Own

Definition: Own

Own

Adjective

1. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself); preceded by a possessive; "for your personal use"; "do one's own thing"; "she makes her own clothes"; "`ain' is Scottish".

Verb

1. Have ownership or possession of; "He owns three houses in Florida"; "How many cars does she have?".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "own" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

OWN

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Own

Assent

Acknowledge, own, admit, allow, avow, confess; concede; (yield); come round to; abide by; permit.

Disclosure

Acknowledge, allow, concede, grant, admit, own, own up to, confess, avow, throw off all disguise, turn inside out, make a clean breast; show one's hand, show one's cards; unburden one's mind, disburden one's mind, disburden one's conscience, disburden one's heart; open one's mind, lay bare one's mind, tell a piece of one's mind; unbosom oneself, own to the soft impeachment; say the truth, speak the truth; turn King's (or Queen's) evidence; acknowledge the corn.

Property

Verb: possess; be the possessor; of; own; have for one's own, have for one's very own; come in for, inherit.

Crosswords: Own

I'm my own man, Lucien (A Time to Kill; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman)

To deny our own impulses is to deny the very thing that makes us human (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski)

A vampire gone insane that pollutes it's own bed (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice)

I wonder if you understand that all of us-- Dolores, me, the children who survived, the children who didn't-- that we're all citizens of a different town now. A place with its own special rules and its own special laws (The Sweet Hereafter; writing credit: Atom Egoyan)

You make up your own truth (Memento; writing credit: Bo Goldman; Lawrence Hauben)

Go your own way ("Go Your Own Way"; performing artist: Fleetwood Mac)

So get ready for this, mind your own biz (Get Ready For This; performing artist: 2 Unlimited)

I needed money of my own so I started slang'in (Dear Mama; performing artist: 2Pac)

Tell me that you're happy that you're on your own (What It Takes; performing artist: Aerosmith)

Or stand in line and give your own blood (Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning); performing artist: Alan Jackson)

A man cannot be made comfortable without his own approval. (references; author: Mark Twain)

Give me a stout heart to bear my own burdens. (references; author: unknown)

Man who breaks wind in church sits in own pew. (references; author: unknown)

A hard thing about business is minding your own. (references; author: unknown)

Don't love the things you own, lest they own you. (references; author: unknown)

Barry McKenzie Holds His Own (1974)

In Our Own Way (1972)

The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes (1971)

Make Your Own Kind of Music! (1971)

A Place of One's Own (1968)

GO YOUR OWN WAY  (performing artist: Fleetwood Mac )

I've Found Someone of My Own (performing artist: Free Movement)

Everything I Own (performing artist: Ken Boothe)

You Don't Own Me (performing artist: Lesley Gore)

Make Your Own Kind Of Music (performing artist: Mama Cass)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Build Your Own Off-Road Buggy for As Little As 100 Pounds (British Dollars) (reference)

• Build Your Own PC, Third Edition (reference)

• Build Your Own Robot Kit (reference)

• Sumo Bot: Build Your Own Programmable Remote-Controlled Sumo-Bot (reference)

• Independent Builder: Designing & Building a House Your Own Way (Real Goods Independent Living Books) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Brew Your Own (reference)

• Custom Homes Guide To Building Your Own Dream Home (reference)

• Irelands Own Wexford (reference)

• Our Own (reference)

• Womans Own (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• The Devil's Own (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• On My Own (reference)

• Queens Own Bootleg (reference)

• You Own the Sound (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• KidzMouse KM005 Design your own Mouse Mac/PM/Rics (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Master Lock 94DSPT "Set Your Own Combination" Trigger Lock (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Vaccinia vaccine is a highly effective immunizing agent that brought about the global eradication of smallpox. Because the smallpox vaccine is "live", you can spread it to other people, as well as to other parts of one's own body. Credit: CDC.

The wasp’s compound eye is actually made up of many identical receptor units called ommatidia. Each receptor contains its own lens and light sensitive cells, and is actually an eye unto itself. Credit: CDC.

Two astronomers have discovered that our own Milky Way galaxy and most of its neighboring ... Credit: NASA.

An international team of astronomers has uncovered a galaxy in our own cosmic back yard. ... Credit: NASA.

Meat for dinner - sometimes the surveyors had to hunt their own food Triangulation party of William M. Scaife. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

The "Wrecker Memorial" at Key West. Wreckers flocked to the scene of shipwrecks hoping to salvage the cargoes for their own enrichment. However, their first legal priority was to save lives. Credit: America's Coastlines.

The floating cross at the mouth of the trap. Excluding the statuette of St. Peter, the patron saint of fishermen, which is traditionally always the same, each Rais places his own images of saints. The cross serves the functional purpose of helping the fishermen read the currents. Slack water is the most desirable time to start the fishing operation. Credit: Fisheries.

The Reiner brothers own the property that contains Haskell Slough. The two brothers were also hired to do the construction and provided the equipment for the restoration. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

In 1680, physicist Giovanni Borelli attempts to recycle his own breathing air. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

Landowner, Fred Pyler, NRCS Conservation Technician, and Trinette Bell (right), NRCS Soil Conservationist, review wheat straw operation. The straw will be used for his own cattle, mixed with feed, used for mulching, and some will be sold. [Slide 97CS3129. Credit: Bob Nichols.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

No bailiff for the future shall, upon his own unsupported complaint, put anyone to his "law", without credible witnesses brought for this purposes. (reference)

The nature whereof is, that without a man's own consent it cannot be taken from him. (Second Treatise of Government)

Clause 1: Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members, and a Majority of each shall constitute a Quorum to do Business; but a smaller Number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the Attendance of absent Members, in such Manner, and under such Penalties as each House may provide. (reference)

That the people have an original right to establish, for their future govern-ment, such principles as, in their opinion, shall most conduce to their own happiness, is the basis on which the whole American fabric has been erected. (reference)

In one word, it creates a world after its own image. (reference)

In every case the accused will be entitled to name his own counsel. (reference)

They would wear the uniform of their own countries but with different badges. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others. (reference)

This discussion and our own investigation convince us that, although these sources cast some light, it is not enough to resolve the problem with which we are faced. (reference)

And let every other power know that this hemisphere intends to remain the master of its own house. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Chuse your own degree of crossness

She came to admire him so much that his love for her affected her own self-esteem: She liked herself better because of him.

I have known a man set to examine his own grandfather

It was his own room

If sages were ever wise in their own behoof, I might have foreseen all this

Each followed her own rules

Stephen felt his own face red too, thinking of all the bets about who would get first place in elements, Jack Lawton or he.

They did not run on the ground, but on their own roadbeds

He said that must needs be a miserable country which cannot furnish food for its own inhabitants

Enjoy the land, but own it not.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Draw on your own strength. (references)

Imitates his/her own voice. (references)

If you inject drugs, use your own needles. (references)

Business

PDVSA has its own engineering department. (references)

The reader must draw this conclusion on his own. (references)

Greeks love the idea of owning their own business. (references)

Children

Georgia

The staff often diverted money and supplies provided to the orphanages for its own use. (references)

Liberia

In both public and private schools, families of children often were asked to provide their own books, pencils, and paper. (references)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Local education officials excuse such abuses by claiming that minority children should have their own schools and curricula. (references)

Civil Liberties

Argentina

A few provincial governments also own broadcast media. (references)

Afghanistan

Various factions maintained their own communications facilities. (references)

Czech Republic

A wide variety of Czech and foreign investors own the print media. (references)

Economic History

Morocco

Each Ministry issues its own tenders. (references)

Mauritius

Few foreign companies succeed on their own. (references)

Israel

Israel produces virtually no feed grains of its own. (references)

Human Rights

Bosnia and Herzegovina

The entities also have their own human rights ombudsmen. (references)

Georgia

The MOI maintains several of its own cells in various prisons. (references)

Tunisia

Some have refused to participate in their own legal proceedings. (references)

Indigenous People

India

No outsiders are allowed to own land in the tribal areas without approval from tribal authorities. (references)

Colombia

INCORA estimated that some 200 indigenous communities had no legal title to land that they claimed as their own. (references)

Gabon

Pygmies largely were independent of formal authority, keeping their own traditions, independent communities, and local decision-making structures. (references)

Minorities

Yemen

Jews may, and do, own property. (references)

Burma

Ethnic minority groups generally use their own primary languages. (references)

Ireland

The "Travelling" community has its own history, culture, and language. (references)

Political Economy

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Non-GCC nationals cannot own land. (references)

HUNGARY

Only Hungarian citizens may own farmland. (references)

MEXICO

Only Mexican citizens may own gasoline stations. (references)

Political Rights

Zimbabwe

The MDC accused the Government of replacing the civil servants with its own supporters. (references)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

The island of Nevis has considerable self-government, with its own premier and legislature. (references)

Panama

Neither the Madugandi nor the Embera-Wounaan reserve has its own dedicated legislators, but each has a separate governor. (references)

Trade

Hong Kong

ADB's leverage ratio is 8.4 times its own assistance. (references)

Switzerland

Some important Swiss importers maintain their own account. (references)

Uruguay

Several States also have their own export financing programs. (references)

Travel

Philippines

Philippine business has its own etiquette. (references)

Finland

Most people in Finland own their own housing. (references)

Mauritius

Mauritius also produces its own wines, rum, and beer. (references)

Women

Thailand

Women also are able to own and manage businesses freely. (references)

Guinea-Bissau

Among certain ethnic groups, women cannot own or manage land or inherit property. (references)

Uganda

Women do most of the agricultural work but own only 7 percent of the agricultural land. (references)

Worker Rights

New Zealand

Workers have the right to establish and join organizations of their own choosing. (references)

Guinea

Other independent unions must provide their own funding to attend ILO conferences. (references)

Botswana

In practice all workers are free to join or organize unions of their own choosing. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Vowing of his own accord

Expressions using "own": a prophet is without honor in his own country ♦ act on one's own responsibility ♦ after my own heart ♦ After one's own heart ♦ allow one to have his own way ♦ at his own charge ♦ at one's own expense ♦ at one's own pace ♦ at one's own risk ♦ at one's own sweet will ♦ at your own sweet will ♦ bail one's own boat ♦ be blind to one's own good ♦ be hoist on one's own petard ♦ be hoist with one's own petard ♦ be one's own man ♦ be one's own master ♦ be thrown upon one's own resources ♦ blow one's own horn ♦ blow ones own trumpet ♦ blow one's own trumpet ♦ by his own allowance ♦ by my own unaided efforts ♦ by one's own ♦ by one's own account ♦ by one's own admission ♦ carried away by my own momentum ♦ come by one's own ♦ come into one's own ♦ compose out of one's own imagination ♦ condemned on one's own showing ♦ condemned out of one's own mouth ♦ conduct one's own defence ♦ consumer having his own generating plant ♦ cut one's own throat ♦ die by one's own hand ♦ do one's own housekeeping ♦ do smth. off one's own bat ♦ feather one's own nest ♦ for my own private use ♦ for my own use ♦ for your own good ♦ for your own sake ♦ forget one's own name ♦ forward line of own troops ♦ get one's own back ♦ give smb. a dose of his own medicine ♦ go one's own way ♦ have it your own way ♦ have one's own way ♦ he has a will of his own ♦ he has reasons of his own ♦ he has the devil's own luck ♦ he is on his own ♦ hear smth. with one's own ears ♦ his own ♦ his own money ♦ his own unaided work ♦ hoist with one's own petard ♦ hold one's own ♦ in a class of one's own ♦ in her own right ♦ in his own right ♦ in its own right ♦ in one's own back yard ♦ in one's own good time ♦ in one's own hand ♦ in one's own interest ♦ in one's own right ♦ in one's own way ♦ it lies at his own door ♦ it's for your own good ♦ keep one's own counsel ♦ know one's own mind ♦ learn at one's own pace ♦ leave smb. to his own devices ♦ leave smb. to one's own devices ♦ let him stew in his own juice ♦ let me have my own ♦ let smb. stew in his own juice ♦ live one's own life ♦ living on smb.'s own ♦ man after one's own heart ♦ measure another's corn by one's own bushel ♦ measure another's foot by one's own last ♦ mind one's own business ♦ mind your own business ♦ mind your own business! ♦ my own brother ♦ my own child! ♦ my own money ♦ my own self ♦ my very own ♦ not dare to say one's soul is his own ♦ not dare to say one's soul is one's own ♦ not have a moment that one can call one's own ♦ not know one's own mind ♦ of her own ♦ of his own ♦ of its own accord ♦ of my own making. Additional references.

Beginning with "own": own-account, own-brand, own-branded, own-brander, own-branders, own-brands, own-chances, own-country, own-design, own-door, own-especially, own-fairbrother, own-goal, own-label, own-labels, own-name, own-price, own-share, own-some, own-use charter flight, own-yway.

Ending with "own": pick-your-own.

Containing "own": anti-his-own-class, design-your-own-holiday, kill-your-own-mother, knowledge-for-its-own-sake, make-your-own-cards, make-your-own-revolution, mind-your-own-business, my-own-good, name-your-own-price, start-your-own-business, too-sensible-for-his-own-good.

Afrikaans

eie (personal), besit (possess, possession, property). (various references)

Albanian

zotëroj (command, dominate, have, hold, manage, master, possess, wield), vetjak (individual), pranoj (accept, acknowledge, admit, adopt, agree, allow, avouch, buy, concede, confess, countenance, grant, permit, receive, recognize, take, take in, take on, underwrite, wear), kam (bear, carry, enjoy, get, have, keep, possess), i vet. (various references)

Arabic 

‏ملك (get hold of, have, hold, king, monarch, ownership, possess, possession, prince, property, reign, rejoice, sovereign), ‏مقر (office, residence, seat), ‏قدم إعترافات, ‏عربته, ‏خاصته (his), ‏إعترف (acknowledge, admit, allow, avow, come clean, concede, confess, grant, own up, profess, recognize, say). (various references)

Blackfoot

inaanatoo (to own). (various references)

Bulgarian 

свой (his, several, thy), собствен (independent, individual, peculiar, proper), роден (born, borne, domestic, german, germane, home, home-bred, native, natural, vernacular, whole), владея (command, control, dominate, hold sway over, possess, ride, sway, wield), притежавам (have, hold, possess, rejoice in, wield), признавам за свое, признавам (accept, accredit, acknowledge, admit, allow, avow, concede, confess, find, homologate, profess, recognize, vote), припознавам, имам (carry, contain, have, hold, make, possess, rejoice in, wear), държа (conserve, held, hold, keep, maintain, nurse, poise, stand on, stick to, sway). (various references)

Chinese 

自己 (self), 拥有 (Owned, Owning, Possess, Possessed, Possessing). (various references)

Croatian

svojim (one's own). (various references)

Czech

znát se, vlastnit (have, keep, possess), vlastní (inherent, intrinsic, intrinsical, particular, peculiar, personal, proper, respective, underlying, whole), sám (alone, by himself, himself, itself, of one's own, oneself, self, sole, unaccompanied), přiznat (admit, agree, concede, give, grant), na vlastní pìst, milý (agreeable, appealing, bonny, congenial, dear, decent, gratifying, heartthrob, kind, lovable, love, man, nice, winning), hlásit se (adopt, come forward, profess, register), drahý (beloved, costly, dear, expensive, precious, rich). (various references)

Danish

eje (possess), egen (personal), besidde (possess). (various references)

Dutch

erop nahouden (have, have got, possess), bezitten (possess). (various references)

Esperanto

propra (personal), posedi (possess). (various references)

Faeroese

eiga (be in labour, give birth, labour, possess), egin (odd, peculiar, personal, strange). (various references)

Farsi 

مال خودم , مال خوددانستن , تن دردادن (Accede, Acquiesce, Acquiescence), خودم (Myself), خود (Ego, Helmet, Itself, Self), اقرارکردن (Admit, Confess), شخصی (One, Personable, Personal, Somebody, Someone), دارابودن (Contain, Encompass, Enjoy, Have, Owe), داشتن (Bear, Relieve). (various references)

Finnish

oma (personal), omistaa (dedicate, have, have got, possess). (various references)

French

propre, posséder. (various references)

Frisian

besitte (possess). (various references)

German

eigen (fussy, independent, individual, inherent, particular, peculiar, peculiarly, personal, possessive, possessively, proper, separate, strange, to own, typical), besitzen (enjoy, have, have got, hold, possess, to own, to possess), zugeben (acknowledge, add, admint, admit, admit to, agree, concede, confess, give as an extra, own up to, perform as an encore, profess, recognize, throw in, to admit to, to concede, to confess, to own, to recognize that). (various references)

Greek 

κατέχω (have, hold, master, occupy, possess). (various references)

Hebrew 

לקנות (acquire, buy, possess, purchase, shop), להיות בעל ל- (have), להיות בעל-, שלו (his, quail), של עצמו (of one's own), עצמיות (character, personality, self, selfhood), עצמי (myself, self). (various references)

Hungarian

tulajdon (before my eyes, before my very eyes, belongings, holding, ownership, peculiar, properties, property, propriety), saját (home, maverick, peculiar, personal, proper, published at my expense, respective, several, to fight for one's own hand, to take over). (various references)

Icelandic

eigin (personal), eiga (possess). (various references)

Indonesian

sendiri (alone, self), punya (have, of, possess, whose), mempunyai (have, possess), memiliki (have, possess). (various references)

Italian

proprio (appropriate, at all, characteristic, exact, exactly, her, his, its, jolly, just, literal, one's, one's own, particular, personal, proper, proprietary, quite, real, really, right, suitable, their, typical, very, your), possedere (have, hold, posses, possess). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

自家 (personal). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

じか (a fire raging in one's own home, current value, magnetize, market value, nowadays, personal, price). (various references)

Korean 

소유한 위하여. (various references)

Manx

hene (actual, even, self, very), eer (common, common vulgar, even, express, real). (various references)

Norwegian

eie (possess). (various references)

Papiamen

tini (possess), tin (have, have got, possess, there are, there is), propio (personal), poseé (possess). (various references)

Pig Latin

ownay.(various references)

Polish

własny (personal). (various references)

Portuguese

próprio (becoming, congenial, correct, due, fit, fitting, good, herself, himself, itself, meet, particular, personal, proper, rightdown, seemly, self, selfsame, special, suitable, very), possuir (dominate, endue, have, hold, keep, possess, receive), ter (accept, do with, enjoy, give birth, hang onto, have, have got, hold, possess, receive, take, to have). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

próprio (proper). (various references)

Romanian

poseda (ground, have, hold, possess), avea (bear, carry, enjoy, have, have got, hold, keep, partake of, possess). (various references)

Russian 

собственный (one own, personal, proper). (various references)

Scottish

aidich (acknowledge, confess). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

vlastit. (various references)

Spanish

propio (befitting, individual, like, peculiar, personal, proper, very own), poseer (carry on, cut, cut out, have, live, live on, live through, live up, posses, possess), tener (bear, carry, cut out, desire, experience, hang onto, have, have got, having, hold, keep, keep on, keep up, live, live up, love, meet with, possess, practice, practise, retain, show, to have, travel, wear, wish). (various references)

Sranan

eygi (herself, himself, itself, personal, self). (various references)

Swedish

äga (be entitled to, have, possess), egen (odd, one's own, peculiar, quaint, queer, strange). (various references)

Thai

เป็นเจ้าของ, ที่เป็นของตัวเอง, ยอมรับ (countenance, hold by, receive, take, take a bow), ของตัวเอง. (various references)

Turkish

teslim etmek (cede, commit, confide, consign, deliver, deliver up, give in, give up, hand in, hand over, resign, submit, surrender, turn in, turn over, yield up), tanımak (acknowledge, affiliate, be acquainted with, be recognizant of, charter, get to know, identify, Ken, know, legitimatize, legitimize, recognize, spot), sahip olmak (be possessed of, enjoy, have, possess, possess oneself of), kendisinin (of one's own), kendi (auto-, herself, him, himself, its, itself, of one's own, oneself, respective, self), kabullenmek (accept, concede, confess, give in, seize, settle for, stand for), kabul etmek (accede, accept, acknowledge, acquiesce, admit, adopt, affiliate, agree, allow, approve, assent, avow oneself, be sold on, certify, consent, enfranchise, enrol, fall in with, Favor, favour, go along with, grant, have, honor, honour, receive, recognize, regard as, say yes, settle for, sustain, take, take in, thole, turn thumbs up on, witness), itiraf etmek (acknowledge, admit, allow, avouch, avow, avow oneself, beg, come clean, confess, own up, profess, recognize, stand in a white sheet, unbosom, unburden), öz (compact, compendious, content, core, cream, distillate, distillation, elixir, entity, epitome, essence, essential oil, extract, extraction, full, genuine, gist, goodness, guts, heartbeat, kernel, marrow, matter, meat, medulla, nucleus, pith, pith and marrow, pulp, quick, quiddity, quintessence, self, soul, stuff, substance, substantiality, substratum, sum, whole). (various references)

Turkmen 

sьяtdeю (blood, native), eяe bolmak, elin (self). (various references)

Ukrainian

свій (her, its, our, their, your, yours), річ (object, thing), рідний (akin, darling, full blood, full-blooded, home, native, whole), володіти (command, have, hold, possess, wield), власність (aught, demesne, ownership, pelf, possession, property, proprietorship), власний (peculiar, privy, proper, self), визнавати своїм, визнавати (accept, account, acknowledge, admit, allow, avouch, avow, confess, declare, recognize), належний комусь (of one's own), мати (bear, carry, cherish, ha, have, mother, must, possess), любий (beloved, chary, darling, dear, honey, lovable, precious, pretty), дорогий (chary, costly, darling, dear, precious), допускати (accept, admit, admit to, allow, allow of, permit, suppose). (various references)

Vietnamese 

giữ vững lập trường chẳng kém ai, có thể đối địch được với người, của chính mình. (various references)

Welsh

priod (married, proper, spouse), piau (possess), perchenogi (possess), meddu (possess), cyfaddef (acknowledge, admit, confess), arddelu (approve, avouch, claim), arddel (avow, claim), addef (acknowledge, admit, avow, confess, dwelling, home). (various references)

germanam, germane, germanus, possidere, propria, propriae, propriam, proprias, proprie, proprii, propriis, proprio, proprium, proprius. (various references)

hva. (various references)

agan. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "own": ownable, owned, owner, owners, ownership, ownerships, owning, owns. (additional references)

Words ending with "own": adown, beclown, bedgown, bestrown, blowdown, blown, boomtown, breakdown, bringdown, brown, clampdown, closedown, clown, comedown, cooldown, countdown, crackdown, crosstown, crown, cutdown, decrown, discrown, disown, down, downtown, drawdown, drown, eiderdown, embrown, facedown, flown, flyblown, foreknown, foreshown, frown, godown, gown, grown, handblown, hoedown, homegrown, hometown, imbrown, ingrown, intown, knockdown, known, letdown, lockdown, lookdown, lowdown. (additional references)

Words containing "own": beclowned, beclowning, beclowns, bedgowns, blowdowns, boomtowns, breakdowns, bringdowns, browned, browner, brownest, brownfield, brownfields, brownie, brownier, brownies, browniest, browning, brownish, brownnose, brownnosed, brownnoser, brownnosers, brownnoses, brownnosing, brownout, brownouts, browns, brownshirt, brownshirts, brownstone, brownstones, browny, callowness, callownesses, clampdowns, closedowns, clowned, clowneries, clownery, clowning, clownish, clownishly, clownishness, clownishnesses, clowns, comedowns, cooldowns, countdowns, crackdowns, crowned. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Own" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cwn, ewn, fown, i-wb, iwn, jown, oan, oaw, obn, odn, ofn, Ofw, ogn, ogwr, ohn, oin, ojnk, okw, oln, omn, O'n, Onb, Onh, onm, onn, Onw, Onwe, onz, oon, Oow, opw, orn, osn, Oswyn, oun, ouw, ovn, ow, owa, owan, Owana, owd, owf, owi, owino, ownd, owne, ownio, Owo, owon, owr, owt, oww, owww, owy, oxn, Oxw, Oyw, powan, pown, uw, vown, wn, wona, wonn, wonp, wony, wown, yown. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: now, won.

-1 letter: no, on, ow, wo.

+1 letter: down, enow, gown, know, lown, mown, nows, nowt, owns, snow, sown, town, wino, wonk, wons, wont, worn.

+2 letters: adown, blown, brown, clown, crown, downs, downy, drown, endow, enows, flown, frown, gowan, gowns, grown, indow, known, knows, nohow, noway, nowts, owing, owned, owner, owsen, rewon, rowan, rowen, shown, snows, snowy, swoon, sworn, swoun, towns, towny, unwon, wagon, winos, woken, woman, women, wonks, wonky, wonts, wound, woven, wrong.