bankroller

One who funds

A bankroller is someone who provides the money for an enterprise—the financial backer behind a project, venture, or activity.

The term emphasizes the role of funding rather than creative or operational involvement: The film's bankroller stayed out of casting decisions.

Often carries a slight connotation of behind-the-scenes influence or control through financial leverage.

backer

sponsor

Funder of activities

supporterOne who backs another
benefactorOne who gives aid
patronRegular supporter or customer

angel · underwriter · donor · contributor · funder · guarantor · subsidizer · endower · philanthropist · promoter

financier

capitalist

Private ownership supporter

venture capitalistStartup equity investor
investorOne who allocates capital
moneylenderOne providing loans

creditor · lender · tycoon · magnate · mogul · industrialist · speculator · billionaire · oligarch · banker

patron

benefactor

One who gives aid

philanthropistDonor to charitable causes
endowerOne who provides funds
foundationUnderlying support structure

arts council · commissioner · sustainer · patroness · benefactress

Categories

supportersfan, patron, supporters, backers, ally
financiersinvestor, banker, capitalist, lender, creditor
power brokerspowerbroker, kingpin, kingmakers, puppeteer, kingmaker

Opposites

financial role in transactions

bankrollerborrower

One who takes temporarily

debtor · recipient · beneficiary · grantee · charity case

economic agency/power

bankrollerpauper

Person in extreme poverty

indigent · beggar · have-not · destitute · insolvent

Family

bankroll, bankrolled, bankrolling, bankrollers, bankrolls

Familiarity: Top 500,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G