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 Its parent company, Collectors, also owns rival grading brands Beckett and SGC, pricing-data platform Card Ladder, the PSA Vault and financial services. — Matthew Tan, CNBC, 7 Nov. 2026 Be specific about where things broke down, who owns the correction, and what employees can expect to see change, including from you. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026 The government never owns a store, never runs a warehouse, and never writes a check to cover the gap between what food costs and what a politician would like it to cost. — David L. Ortega, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2026 Toei is the only company in Japan that owns and runs two studio lots, one in Tokyo and one in Kyoto. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026 Tyson, meanwhile, owns a $13 million waterfront mansion in Delray Beach, Florida, and a secondary home outside of Las Vegas. — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 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

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Verb

Asphalt contractor Albert Santing, who has 28 years of experience in the industry, said the quieter operation improved working conditions on the Groningen project.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 11 Nov. 2026
The 19-year-old Acuff has 288 points, the most by any rookie through the first 11 games of a season since Michael Jordan scored 289 for the Chicago Bulls in 1984.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of has

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The 6-foot-3, 210-pound Harding possesses elite size, sure hands and the ability to get outside.

— Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026
This also showcases the vast potential of this young artist — who possesses both vocal prowess and creative talent — on the international stage.

— Billboard China, Billboard, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of possesses

Verb

The service Every suite enjoys 24-hour butler service, with female solo travellers thoughtfully assigned female butlers.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2026
In fact, the MacBook enjoys modest speed gains compared with its direct predecessors, thanks to Apple's reengineering of the internal thermal system.

— Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 5 Nov. 2026