OWNS Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

owns

verb

present tense third-person singular of own

as in has

to keep, control, or experience as one's own we own a modest house and an equally modest car

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Recent Examples of owns Banks and brokers still need to reconcile ownership records, accounts, collateral and corporate actions across different systems, while issuers still need to know who owns their securities and who is entitled to vote or receive distributions. — Isabella Gao, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2026 Every department is working inside its own process, but no one owns the end-to-end commitment. — Rohan Joshi, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026 Each member owns between three and six versions of the traje. — Zoey Goto, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2026 Axe designs, deploys, owns and operates graphic processing units, or GPUs, for other businesses. — Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026 TikTok and Meta, which owns WhatsApp, did not respond to requests for comment. — Thomas Adamson, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026 The Illinois Sports Facilities Authority owns Rate Field and its surrounding surface parking lots, which means the site is free from property taxes. — Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026 Colossal owns a stake and licenses its technology to the startup. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026 The federal government already owns a third spaceport at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, used for suborbital rocket tests and small- and medium-class satellite launches. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026

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Verb

The highest room category at the hotel is a 1,109-square-feet spa suite that has its own private whirlpool and treatment room, with a 25-minute massage included in the room rate.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Nov. 2026
Those who checked Truth Social after CNN projected that the Democratic party would capture the House of Representatives were also set up for disappointment, as the president has yet to comment on those results as well.

— Eve Batey, Vanity Fair, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of has

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The verdict St Vincent possesses an unexplored, get-away-from-it-all tranquillity that many more boisterous Caribbean islands would sell their last rum punch for.

— James Rampton, TheWeek, 3 Nov. 2026
The tri-captain possesses a certain gravitas that has helped drive the Warriors to the Class 2A state championship game, according to junior midfielder and tri-captain Lino Melero.

— Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of possesses

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While Carlson has long been unaffiliated with the outlet, Patel retains business connections with Carlson, while Carlson’s brother Buckley Carlson has served on the Daily Caller nonprofit’s board.

— Max Tani, semafor.com, 2 Nov. 2026
Georgia recruits elite high school players, develops them, retains them and replaces them with more elite high school players.

— Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Oct. 2026