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

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

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

The city ultimately landed on subsidizing some of the costs for a potential buyer using funds from the city’s downtown tax increment financing, or TIF, district, which the Barry House lies within. — Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2026

In 2018, New York City officials rolled out a voucher program with an unwieldy name, CityFHEPS, and the laudable goal of decreasing homelessness by subsidizing housing. — Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026

That’s because Medicare, rather than the Part D insurer, is subsidizing the prescription. — Ali Swenson, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026

Mark Cohen observed that law firms have long depended upon clients subsidizing the development of young lawyers through billable work and that AI challenges both the economics and developmental logic of that arrangement. — Joseph Andrew, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026