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verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of own

to keep, control, or experience as oneʼs own

  • we own a modest house and an equally modest car
Synonyms of own

command, enjoy, have, hold, possess, retain
Words Related to own

keep, reserve, withhold

bear, carry

boast, show off, sport
Phrases Synonymous with own

rejoice in
Near Antonyms of own

abandon, cede, disclaim, disown, hand over, relinquish, renounce, surrender, yield

discard, dump

decline, reject, repudiate, spurn

need, require
Antonyms of own

lack, want

Synonym Discussion of own

acknowledge, admit, own, avow, confess mean to disclose against one's will or inclination. acknowledge implies the disclosing of something that has been or might be concealed.
    • acknowledged an earlier peccadillo
admit implies reluctance to disclose, grant, or concede and refers usually to facts rather than their implications.
    • admitted the project was over budget
own implies acknowledging something in close relation to oneself.
    • must own I know little about computers
avow implies boldly declaring, often in the face of hostility, what one might be expected to be silent about.
    • avowed that he was a revolutionary
confess may apply to an admission of a weakness, failure, omission, or guilt.
    • confessed a weakness for sweets

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