homeowner

noun

home·​own·​er ˈhōm-ˌō-nər 

: a person who owns a home

Most homeowners take a pretty relaxed approach to the back of the house, even if they spend more time there than they do out front.

—Deborah Baldwin

homeowners insurance

homeownership

ˈhōm-ˌō-nər-ˌship 

noun

or home ownership

… unable to attain the upward mobility and financial stability that homeownership brought to previous American generations.

—Kirstin Downey

Examples of homeowner in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Other debt products and new forms of credit are also available to homeowners who want to squeeze some cash out of their properties. —Preston Fore, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2025

The police report was filed by Hickory Hills homeowners association board members Matthew Paffenroth and Lindsay Sutton against Gasser Property Management. —Andy Humbles, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Sep. 2025

In September, State Farm, California’s largest home insurer, which had covered them for more than four decades, dropped their homeowner’s policy. —Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025

For homeowners with existing vinyl or laminate, there’s likely no need for immediate replacement if there are no signs of water ingress. —Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1850, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing homeowner

• homeowner's insurance

Rhymes for homeowner

• donor
• kroner
• kronor
• loner
• owner
• stoner
• toner
• landowner
• shipowner