Synonyms of subsidizing

subsidizing

verb

present participle of subsidize

1

as in funding

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

the museum is annually subsidized by funds from several major corporations

Synonyms & Similar Words

• funding
• financing
• establishing
• endowing
• supporting
• organizing
• contributing
• donating
• promoting
• granting
• sponsoring
• founding
• awarding
• subscribing
• underwriting
• bequeathing
• backing
• capitalizing
• investing (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• receiving
• defunding
• drawing
• disendowing
• subsisting

2

as in financing

to provide money for

housing for the elderly that was subsidized by the federal government

Synonyms & Similar Words

• funding
• financing
• supporting
• capitalizing
• underwriting
• bankrolling
• endowing
• sponsoring
• endorsing
• staking
• advocating
• aiding
• maintaining
• backing
• paying
• championing
• refinancing
• patronizing
• defraying
• refunding
• providing (for)
• liquidating
• standing
• grubstaking
• cofinancing
• nourishing
• paying off
• footing
• discharging
• springing (for)
• settling
• paying up
• quitting
• recompensing
• clearing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• defunding

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of subsidizing

No one considers states subsidizing Tom Cruise’s salary an attempt to save good-paying middle-class jobs, like a grip or focus puller. — Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2026

Paying an insider may be the only way to maintain access, protect the source or extract someone from a movement, but that same payment also carries the risk of subsidizing the movement itself. — Arie Perliger, The Conversation, 31 Aug. 2026

In theory, a middle power could choose to stop subsidizing superpowers. — Wal Van Lierop, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Early advertising results within ChatGPT have been promising enough that executives are increasing the number of ads, potentially subsidizing free access for the 92% of ChatGPT’s consumer users who, Friar says, do not pay for a subscription. — Alex Heath, Time, 26 Aug. 2026

The cost to Medicare of subsidizing the drugs will depend largely on how many people use the program, and the federal government hasn’t released an estimate. — Jackie Fortiér, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026

The first terawatt was mostly rich countries subsidizing the installation of solar, with China and poor countries still finding photovoltaics too expensive. — Akshat Rathi, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026

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