Antonyms for owners


Grammar : Noun
Spell : oh-ner
Phonetic Transcription : ˈoʊ nər


Definition of owners

Origin :
  • mid-14c., agent noun from own (v.).
  • noun person who has possession of
Example sentences :
  • Even the most sanguine now gave her up for lost, including the owners.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • When we got in, the owners had failed, and there was no money forthcoming, at the moment.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • The owners of the ship, too, had done all they could, liberally.
  • Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
  • The owners of the factory wasted no time in fruitless sorrow.
  • Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
  • By the owners of the property, I suppose, if you wouldn't tell on them?'
  • Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
  • Our owners took big chances, it was no trade for nervous men!
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
  • He gave them human shape, and placed them as owners in the houses of the village.
  • Extract from : « Aino Folk-Tales » by Basil Hall Chamberlain
  • Do you suppose the owners of the road will make any objection?
  • Extract from : « Tom Swift and his Electric Runabout » by Victor Appleton
  • They not only put it over on the judges, but none of the other owners are wise.
  • Extract from : « Old Man Curry » by Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan
  • You will say, 'The owners of slaves are not generally in any fear of them.'
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato

Synonyms for owners

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