homeowner

noun

home·​own·​er ˈhōm-ˌō-nər 

: a person who owns a home

city regulations affecting homeowners and renters

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

The hundreds of thousands of homeowners who are now getting their insurance through the California FAIR (Fair Access to Insurance Requirements) Plan will soon be paying even more. — John Ramos, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026

Officials responded by stating that homeowners can use a city website to prove the property is a primary residence, and that letters were sent to taxpayers who may be obligated to pay the pied-à-terre. — Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026

Mastro argued that the city was supposed to first determine whether properties actually qualified as non-primary residences before putting homeowners through the surcharge process. — Stepheny Price , Maria Paronich, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026

Some homeowners may pay HOA dues that have increased significantly. — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 11 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1850, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing homeowner

• homeowner's insurance

Rhymes for homeowner

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