renaming effort — despite the airport website’s claim about airport revenues funding the effort.

— Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 9 July 2026
This older plan included funding the design of the Broadmore Bridge’s replacement.

— Noah Daly, Idaho Statesman, 9 July 2026

Definition of funding

Verb

To acknowledge this calculation, platforms should group rides and deliveries into tight, localized clusters instead of heavily subsidizing long, isolated routes, in recognition that drivers prioritize route efficiency.

— Christopher S. Tang, The Conversation, 8 July 2026
But taxpayers should not be subsidizing corporate labor costs while Washington walks away from its commitments.

— Dave Cortese, Mercury News, 8 July 2026