Own

What do we mean by own?

Of or belonging to oneself or itself. adjective

That which belongs to one. noun

To have or possess as property. intransitive verb

To have control over. intransitive verb

To admit as being in accordance with fact, truth, or a claim; acknowledge. intransitive verb

To make a full confession or acknowledgment: synonym: acknowledge. intransitive verb

(on (one's) own) By one's own efforts. idiom

(on (one's) own) Responsible for oneself; independent of outside help or control. idiom

To grant; give.

To admit; concede; acknowledge: as, to own a fault; to own the force of a statement.

To recognize; acknowledge: as, to own one as a son.

Synonyms Admit, Confess, etc. See acknowledge.

To confess: with to: as, to own to a fault.

Properly or exclusively belonging to one's self or itself; pertaining to or characteristic of the subject, person or thing; peculiar; proper; exclusive; particular; individual; private: used after a possessive, emphasizing the possession: as, to buy a thing with one's own money; to see a thing with one's own eyes; he was beaten at his own game; mind your own business.

In this sense own is often used elliptically. the noun which it is to be regarded as qualifying being omitted: as, to hold one's own (that is, one's own ground, or one's own cause); a man can do as he likes with his own (that is, his own property, possessions, goods, etc.).

Actual: used without a possessive, with to instead before the possessor: as, own brother to some one.

To be free to control one's own time.

To have or hold as one's own; possess; hold or possess rightfully or legally; nave and enjoy the right of property in; in a general sense, to have: as, to own a large estate, or a part interest in a ship.

Synonyms Hold, Occupy, etc. See possess.

Belonging to; possessed; proper to. Often marks a possessive determiner as reflexive, referring back to the subject of the clause or sentence.

Not shared

Peculiar, domestic.

Not foreign.

Words that are spelled similarly to own:
own.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word own:
label.

Words that rhyme with own:
bone, zone, stone, tone, loan, prone, drone, phone, hone, condone, alone, milestone, fone, cone, cornerstone, postpone, hormone, homophone, known, touchstone, atone, moan, capstone, cyclone, roan, anemone, groan, throne, backbone, telephone, lone, shone, crone, chaperone, bemoan, clone, ozone, keystone, unknown, scone, mon, microphone, blown, intone, disown, flown, monotone, cologne, limestone, shown, acetone, xylophone, silicone, overtone, testosterone, joan, moonstone, baritone, grown, saxophone, sharon, undertone, homegrown, allophone, gemstone, rhinestone, rhone, tombstone, sown, let alone, cicerone, thrown, sloan, leone, brownstone, capone, whetstone, francophone, argonne, lodestone, earphone, megaphone, t-bone, collarbone, sewn, well known, gladstone, overthrown, pheromone, millstone, simone, headstone, mone, overblown, jawbone, trombone, cobblestone, rone, headphone, cortisone.

Adjectives that are often used to describe own:
your, very, his, its, our, rent, 4th, pick, make, create, roll, build, her, 8th, grow, mine, calling, select, mean, utter, how, write, operate, lease, see, inimitable, 6th, know.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective own:
way, life, country, experience, hands, right, words, sake, mind, interests, house, account, name, eyes, language, will, home, family, business, children, heart, lives, accord, body, thoughts, feelings, needs, terms, land, room, ideas, affairs, experiences, resources, age, son, self, mother, efforts, judgment, views, opinion, father, purposes, soul, voice, image, expense, initiative, kind, death, homes, identity, fault, strength, ends, actions, existence, choice, weight, story, money, advantage, property, style, safety, laws, blood, personality.

Consonant match to own:
on, in, n, erne, an, earn, en, un, inn, urn, ann, anne, ane, aine, ein, ayn, ahn, aune, eigne, oanh, a in.

Words that sound like own:
own, oen, oan, ohn, ohne, ome, ohm, oem, owm, oam, oum, ohme, -ome, omh, omw, on, in, an, en, n, un, ann, anne, inn, ain, een, ane, oon, ean, awn, onw, ein, ene, oin, aine, aun, oun, ahn, ign, aan, iin, onn, inh, oine, -en, enn, ayn, anh, aune, -ine, -in, eine, enne, eyne, aen, -an, uhn, -on, unh, inne, eene, enw, eyen, ynn, in-, ihn, ehn, n., onh, uun, un-, eyn, -ane, -ean, akne, esne, ahne, enh, -ene, .in, en-, aisne, akn, n.t, unw, uyn, an-, oai, oaj, o i, au, aone, aux, aon, boen, boan, bohn, bohne, boann, -phone.