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The Meaning of own

  • (v. t.) To grant; to acknowledge; to admit to be true; to confess; to recognize in a particular character; as, we own that we have forfeited your love.
  • (a.) Belonging to; belonging exclusively or especially to; peculiar; -- most frequently following a possessive pronoun, as my, our, thy, your, his, her, its, their, in order to emphasize or intensify the idea of property, peculiar interest, or exclusive ownership; as, my own father; my own composition; my own idea; at my own price.
  • (a.) To hold as property; to have a legal or rightful title to; to be the proprietor or possessor of; to possess; as, to own a house.

Synonyms

get , have , feature , deliver , suffer , accept , ingest , cause , experience , hold , let , sustain , give birth , take in , give , birth , receive , consume , possess , take , throw , bear , have got , induce , make , stimulate , avow , knowledge , aver , confess , profess , testify , admit , avouch , declare , proclaim , protest , witness

Antonyms

disclaim , disown , ignore , repudiate , impersonal , contradict , deny , disavow

Homophones

oanh

Rhymes

acetone , allophone , alone , anemone , anklebone , argonne , arone , athlone , atone , backbone , barbone , baritone , barone , barrone , bastogne , bayonne , bemoan , blackstone , bloodstone , blown , bluestone , boan , boehne , boen , bohn , bohne , bone , bourguignon , bown , bowne , brownstone , calderon , capone , capstone , carbone , carone , catone , chaperone , cheekbone , cherrystone , chiapparone , cicerone , cipollone , cirone , clone , cobblestone , cohn , collarbone , cologne , concepcion , condone , cone , corazon , cornerstone , corporacion , cortisone , crone , curbstone , cyclone , dethrone , diaz-calderon , dictaphone , dijon , disown , doan , doane , doanh , dragone , drone , earphone , eyestone , farone , finestone , firestone , flagstone , flown , fone , francophone , freestone , gallstone , garone , gemstone , gladstone , goldstone , gravestone , greenstone , grindstone , groan , groen , grone , grown , hailstone , halftone , headphone , headstone , hipbone , hoehn , hoehne , hoen , homophone , hone , hormone , intone , jawbone , joan , keystone , kneebone , known , koehn , koehne , koen , kohne , krohn , latrone , leone , limestone , livingstone , loan , lodestone , lone , lupone , malone , mamone , marone , masone , mazon , mcglone , mchone , mckone , mckown , medstone , megaphone , melloan , methadone , microphone , milestone , millstone , milone , mione , moan , moen , mon , monotone , moonstone , oanh , outshone , overblown , overgrown , overtone , ozone , palone , paone , pavone , perone , phone , picone , pirone , plohn , postpone , progesterone , prone , ramon , rathbone , raton , redstone , rhinestone , rhone , roan , roane , roen , rone , salone , sandstone , saone , saxophone , scavone , scimone , scone , sewn , sharon , shinbone , shirone , shone , shown , silicone , simone , sloan , sloane , slone , sousaphone , sown , stone , strown , t-bone , telephone , testosterone , throne , thrown , tombstone , tone , touchstone , trombone , trone , tyrone , unbeknown , undertone , unknown , valone , vanstone , varone , videophone , whetstone , wishbone , xylophone , yarchoan , yellowstone , zone