owner
Syllables: own·erUK/ˈəʊnə//ˈoʊnɚ/
owner noun: one who owns something.
Noun
owner (plural owners)
- One who owns something.
- The police recovered the stolen car and returned it to its owner.
- The marina was filled with yachts and powerboats, sleek multihulls fitted with the latest satellite-navigation gear that would steer the owners painlessly towards similar luxury berths at Portofino and Bandol.2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 141
- Synonyms:
- possessor, proprietor
- The captain of a ship.
owner meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
owner in Hindi
- one who owns
- मालिक mālik, यजमान yajmān, साहिब sāhib, साहब sāhab
owner in Tamil
- உரிமையாளர், முதலாளி, சொந்தக்காரர்
owner in Marathi
- one who owns
- मालक mālak, मालकीण mālkīṇ
owner in Urdu
- one who owns
- مالِک mālik, صاحِب sāhib
More languagesFewer languages
- owner in Bengali
- মালিক malik, সাহেব śaheb
- owner in Telugu
- స్వంతదారు svantadāru, యజమాని yajamāni
- owner in Malayalam
- ഉടമ uṭama
- owner in Kannada
- ಒಡೆಯಕಾರ, ಸ್ವಾಮಿ, ಧಣಿ, ಮಾಲೀಕ
- owner in Punjabi
- مالک mālak mālik, ਮਾਲਕ mālak, صاحب sāhab, ਸਾਹਿਬ sāhib
- owner in Gujarati
- માલિક
- owner in Odia
- ପତି pati
- owner in Sanskrit
- स्वामिन् svāmín
- owner in Sinhala
- හිමියා himiyā
- owner in Assamese
- গিৰি giri, মালিক malik, গৰাকী goraki
- owner in Pashto
- مالک mālik, صاحب sāhéb
- owner in Tagalog
- may-ari
- owner in Arabic
- مَالِك mālik, مَالِكَة mālika, صَاحِب ṣāḥib, صَاحِبَة ṣāḥiba
- owner in Malay
- pemilik, tuan, punya
- owner in Indonesian
- empunya, pemilik
- owner in Thai
- เจ้าของ jâo-kɔ̌ɔng
- owner in Vietnamese
- chủ nhân
- owner in Myanmar
- ပိုင်ရှင် puinghrang, အရှင် a.hrang
Examples of owner in a sentence
- Thieves turned over the apartment while the owners were away on holiday.
- An SUV parked me in. Could you please page its owner?
- The owners let the managers eventually earn a stake in the business.
Synonyms of owner
Forms of owner
| plural | owners |
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Origin of owner
Inherited from Middle English ouner, from Old English āgnere. By surface analysis, own + -er, though etymologically own is a back-formation from owner.
Words formed from owner
- beneficial owner
- boatowner
- business owner
- by owner
- cabowner
- coalowner
- co-owner
- dishowner
- dogs have owners, cats have staff
- farm owner
- flockowner
- gunowner
- herdowner
- homeowner
- houseowner
- landowner
- laundryowner
- millowner
- mineowner
- multi-owner
- nonowner
- owner-driver
- owneress
- ownerless
- owner-occupier
- owner-operator
- ownership
- owner-type jeepney
- part-owner
- product owner
- rightsowner
- shareowner
- shipowner
- shopowner
- shop owner
- slave owner
- slaveowner
- storeowner
- straw owner
- traditional owner
Phrases with owner
Words that rhyme with owner
Questions about owner
- What does owner mean?
- Owner means one who owns something.
- What is owner in Hindi?
- Owner in Hindi is मालिक (mālik), यजमान (yajmān), साहिब (sāhib). See Owner meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is owner?
- Owner is a noun.
- How do you pronounce owner?
- Owner is pronounced /ˈoʊnɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of owner?
- The plural of owner is owners.
Words near owner in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: owner (page history and authors); owner (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); owner (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); رب (Punjabi) (page history and authors); owner (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ପତି (Odia) (page history and authors); स्वामिन् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); හිමියා (Sinhala) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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