homeowner

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /ˈhoʊmˌoʊnər/ UK /ˈhəʊmˌəʊnə/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a person who owns the house in which they live

As a homeowner, she bore the cost of the roof repairs herself.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person who owns the house... proprietor householder occupier

Opposites

tenant renter lessee

Word family

Derived forms homeownership

Related forms home owner own

Etymology

A compound of home (Old English hām, 'dwelling') and owner, from own (Old English āgan, 'to possess') + -er.

hām Old English āgan Old English

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Topics

People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives

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# homeowner

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈhoʊmˌoʊnər/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈhəʊmˌəʊnə/

## Meanings
1. a person who owns the house in which they live

## Examples
- As a homeowner, she bore the cost of the roof repairs herself.

## Synonyms
- proprietor
- householder
- occupier

## Antonyms
- tenant
- renter
- lessee

## Derived Forms
- homeownership

## Related Forms
- home
- owner
- own

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: hām
- Root: āgan

## Etymology
A compound of home (Old English hām, 'dwelling') and owner, from own (Old English āgan, 'to possess') + -er.

## AI Etymology
homeowner is a compound of home (Old English hām, 'dwelling') and owner, from own (Old English āgan, 'to possess') + -er. Morphologically, the word is best read through the components named in the history, with the modern spelling preserving a compound structure rather than a single unanalyzable stem. In present English, the noun sense is "a person who owns the house in which they live", so the historical development ends in a clearly identifiable modern dictionary use. The same base also appears in related forms such as home, owner, and own, and in derivatives such as homeownership. Its semantic neighborhood includes proprietor, householder, and occupier, which helps locate the modern sense without adding a separate etymological claim. The named historical forms include Old English hām and Old English āgan.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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