Synonyms of owning

owning

verb

present participle of own

as in having

to keep, control, or experience as one's own

we own a modest house and an equally modest car

Synonyms & Similar Words

• having
• possessing
• retaining
• enjoying
• holding
• commanding
• keeping
• carrying
• reserving
• rejoicing in
• withholding
• boasting
• sporting
• bearing
• showing off

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• wanting
• lacking
• abandoning
• relinquishing
• renouncing
• surrendering
• yielding
• dumping
• ceding
• discarding
• requiring
• handing over
• rejecting
• declining
• disclaiming
• disowning
• needing
• repudiating
• spurning

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of owning

This is the difference between competing for a market and owning one. — Matthew Kayser, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026

For me, luxury has never been simply about owning something expensive, exclusive or desirable to everyone else. — Anna Vladimirova, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026

According to city data, 72% of households in the area do not report owning a car. — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 23 Sep. 2026

But with campaigns romanticizing the British countryside and a new mini exhibition at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum honoring one of its greatest hallmarks, the trusty trench, Burberry is fully owning its history. — Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026

In cities across the country, renters are saving more each month compared to the home-owning counterparts, sometimes in values more than $1,000 each month. — Irene Wright, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026

And in The Uprising, basically every land-owning English person is an enemy of the peasants, who are overtaxed by King Richard II (Woody Norman) after the plague kills half of the country’s population. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026

Aside from owning a club, Toubin is a prolific DJ, and takes his Soul Clap dance party on the road for several months of the year. — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2026

Arevon is developing, owning and operating Cormorant in partnership with Primoris Services Corporation’s Renewables group. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026