Thesaurus / own
FEEDBACKHow to use own in a sentence
“Follows-his-own-fancy,” she repeated, as one repeats a strange phrase, the meaning of which is obscure.
UNVEILING A PARALLELALICE ILGENFRITZ JONES AND ELLA MARCHANTOpposite is a little, hold-your-own school-mistressy young person in pince-nez.
SEA AND SARDINIAD. H. LAWRENCENo wonder her father had hidden that photograph, so secretly behind her own-ashamed of having kept it!
THE FORSYTE SAGA, VOLUME III.JOHN GALSWORTHY"It's g-g-g-gone d-d-d-own the bab-b-b-back of my n-n-n-neck," sputtered Ding-dong Bell protestingly.
THE MOTOR RANGERS THROUGH THE SIERRASMARVIN WESTCouldn't a-be'n 'at she'd a-wundered off her-own-se'f; and it couldn't a-be'n 'at Steve'd take her, 'thout a-lettin' us know it.
NEGHBORLY POEMS AND DIALECT SKETCHESJAMES WHITCOMB RILEYGot a old maid with her to keep her company—a chapper-own, they say—which ain't in no ways illuminatin' my think-tank none.
THE TRAIL HORDECHARLES ALDEN SELTZERThe little song he was singing was his own,-one he had composed, both air and words; for the child was a genius.
DE LA SALLE FIFTH READERBROTHERS OF THE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLSOwn-y-to-ny papas stop hurwying when their little boys ask weal hard, persisted Tod.
MAYBEE'S STEPPING STONESARCHIE FELLEach topped a ridge, or a low hummock, with an assumption of defiance of the cock-on-its-own-dunghill type.
HOW I FOUND LIVINGSTONEHENRY M. STANLEYLaziness is an own-brother to Over-confidence, and both are your inveterate enemies, though they pretend to be soothing friends.
THE ART OF PUBLIC SPEAKINGDALE CARNAGEY (AKA DALE CARNEGIE) AND J. BERG ESENWEINWORDS RELATED TO OWN
- acknowledge
- admit
- avow
- bare
- betray
- blab
- bring to light
- broadcast
- come out of the closet
- communicate
- confess
- discover
- display
- divulge
- exhibit
- expose
- give away
- impart
- lay bare
- leak
- let slip
- make known
- mouth
- open
- own
- publish
- relate
- reveal
- show
- snitch
- spill
- spill the beans
- squeal
- tell
- uncover
- unfurl
- unveil
- utter
- adores
- appreciates
- be entertains
- cotton to
- delight in
- digs
- dote on
- drinks in
- eats up
- fancies
- flips over
- freaks out on
- gets a charge out of
- gets a kick out of
- gets high on
- goes
- has a ball
- has a good time
- has fun
- is fond of
- is pleased
- likes
- lives a little
- lives it up
- loves
- luxuriate in
- minds
- paints the town
- rejoices in
- relishes
- revel in
- savors
- takes joy in
- thrill to
- accede
- accept
- accord
- acknowledge
- acquiesce
- admit
- agree to
- allocate
- allot
- assign
- assume
- avow
- award
- bestow
- bless
- cede
- come across
- come around
- come through
- concede
- confer
- consent to
- convey
- donate
- drop
- gift with
- give
- give a thumbs-up
- give in
- give out
- give the nod
- go along with
- impart
- invest
- own
- own up
- permit
- present
- profess
- relinquish
- shake on
- sign off on
- sign on
- stake
- suppose
- surrender
- transfer
- transmit
- vouchsafe
- yield
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.