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 sale was made possible by a state law passed in 2023, AB 1033, which allows homeowners to convert ADUs into condos and sell them separately from the main property, rather than just renting them out. — Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 7 July 2026

Unless homeowners opt out individually by July 16, more than 200,000 Jackson County households will become part of the lawsuit class seeking a direct one-time refund of overpayments, which some have warned could bankrupt the county. — Ilana Arougheti july 7, Kansas City Star, 7 July 2026

The Legislative Analyst’s Office does not anticipate the measure to result in direct state or local costs because the costs are meant to be covered by homeowners’ mortgage payments. — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026

Plastic flamingos—invented in Massachusetts, of all places—were planted in yards to amuse homeowners. — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 6 July 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