POSSESSOR Synonyms: 11 Similar and Opposite Words

possessor

noun

as in owner

one who has a legal or rightful claim to ownership she was the possessor of several acres of land in the country

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Recent Examples of possessor Tasty-morsel entrepreneurship stands in here for a modern kind of Protestant work ethic, but gets sprinkled with the sense that cuteness, like beauty for older women, is a commodity in itself that the possessor can exploit to their own advantage. — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019

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Noun

As he was pulled back up, shop owner and witness Anna Medina said, his right leg was cut by the shards of glass.

— Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026
Founder of the casual sushi bowl favorite Wabi Sabi, Perez Miranda is also the owner of Midorie and Ogawa in Little River, which earned a Michelin star in 2024.

— Connie Ogle July 30, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026

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Noun

The raunchy stand-up comedian made his unexpected TV debut playing a junkyard and salvage business proprietor prone to get-rich-quick schemes and faking heart attacks.

— Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026
Hiddleston relies on professors, scholars, archaeologists and psychologists to piece together what happened to a teenage blacksmith apprentice, a businesswoman/bathhouse proprietor and an unidentified Praetorian guard.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2026

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