owen

Other forms of owen

plural

owens·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about owen

What does owen mean?

owen means "Welsh industrialist and social reformer who founded cooperative communities (1771-1858)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in owen?

owen has 2 syllables: o-wen. The stress falls on "o". In IPA it is /ˈoʊən/.

What is another word for owen?

Close synonyms include Robert Owen, Sir Richard Owen. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is owen a common word?

owen is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with owen?

1 word rhymes with owen. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.