OWNER Synonyms: 11 Similar and Opposite Words

owner

noun

ˈō-nər

as in proprietor

one who has a legal or rightful claim to ownership the owner of the building will have to decide whether or not to sell

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Recent Examples of owner Here's why cat owners are choosing Michu By focusing on performance first—clumping strength, odor control, cleanliness—Michu built loyalty quickly. —

Kasey Caminiti, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2026 From the manufacturing floor to the front office, everyone became an owner. —

Vicente Reynal, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2026 Gaines, who lives in Athens, said the issue goes beyond visible homelessness and has become a broader public-order and crime problem affecting business owners, homeowners, students and visitors. —

Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 11 Apr. 2026 The doesn’t mean, the owners were quick to assure, that the shop in downtown Mystic is going anywhere. —

Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 11 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for owner

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proprietor

Noun

At Kathrin and Gaston’s wedding, the maid of honor was a woman named Inge Unzeitig, then 76, who is the proprietor of the Hotel Palais Porcia, at the eastern end of the nearby Wörthersee.

— Simon Akam, Vanity Fair, 2 Apr. 2026
Cash basis accounting is the method used by most sole proprietors.

— Nancy Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026