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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for owns

Verb

Constant calls demanding others pay for every social cause regardless of cost has its limits.

— Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026
Both approaches require costly infrastructure, but while exports could quickly fill government coffers, using gas to fuel industrialization has the potential to deliver a larger long-term payoff.

— Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of has

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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
Each of the three theaters also possesses a distinct spatial character.

— Wendy Wang, Architectural Digest, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of possesses

Verb

Despite the protests, Vucic retains considerable support among Serbia's voters.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
Despite not receiving the endorsement of the faculty guild, Buelna retains the support of a number of faculty members, including the president of the academic senate, Angela Echeverri.

— Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026