Pty

Adjective

proprietary (comparative more proprietary, superlative most proprietary)

1. Of or relating to property or ownership.
   • proprietary rights

   Synonyms:

   proprietorial

2. Owning something; having ownership.
   • the proprietary class

   Synonyms:

   proprietorial

3. 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

4. Nonstandard and controlled by one particular organization.
   • a proprietary extension to the HTML standard for Web page structure

   Antonyms:

   nonproprietary, open source

5. Privately owned.
   • a proprietary lake; a proprietary chapel
6. Possessive, jealous, or territorial.

   Synonyms:

   proprietorial

See all 11 meanings of proprietary