proprietary Synonyms
Another word for proprietary
• adjective (Context 1)
Manufactured, marketed, or held under an exclusive legal right, such as a patent, copyright, trademark, or trade secret.
"The firm developed a patented algorithm that competitors are legally barred from copying."
• adjective (Context 2)
Relating to an owner or ownership, or behaving as if one were the owner of someone or something.
"The curator took a possessive pride in the museum's newly restored collection."
• noun (Context 3)
An owner or proprietor, or a body of proprietors collectively (especially one granted a colonial territory in early North American history).
"In the seventeenth century, the land was governed by a wealthy proprietor under a royal charter."
• noun (Context 4)
The state or legal right of owning property; proprietorship.
"Disputes over the ownership of the estate lasted in the courts for decades."
Opposites of proprietary
The opposite of proprietary shifts depending on context. Common opposites include: