Definition of Noun

1. Noun. A content word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or action.


2. Noun. The word class that can serve as the subject or object of a verb, the object of a preposition, or in apposition.
Generic synonyms: Major Form Class
Group relationships: Declension

Definition of Noun

1. n. A word used as the designation or appellation of a creature or thing, existing in fact or in thought; a substantive.

Definition of Noun

1. Noun. (grammar) A word that can be used to refer to a person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea; one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To convert a word to a noun. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Noun

1. a word used to denote the name of something [n -S] : NOUNAL, NOUNLESS [adj], NOUNALLY [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Noun

noughted
noughth
noughting
noughts
noughts and crosses
noughtwithstanding
noul
nould
noulde
noule
noules
nouls
noumena
noumenal
noumenon
noun (current term)
noun-phrase
noun adjunct
noun adjuncts
noun clause
noun clauses
noun of multitude
noun phrase
noun phrases
nounal
nounally
nouned
nounhood

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