Meanings
plural owners
- One who owns something.
The police recovered the stolen car and returned it to its owner.
2 more examples
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 141Sometimes the sound was close, as the owner of the voice was wandering just on the outside walls of his living quarters.
2012, Sherri Lackey, The Vrykolakas Deviation, page 117Synonyms: possessor, proprietor
- slangnauticalThe captain of a ship.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOne who owns something.
More synonyms by meaning
noun(law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Englishāgnere
- Middle Englishouner
- Englishowner
Inherited from Middle English ouner, from Old English āgnere. By surface analysis, own + -er, though etymologically own is a back-formation from owner.
More words from Middle English, Old English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans eienaar
- eienaarone who owns
Ancient Greek κτήτωρ
- κτήτωρ (ktḗtōr)one who owns
Arabic مَالِك, مَالِكَة
- مَالِك (mālik)one who owns
- مَالِكَة (mālika)one who owns
- صَاحِب (ṣāḥib)one who owns
- صَاحِبَة (ṣāḥiba)one who owns
Bengali মালিক, সাহেব
- মালিক (malik)one who owns
- সাহেব (śaheb)one who owns
Bulgarian со́бственик, со́бственичка
- со́бственик (sóbstvenik)one who owns
- со́бственичка (sóbstvenička)one who owns
- притежа́тел (pritežátel)one who owns
- притежа́телка (pritežátelka)one who owns
- стопа́нин (stopánin)one who owns
- стопа́нка (stopánka)one who owns
- владе́тел (vladétel)one who owns
- владе́телка (vladételka)one who owns
Catalan propietari
- propietarione who owns
Chinese Mandarin 所有者, 主人
- 所有者 (suǒyǒuzhē)one who owns
- 主人 (zhǔrén)one who owns
Czech majitel, majitelka
- majitelone who owns
- majitelkaone who owns
- vlastníkone who owns
- vlastničkaone who owns
Danish ejer
- ejerone who owns
Dutch eigenaar, eigenares
- eigenaarone who owns
- eigenaresone who owns
- bezitterone who owns
- bezitsterone who owns
Esperanto proprietulo, posedanto
- proprietuloone who owns
- posedantoone who owns
Estonian omanik
- omanikone who owns
Finnish omistaja
- omistajaone who owns
French propriétaire
- propriétaireone who owns
German Inhaber, Besitzer
- Inhaberone who owns
- Besitzerone who owns
- Besitzerinone who owns
- Eigentümerone who owns
- Eigentümerinone who owns
Greek ιδιοκτήτης, ιδιοκτήτρια
- ιδιοκτήτης (idioktítis)one who owns
- ιδιοκτήτρια (idioktítria)one who owns
Hebrew בַּעַל, בַּעֲלָה
- בַּעַל (bá'al)one who owns
- בַּעֲלָה (ba'alá)one who owns
Hindi मालिक, यजमान
- मालिक (mālik)one who owns
- यजमान (yajmān)one who owns
- साहिब (sāhib)one who owns
- साहब (sāhab)one who owns
Hungarian tulajdonos
- tulajdonosone who owns
Icelandic eigandi
- eigandione who owns
Indonesian empunya, pemilik
- empunyaone who owns
- pemilikone who owns
Irish úinéir
- úinéirone who owns
Italian proprietario, proprietaria
- proprietarioone who owns
- proprietariaone who owns
Japanese 持ち主, 所有者
- 持ち主 (mochinushi)one who owns
- 所有者 (shoyūsha)one who owns
- オーナー (ōnā)one who owns
- 主人 (shujin)one who owns
Korean 소유자, 주인
- 소유자 (soyuja)one who owns
- 주인 (ju'in)one who owns
Latin possessor, dominus
- possessorone who owns
- dominusone who owns
Latvian saimnieks, saimniece
- saimnieksone who owns
- saimnieceone who owns
Lithuanian saviniñkas
- saviniñkasone who owns
Malay pemilik, tuan
- pemilikone who owns
- tuanone who owns
- punyaone who owns
Māori rangatira
- rangatiraone who owns
Norwegian Bokmål eier
- eierone who owns
Polish właściciel, właścicielka
- właścicielone who owns
- właścicielkaone who owns
Portuguese proprietário, dono
- proprietárioone who owns
- donoone who owns
Romanian proprietar
- proprietarone who owns
Russian владе́лец, владе́лица
- владе́лец (vladélec)one who owns
- владе́лица (vladélica)one who owns
- со́бственник (sóbstvennik)one who owns
- со́бственница (sóbstvennica)one who owns
- хозя́ин (xozjáin)one who owns
- хозя́йка (xozjájka)one who owns
- облада́тель (obladátelʹ)one who owns
- облада́тельница (obladátelʹnica)one who owns
Slovak majiteľ, majiteľka
- majiteľone who owns
- majiteľkaone who owns
- vlastníkone who owns
- vlastníčkaone who owns
Spanish dueño
- dueñoone who owns
Swahili mwenyewe
- mwenyeweone who owns
Swedish ägare
- ägareone who owns
Tagalog may-ari
- may-arione who owns
Thai เจ้าของ
- เจ้าของ (jâo-kɔ̌ɔng)one who owns
Turkish sahip, iye
- sahipone who owns
- iyeone who owns
- malikone who owns
- elmenone who owns
Ukrainian вла́сник, вла́сниця
- вла́сник (vlásnyk)one who owns
- вла́сниця (vlásnycja)one who owns
- хазя́їн (xazjájin)one who owns
- хазя́йка (xazjájka)one who owns
Urdu مالِک, صاحِب
- مالِک (mālik)one who owns
- صاحِب (sāhib)one who owns
Vietnamese chủ nhân
- chủ nhânone who owns
Welsh perchennog
- perchennogone who owns
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with owner
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Cite this entry
owner. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/owner
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