| Main Entry: | possessor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | owner |
Synonyms: |
beneficiary, buyer, heir, heiress, holder, inheritor, laird, landlady, landlord, landowner, legatee, lessee, master, occupant, occupier, partner, proprietor, proprietress, purchaser, retainer, trustee |
| Concept: | Possessor. |
| Category: | 1. Property in general |
Synonyms: |
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possessor, holder; occupant, occupier; tenant; person in possession, man in possession [more]; renter, lodger, lessee, underlessee; zemindar, ryot; tenant on sufferance, tenant at will, tenant from year to year, tenant for years, tenant for life., owner; proprietor, proprietress, proprietary; impropriator, master, mistress, lord., land holder, land owner, landlord, land lady; lord of the manor, lord paramount; heritor, laird, vavasour, landed gentry, mesne lord; planter., cestui-que-trust, beneficiary, mortgagor., grantee, feoffee, releasee, devisee; legatee, legatary., trustee; holder of the legal estate; mortgagee., right owner, rightful owner., [Future possessor] heir presumptive, heir apparent; heiress; inheritor, inheritress, inheritrix; reversioner, remainderman.
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| Main Entry: | beneficiary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who gains, benefits |
Synonyms: |
almsperson, assignee, devisee, donee, grantee, heir, heiress, inheritor, legatee, payee, possessor, receiver, recipient, stipendiary, successor |
| Notes: | a benefactor is someone who provides a gift; a beneficiary is someone who receives benefits or favors |
Antonyms: |
giver, payer |
| Main Entry: | occupant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who resides in a place |
Synonyms: |
addressee, denizen, dweller, holder, householder, incumbent, indweller, inhabitant, lessee, occupier, possessor, renter, resident, resider, tenant, user |
Antonyms: |
displaced person |
| Main Entry: | owner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who has possession of |
Synonyms: |
governor, heir, heir-apparent, heiress, heritor, holder, keeper, landowner, legatee, partner, possessor, proprietor, purchaser, sharer, something buyer, squire, titleholder |
Antonyms: |
leaser, renter |
| Main Entry: | proprietor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who owns something |
Synonyms: |
freeholder, front office, holder, land owner, meal ticket, owner, possessor, proprietary, titleholder |
Antonyms: |
customer |
| Main Entry: | tenant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who leases a place |
Synonyms: |
addressee, boarder, dweller, holder, householder, indweller, inhabitant, leaseholder, lessee, lodger, occupant, occupier, possessor, rent payer, renter, resident, roomer |
Antonyms: |
landlord |
| Main Entry: | holder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | owner |
Synonyms: |
buyer, governor, heir, heir-apparent, heiress, heritor, keeper, landowner, legatee, master, partner, possessor, proprietor, purchaser, sharer, squire, titleholder |