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

What many homeowners don’t realize is that attracting that buyer begins long before the first open house or showing. — Heartland Mls®, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2026

The Church by the Sea was the first to receive a permit to build a living seawall through a new program that incentivizes such projects for Fort Lauderdale homeowners and businesses. — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026

Condominium homeowners will have difficulty obtaining or refinancing mortgages if the association does not qualify for FHA and FNMA loans. — Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 July 2026

As a result, homeowners, when casting their ballots, will be forced to juxtapose lowered personal expenditures against potentially damaging losses in local government revenue. — Paxton Honerkamp, CNBC, 21 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