🚫 Not owning 🚫 A person without property 🚗 No-car driver

nonowner

4.6

Not having the property or thing mentioned

adjective
/ˈnɒnˌoʊnər/

: no propietario

A nonowner driver may need different insurance coverage than someone who owns a car.

Examples

Workshops were organized to help nonowner tenants understand their rights.
The building has special parking spaces reserved for nonowner residents.
The nonowner of the car was not responsible for the accident.
As a nonowner, she had no rights to the property.
Many nonowner tenants benefited from the free legal workshops offered in the area.
A nonowner family member can help care for the pet when you are away.
The nonowner occupants were pleased to find additional amenities in their rental agreement.

Synonyms

landless

vsnonowner

2 4.9

A person who does not own any land

is broader, applying to lack of a specific mentioned item or property

propertyless

vsnonowner

1 8.4

Not having a home, money, or other things of value

refers to not possessing a specific mentioned thing and used before a noun

Antonyms

owner

∞ 1.0

A person who legally has something like a house or business

Surface Forms

nonowner positive

Morphology

nonowner = owner (transparent) = non + owner

The meaning 'not an owner' is directly formed by the productive prefix 'non-' plus 'owner', which an average B1 learner can readily understand.

Etymology

The word nonowner comes from the prefix non- meaning 'not' and owner meaning 'one who owns', and as an adjective it describes someone who is 'not an owner', usually used before a noun.