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owner

own·er
O o

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [oh-ner]
    • /ˈoʊ nər/
    • /ˈəʊnə(r)/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [oh-ner]
    • /ˈoʊ nər/

Definitions of owner word

  • noun owner a person who owns; possessor; proprietor. 1
  • adjective owner of, relating to, or belonging to oneself or itself (usually used after a possessive to emphasize the idea of ownership, interest, or relation conveyed by the possessive): He spent only his own money. 1
  • adjective owner (used as an intensifier to indicate oneself as the sole agent of some activity or action, preceded by a possessive): He insists on being his own doctor. 1
  • verb with object owner to have or hold as one's own; possess: They own several homes. 1
  • verb with object owner to acknowledge or admit: to own a fault. 1
  • verb with object owner to acknowledge as one's own; recognize as having full claim, authority, power, dominion, etc.: He owned his child before the entire assembly. They owned the king as their lord. 1

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Origin of owner

First appearance:

before 1300
One of the 15% oldest English words
Middle English word dating back to 1300-50; See origin at own, -er1

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Owner

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

owner popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

owner usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for owner

noun owner

  • big gun — If you refer to someone as a big gun, you mean that they have a lot of power or influence.
  • big guns — an influential or important person or thing: He's a big gun in science.
  • boss — Your boss is the person in charge of the organization or department where you work.
  • captain — In the army, navy, and some other armed forces, a captain is an officer of middle rank.
  • captain of industry — You can refer to the owners or senior managers of industrial companies as captains of industry.

Antonyms for owner

noun owner

  • appropriator — suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc.: an appropriate example; an appropriate dress.
  • bedfellow — You refer to two things or people as bedfellows when they have become associated or related in some way.
  • bombsight — a mechanical or electronic device in an aircraft for aiming bombs
  • bootlicker — to seek the favor or goodwill of in a servile, degraded way; toady to.
  • buyer — A buyer is a person who is buying something or who intends to buy it.

Top questions with owner

  • who was the first slave owner?

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