adj, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of own form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Having an owner who is part of a specified group. in-compounds, not-comparable

   "black-owned; veteran-owned; woman-owned"

Adjective

1. 1
   having an owner; often used in combination wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

closely heldfree and clearheldin handin storeon hand

Antonyms

All antonyms

abandonedunowned

Example

More examples

"The bottles of beer that I brought to the party were redundant; the host's family owned a brewery."

Related phrases

community ownedgovernment-owned and controlled corporationpre-ownedreal estate ownedstate owned enterprisestate-ownedstate-owned enterprise

Related Topic Clusters

Interview and Promotion Storytelling

Vocabulary for stronger STAR responses and promotion case narratives.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.