proprietory
/pɹəˈpɹaɪətɔːɹi/
proprietory is the alternative form of proprietary.
Meaning of proprietary
Adjective
proprietary (comparative more proprietary, superlative most proprietary)
- Of or relating to property or ownership.
- proprietary rights
- Synonyms:
- proprietorial
- Owning something; having ownership.
- the proprietary class
- Synonyms:
- proprietorial
- Created or manufactured exclusively by the owner or licensee of intellectual property rights, as with a patent or trade secret.
- The continuous profitability of the company is based on its many proprietary products.
- Antonyms:
- nonproprietary
- Nonstandard and controlled by one particular organization.
- a proprietary extension to the HTML standard for Web page structure
- Antonyms:
- nonproprietary, open source
- Privately owned.
- a proprietary lake; a proprietary chapel
- Possessive, jealous, or territorial.
- Synonyms:
- proprietorial
Forms of proprietory
| comparative | more proprietory |
|---|---|
| superlative | most proprietory |
Origin of proprietory
Influence of -ory.
Questions about proprietory
- What is proprietory the alternative form of?
- Proprietory is the alternative form of proprietary.
- How do you pronounce proprietory?
- Proprietory is pronounced /pɹəˈpɹaɪətɔːɹi/.
Words near proprietory in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: proprietory (page history and authors); proprietary (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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