/ Thesaurus / J Synonyms of james cleveland owens Find synonyms for: Noun1. Owens, Jesse Owens, James Cleveland Owensusage: United States athlete and Black American whose success in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin outraged Hitler (1913-1980)WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: coincidence Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language