Synonyms of funded

funded

verb

past tense of fund

1

as in financed

to furnish (as an institution) with a regular source of income

her will funded a new science center for her beloved alma mater

Synonyms & Similar Words

• financed
• endowed
• established
• subsidized
• supported
• organized
• founded
• donated
• sponsored
• granted
• contributed
• bequeathed
• awarded
• promoted
• subscribed
• backed
• underwrote
• capitalized
• invested (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• received
• defunded
• drew
• disendowed
• subsisted

2

as in subsidized

to provide money for

Dad advised me to get a job because he wasn't going to fund my social life forever

Synonyms & Similar Words

• financed
• subsidized
• supported
• sponsored
• endowed
• endorsed
• capitalized
• bankrolled
• staked
• underwrote
• backed
• maintained
• advocated
• aided
• paid
• championed
• refinanced
• patronized
• provided (for)
• defrayed
• liquidated
• paid up
• refunded
• grubstaked
• paid off
• stood
• nourished
• sprang (for)
• settled
• cofinanced
• footed
• discharged
• recompensed
• cleared
• quit

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• defunded

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of funded

Startups that were founded within the past five years or funded within the past two years are able to apply, according to Anthropic. — Justina Lee, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026

Agravitas is funded by the Basque government, the regional government, the provincial council, and the Bilbao city council, as well as the BBK Banking Foundation. — News Desk, Artforum, 6 Oct. 2026

However, there are no dedicated, consistently funded federal programs to clean up any other type of mine, such as gold, silver, iron, or uranium. — ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026

The special services for these students are only partially funded by state and federal resources. — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

The merger creating Skydance was funded with $47 billion of investment in Class B common stock, led by Larry Ellison, RedBird Capital Partners, LionTree, and the sovereign wealth funds of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Abu Dhabi. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026

The project is being funded by the Michigan Mobility Funding Platform, which is managed by NextEnergy in cooperation with the Michigan Office of Future Mobility and Electrification. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026

During that time, its activities will be funded by voluntary contributions from Adidas, H&M Group, Inditex and Bestseller, but the hope is that other brands join too, and the blueprint is eventually embedded in EPR policies across the EU. — Bella Webb, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2026

In the two-thousands, Oakland added more than forty new small schools as part of an equality effort funded in large part by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2026