OWNERSHIP Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

ownership

noun

Definition of ownership

as in control

the state or fact of owning something Home ownership is on the rise in this country. The café is now under new ownership.

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Recent Examples of ownership Elemis, which was founded in 1989, has nearly doubled net sales under L’Occitane’s seven-year ownership to more than $300 million in full-year 2026. — Footwear News, 4 Nov. 2026 Of course, the coverage itself adds to the cost of ownership. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2026 If elected, Tiffany promised to freeze property taxes, lower income taxes, improve schools, bolster job creation, overhaul the state Department of Natural Resources and protect farmland from foreign ownership. — CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026 However, Aimee Adler Cooke, spokesperson for the City of Wilton Manors, confirmed what the ownership of both restaurants said about the receipt of notification. — Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2026 See All Example Sentences for ownership

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Noun

The surrounding gate offers tighter control over current flow, helping address the challenges of further transistor scaling.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
Eisenberg was sworn in as assistant attorney general in charge of the department's National Security Division in June 2025 and oversaw cases involving espionage, terrorism, export control violations, cyber crimes and other matters.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of control

Noun

By putting my safe-keeping in God’s hands, the alarming effects of that attack faded into nothingness.

— The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Nov. 2026
As a fun bonus, the lids are also compatible with dry-erase markers for easy labeling and date-keeping in the fridge.

— Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of keeping

Noun

Those colours, as worn by Newton Heath — the club formed in 1878 who became Manchester United in 1902 — would become a symbol of the fight against the Glazers’ proprietorship.

— Chris McKenna, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026
The New York Times described its methodology for producing the list, which started with selecting the criteria against which stores would be judged, including inventory, curation, proprietorship, customer service, ambience, location and payoff.

— Adrienne Roberts, Freep.com, 3 Dec. 2025

Definition of proprietorship

Noun

The brokerage said South Korea could emerge as a key market for additional capacity in Asia, with operators that secure power, land and long-term customer contracts better positioned to expand.

— Jenny Lee, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2026
These arrangements form part of Google’s broader effort to secure power for its expanding data center infrastructure while reducing the carbon emissions associated with natural gas generation.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026

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