Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ownership
3 senses of ownership
Sense 1
ownership -- (the relation of an owner to the thing possessed; possession with the right to transfer possession to others)
=> relation -- (an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together)
Sense 2
possession, ownership -- (the act of having and controlling property)
=> control -- (the activity of managing or exerting control over something; "the control of the mob by the police was admirable")
Sense 3
ownership -- (the state or fact of being an owner)
=> state -- (the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state")