BANKROLL Synonyms: 73 Similar and Opposite Words

bankroll 1 of 2

noun

ˈbaŋk-ˌrōl

Definition of bankroll

as in fund

available money my total bankroll right now is $2,000

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bankroll

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verb

as in to fund

to provide money for several corporations bankrolled the Broadway musical

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defund

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Recent Examples of bankroll

Noun

Multiple survivors of Frederick von Mierers' Eternal Values cult are featured in the docuseries, though none more prominently than Hoyt Richards, a former model who used his fame and success to help bankroll von Mierers' enterprise before eventually escaping his clutches. — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 2 June 2026 Musk, who helped bankroll OpenAI, launched a rival for-profit AI company in 2023 called xAI, which built a chatbot that competes with ChatGPT. — Max Zahn, ABC News, 18 May 2026

Verb

Offshore oil discoveries could bankroll her jobs promise, or deepen the sense that Namibia’s wealth flows elsewhere. — Yinka Adegoke, semafor.com, 25 Sep. 2026 And the megastudio will start a $5 million annual fund to bankroll indie movies. — Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bankroll

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bankroll

Noun

Caputo vowed to prevent such pitfalls, with intelligence and financial oversight agencies helping to vet applicants' identities, criminal records and sources of funds.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
Multiple sources said the group has courted Ken Griffin, the billionaire hedge-fund mogul who lives in Miami and this week announced a $3 billion donation to bring a Carnegie Mellon college campus to the city’s Wynwood neighborhood.

— Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of fund

Verb

The roughly 1 percentage point increase in the rate since then translates roughly into an additional $276-a-month cost for a borrower financing a $400,000 home loan at the current average rate.

— Michelle Chapman, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Broadcom — The semiconductor maker’s stock rose more than 3% after Reuters reported Broadcom has agreed to lend Anthropic up to $42 billion to finance infrastructure purchases .

— Scott Schnipper, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of finance

Noun

Folding the two sections keeps it compact enough for a pocket or toolbox while still offering enough length for most quick measurements when unfolded.

— Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 6 Oct. 2026
The drawback is that most Americans must pay out of pocket for the test, which carries a list price north of $900, before factoring in any discounts.

— Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of pocket

Verb

Much of that sum—$250 million—comes from his contract with the Saudi Pro League’s Al Nassr, which is believed to be subsidized by commercial agreements orchestrated by the club.

— Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 6 Oct. 2026
His work as a reporter, which subsidizes his writing career, has taken him to Afghanistan, Bosnia, Ukraine, Kosovo, and most recently, Kuwait, for an upcoming magazine story about drones and the war in Iran.

— Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of subsidize

Noun

While the Houthis control most of the people, the PLC controls most of the resources and money.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 4 Oct. 2026
According to Nvidia, OpenShell puts AI agents inside isolated environments to restrict access to files, tools, networks, credentials and other resources.

— Joshua Hong, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2026