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

Still, portfolio managers who spoke to CNBC said the move in tech bond yields could impact financing future deals.

— Seema Mody, CNBC, 24 July 2026
Predictable cash flow makes forecasting easier, financing more attractive and post-acquisition performance more dependable.

— Melissa Houston, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

Definition of financing

Verb

However, funding for surveillance and response capacity remains widely recognized as a cornerstone for effective outbreak control.

— Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 24 July 2026
Meta, Microsoft, Amazon and Apple are all scheduled to release results over the coming days, with funding the AI boom now a key metric when assessing the balance sheet.

— Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 23 July 2026

Definition of funding

Verb

How Freedom Fuel is subsidizing the cost of its cheap gas is unclear.

— Frank Landymore, Futurism, 16 July 2026
Meanwhile, despite whatever financial pressures hang over universities, a growing number of them are still subsidizing their athletic departments to cover mounting costs.

— Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 15 July 2026