Meanings
plural homeowners
- Someone who owns a house.
The homeowner theorized that the intruders saw that the house was up for sale and targeted it for their rager.
2022 June 22, Selim Algar, “Incensed owner of $8M Florida mansion ransacked by teens wants them prosecuted”, in New York Post, New York, N.Y.: News Corp, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Jul 20221 more example
He advised homeowners to get insurance before then so they can be grandfathered in as discretionary buyers of flood insurance in a nonflood zone.
2009 September 6, Joseph Berger, “Flood Zone Remapping Hits Hard on Long Island”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 17 Jun 2022 - Someone who does not have the title to a house, but has possession and is paying for it in installments.
The taxability of forgiven debt is set to become a pressing issue as more homeowners fall behind on their mortgages and face foreclosure.
2007 August 24, “Foreclosure and Taxes”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱey-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóymos
- Proto-Indo-European*teḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*tḱéytibf.
- Proto-Indo-European*tḱey-
- Proto-Indo-European*tḱóymos
- Proto-Germanic*haimaz
- Proto-West Germanic*haim
- Old Englishhām
- Middle Englishhom
- Englishhome
- Middle Englishouner
- Englishowner
- Englishhomeowner
Translations
Ancient Greek οἰκονόμος
- οἰκονόμος (oikonómos)someone who owns a house
Bulgarian домопритежа́тел, домопритежа́телка
- домопритежа́тел (domopritežátel)someone who owns a house
- домопритежа́телка (domopritežátelka)someone who owns a house
Chinese Mandarin 屋主
- 屋主 (wūzhǔ)someone who owns a house
Dutch huiseigenaar
- huiseigenaarsomeone who owns a house
Finnish asunnonomistaja
- asunnonomistajasomeone who owns a house
German Hauseigentümer, Hauseigentümerin
- Hauseigentümersomeone who owns a house
- Hauseigentümerinsomeone who owns a house
Hebrew בַּעַל בַּיִת
- בַּעַל בַּיִת (bá'al báyit)someone who owns a house
Hindi घरवाला, घरवाली
- घरवाला (gharvālā)someone who owns a house
- घरवाली (gharvālī)someone who owns a house
Hungarian lakástulajdonos, háztulajdonos
- lakástulajdonossomeone who owns a house
- háztulajdonossomeone who owns a house
- házbérlősomeone who does not have title to a house, but has possession and is paying for it by instalments
- lakásbérlősomeone who does not have title to a house, but has possession and is paying for it by instalments
- lakósomeone who does not have title to a house, but has possession and is paying for it by instalments
Japanese 家持ち
- 家持ち (iemochi)someone who owns a house
Polish właściciel domu/mieszkania
- właściciel domu/mieszkaniasomeone who owns a house
Portuguese proprietário (de casa), proprietária (de casa)
- proprietário (de casa)someone who owns a house
- proprietária (de casa)someone who owns a house
- dono (de casa)someone who owns a house
- dona (de casa)someone who owns a house
Romanian proprietar, proprietară
- proprietarsomeone who owns a house
- proprietarăsomeone who owns a house
Russian домовладе́лец, домовладе́лица
- домовладе́лец (domovladélec)someone who owns a house
- домовладе́лица (domovladélica)someone who owns a house
Spanish dueño de casa, dueña de casa
- dueño de casasomeone who owns a house
- dueña de casasomeone who owns a house
Swedish villaägare, husägare
- villaägaresomeone who owns a house
- husägaresomeone who owns a house
Welsh perchen tŷ
- perchen tŷsomeone who owns a house
Cite this entry
homeowner. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homeowner
“homeowner.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homeowner. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “homeowner,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homeowner.
Source: homeowner on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.