POSSESSOR Synonyms: 11 Similar and Opposite Words

possessor

noun

as in owner

one who has a legal or rightful claim to ownership she was the possessor of several acres of land in the country

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Recent Examples of possessor The most recent possessor of the objects reached out to the FBI after looking into the artifacts’ suspicious provenance. — News Desk, Artforum, 24 Aug. 2026 Tasty-morsel entrepreneurship stands in here for a modern kind of Protestant work ethic, but gets sprinkled with the sense that cuteness, like beauty for older women, is a commodity in itself that the possessor can exploit to their own advantage. — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019

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Noun

What’s more, Indian real estate owners are funding the build-out themselves, Watts said.

— Warren Masilamony, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
Aitken is hopeful that the team’s sale will open a path to a new land deal with incoming owner Stan Kroenke.

— Sam Blum, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026

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Noun

However, many trade associations include sole proprietors who don't qualify for an AHP, and some organizations have members in a range of industries.

— Sarah Agostino, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
Audrey Keenan, the chef and proprietor behind Yanzi Noodle House, hails from Liuzhou, the second-largest city in China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and home of luosifen.

— Warren Rojas, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2026

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