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 Geoff Wilson, a 2001 UF graduate from Sarasota, owns the only one printed. — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2026 Fenway Sports Group, which also owns the Boston Red Sox, reportedly sold 40% of Premier League club Liverpool to a consortium that includes Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026 According to the 2025 Land Report 100, Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates owns 275,000 acres of land, the 44th most of any American landowner. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2026 Surprising Fact Trump sold stock in Yum Brands, the fast food restaurant operator that owns KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, in early June, then bought more in a transaction valued between $1,000 and $15,000 on June 12. — Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026 Little owns the longest field goal — 68 yards — in a regular-season game. — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 23 Aug. 2026 Set the agenda, name the next step, and clarify who owns what. — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 22 Aug. 2026 Andreina Martinez owns Don Tequeno, a Venezuelan restaurant along the parade route in Jamaica Plain. — Paul Burton, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026 Some tin-pot tyrant decides their country really owns part of another and invades. — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 16 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for owns

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Yash also has the Sony film, Ramayana, coming out globally November 6.

— Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026
Garcia has also been nominated for an Oscar and Warren famously has been nominated for 17 competitive Academy Awards, but has yet to win one.

— Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of has

Verb

With the upgrade, Apple retains the size of the M4 Mac mini but packs a new M6 processor to deliver four times better AI performance, two times faster storage and graphics, and 40% better CPU performance, the company says.

— Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2026
But get past the hype, and what follows is a good example of how to conduct deeply personal journalistic work that retains both a level of compassion and criticism.

— Becca James, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of retains

Verb

Opponents argue that the nation that won its independence from Denmark in 1944 enjoys all the benefits of European integration with no drawbacks.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026
The Palazzo Dandolo Paolucci, to give the property its full and proper title, enjoys a nuanced genealogy.

— Nielsen Dinwoodie, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026