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

But Illinois lawmakers failed to pass legislation last fall that would have empowered the Illinois Department of Insurance to reject excessive homeowners insurance rate hikes. —Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026

Such gains have added trillions of dollars in net worth to the two-thirds of Americans who are existing homeowners, while renters haven’t seen similar gains in their net worth. —Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 26 Feb. 2026

Instead of just a standard pergola that blocks some sun, for example, homeowners are increasingly looking to tinted and louvered roofs, oversized ceiling fans for air flow and retractable screens. —Kelley Bruss, Dallas Morning News, 26 Feb. 2026

The lawmakers contend the state’s loose regulation of insurer secrecy is unfair to homeowners who are required to purchase insurance to obtain mortgage loans. —Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2026

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