FUNDING Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

funding 1 of 2

noun

as in subsidy

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2 of 2

verb

present participle of fund

as in financing

to furnish (as an institution) with a regular source of income her will funded a new science center for her beloved alma mater

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as in subsidizing

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

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defunding

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Noun

Colom’s campaign told the Washington Examiner that the Democratic nominee had no part in commissioning, funding, conducting, or releasing the Wedgewood survey and that the campaign only referenced it as a public poll. — Hailey Bullis, The Washington Examiner, 22 Oct. 2026 Private investors can sometimes trade their shares, but the market is less liquid, with the payoff coming when a company is sold, taken public, or raises a new round of funding. — Diane Brady, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026 Jasarevic told Semafor that WHO’s $115 million budget for Ebola was 80% funded, while Fleur Vernat, UNICEF’s partnerships manager in DR Congo, said her agency’s response faced a 65% funding gap. — Ruben Nyanguila, semafor.com, 21 Oct. 2026 To keep providers open, the federal government spent more than $50 billion on the industry, funding staff training, higher wages, protective gear and childcare assistance for more families. — ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026 The Democratic governors of New Jersey and Virginia elected last year both campaigned on plans to increase child care funding. — Moriah Balingit, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026 Warnock calls for more election funding Administrators said additional federal funding could help hire seasonal workers, upgrade equipment, improve polling-place accessibility and strengthen emergency preparations. — CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026 Without long-term federal funding for transportation projects, manufacturing plants and good-paying jobs like these could leave North Carolina entirely. — Kevin Blackwell, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026 Any future power upgrades and their funding would require further consideration. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026

Verb

In Ohio, America PAC is funding ads, text and phone outreach among other measures helping Republican Jon Husted against Democrat Sherrod Brown, according to FEC filings. — Luke Fountain,lora Kolodny, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026 Although supporters say the fear that billionaires will flee the state are overblown, the ultrawealthy have made moves to potentially avoid paying the tax or are funding campaigns to defeat it. — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026 On Jathar’s first visit, those organizational talking points included advocating for funding smart grids, authorizing Department of Energy research, and investing in STEM education. — Lucas Laursen, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Oct. 2026 This source said that the Emiratis believed that the program’s status as a charity made its international transactions less likely to be scrutinized and therefore served as a useful cover for funding MBZ and his brother’s secret wars. — Matthew Cole, Vanity Fair, 22 Oct. 2026 So far, only two phases of the repair plan are complete, and there's an issue with funding the remaining four phases of the project. — Lauren Pozen, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 Like any investment, the General Assembly should carefully weigh the costs and benefits of funding a stadium. — Charlotte Observer, 14 Oct. 2026 Identifying important emerging technologies and consistently funding them is essential to maintaining a lead in space. — Kathleen Curlee, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2026 The enigma of comets and asteroids lured the world’s space agencies into funding a series of robotic probes to study them. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for funding

Noun

Smaller-scale landlords tend to be more flexible with tenants on issues such as late rent, data show, so the city should award grants or subsidies to help those landlords keep their properties habitable, Khanmalek said.

— Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Tesla has its own stakes in Washington, where Congress and federal agencies can reshape electric-vehicle tax breaks, battery subsidies, autonomous-vehicle rules and trade policy affecting Chinese competitors.

— Luke Fountain,Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of subsidy

Verb

Meta told Fortune the new stock is mainly about financing its AI spending.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Youssef is directing from his own script, with his Cairo Cowboy producing alongside Eli Bush, Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie for Central; Christopher Storer and Tyson Bidner for American Light & Fixture; and A24, which is financing the project.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of financing

Verb

In other words, taxpayers are subsidizing the payroll beneath a dynastic fortune.

— Christopher Marquis, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
For now, the leading AI companies can stay afloat by attracting huge investment (OpenAI and Anthropic), or subsidizing their AI operations with their traditional revenue streams (Google and Meta).

— Frank Landymore, Futurism, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of subsidizing

Noun

In an onstage conversation with the endowment’s CEO, Damon Wilson, Díaz-Balart said Americans can take for granted freedoms other societies have lost.

— Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
The new strategic direction comes less than one year into Ford Foundation President Heather Gerken's tenure at the helm of the social justice funder's $18 billion endowment.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of endowment

Noun

The challenge, of course, is that the number of sponsorships available hinges on Netflix’ programming slate.

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 27 Oct. 2026
The sponsorship was intended to raise awareness of Yum among potential investors who recognized KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell, but might not be aware of the parent company.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Oct. 2026

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