Added 9 October 2026 state-owned adjective Categories: Obscure Words adjective ! Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). More about state-owned at Wordnik → Where our words come from → Owned and controlled by and at a national level, and served as a resource of the sovereign country or city state through a central government or its agencies and institutions as the head and operator. Related Words: governmentgovernmentalofficialnationalsovereignpublicstatenon-governmentalsoecrownthaicountries Back to today's word