What is a noun?

A noun is a naming word. Or

A noun is the name of everything.

Everything in this world has a name.  We can’t talk about anything without its name, so definitely everything in this universe having a name belongs to a noun.

Definition of noun

A noun is a word used to name a person, place, thing, or idea.

Or

A noun is the name of a person place thing animal or idea.

A noun is one of the most important words you use when speaking and writing.

Examples

John (Person)

Boy

Man

Doctor

Teacher

Son

Airport (Place)

Room

Kitchen

Market

Road

School

Fox (Animal)

Dog

Elephant

Tiger

Bear

Pigeon

Book (Thing)

Car

Fan

Box

Chair

Flower

Thought (Idea)

Love

Hate

Wealth

Power

Weakness

Noun in sentences

John is my best friend.

Fox is a clever animal.

The airport is near this road.

The book is on the table.

I like flowers.

Women love shopping.

Cupcakes are delicious to eat.

Types of noun

The different types of nouns are following

• Common noun
• Proper noun
• Countable noun
• Uncountable noun
• Collective noun
• Abstract noun
• Concrete noun
• Compound noun

Common noun

Nouns that are used to name general people, places, things, and animals are known as common nouns.

A common noun, also known as a generic noun, is the polar opposite of a proper noun.

Noun definition with types

Examples of a common noun

Man

Woman

Nurse

Girl

Boy

Daughter

Station

Hospital

College

Home

Shop

Hotel

Book

Bike

Pencil

Bed

Light

Cloth

Cat

Mouse

Hen

Sparrow

Monkey

Fish

 The common noun in sentences

He is a good man.

There are three stations in my town.

This is my book.

That is a cat.

She is a nurse.

He bought some blue cloth.

Proper noun

Nouns that are used to name specific people places things and animals are known as proper nouns.

A proper noun is a name that is often capitalized and refers to a particular person, location, or object.

Noun definition with types

Examples of a proper noun

Ricky

Jim

Alison

Sabrina

Emma

Ellen

Cantt station

K.F.C

Pizza Hut

MacDonald’s

Dubai

Australia

English language book

Facebook

Jupiter

Dollar

Mano cat

Simba

Grumpy cat

Bulldog

The proper noun in sentences

Ricky is a good boy.

He went to the Cantt station.

It is my English book.

My cat’s name is Mano.

Dr. Sam is a surgeon.

She went to McDonald’s.

Countable noun

The countable noun refers to things animal or people that can be counted.

Noun definition with types

Examples of a countable noun

Two sisters

Three rooms

Five juice bottles

Two camels

Four sandwiches

Five buns

An orange

Six windows

Eight boats

Five rings

Six carrots

Two strawberries

The countable noun in sentences

I have two sisters.

My house has three rooms.

I buy five juice bottles.

I saw two camels.

I ate three mangoes.

They have two cars.

Uncountable noun

The uncountable noun refers to nouns that can not be counted.

Noun definition with types

Examples of an uncountable noun

Milk

Sugar

Oil

Water

Juice

Rice

Salt

Meat

Soup

Honey

Flour

Cheese

Tea

Cereals

Jam

Coffee

Butter

Bread

Chocolate

An uncountable noun in sentences

There is some milk in the fridge.

We don’t have any more sugar.

I use only a little cooking oil.

We have little water.

She drinks a lot of coffee.

We have some work.

Collective noun

A collective noun refers to a group of people,  places, things, and animals.

Both plural and singular collective nouns exist. Americans, on the other hand, tend to use collective nouns as singulars, although in other parts of the world, both usages are right.

Noun definition with types

Examples of collective noun

A Class of students

A Museum of Art

A Comb of bananas

A Swarm of Bees

A Pack of cards

A Library of books

A team of players

A pluck of sheep

A string of pearl

A herd of cattle

The collective noun in sentences

It is a class of students.

We went to the Museum of Art.

She eats a comb of bananas.

I saw a swarm of bees.

Their team won the match.

They saw a herd of cattle.

Abstract noun

A noun refers to an intangible concept such as an emotion, a feeling, a quality, or an idea that you can not see, hear, touch, taste, or smell.

Noun definition with types

Examples of abstract noun

Hate

Love

Weakness

Success

Hope

Hurt

Need

Skill

Pain

Sorrow

Anger

Growth

Power

Trust

Comport

Goal

Life

Luck

Belief

Freedom

An abstract noun in sentences

I hate rude people.

I love my mother.

She felt weakness.

I felt happy for his success.

I trust you.

Life is wonderful.

Concrete noun

The opposite of an abstract noun is a concrete noun.

A concrete noun refers to a noun that you can experience or see, hear, touch, taste, or smell.

Noun definition with types

Examples of a concrete noun

Singer

Lawyer

Father

Student

Mobile

Door

Egg

Apple

Sweets

Home

State

Ship

Plant

Coin

Bat

Restaurant

Pen

Parrot

Burger

Potato

Melon

 The concrete noun in sentences

My favorite singer is Jimmy.

It is my favorite restaurant.

I like to buy a pen for my best friend.

We have a parrot.

It is our home.

We are going to the restaurant.

Compound noun

The majority of English compound nouns are phrases made up of a noun and adjectives or another noun. They’re usually made up of more than two other terms that can be joined together at the same time.

Compound Nouns: Idiomatic compound nouns are formed when two or three nouns, or even other parts of speech, occur together. Idiomatic means that the nouns function as a unit and add up to more than the sum of their parts, to a lesser or greater extent.

Noun definition with types

Examples of a compound noun

sister-in-law

Bus Stop

Software

Policeman

Bedroom

Bathroom

Cupboard

Homework

Password

Daydream

Outside

Nobody

Haircut

Outside

Sunshine

Toolbar

Seashore

Breakfast

Lifetime

Grandfather

The compound noun in sentences

She is my sister-in-law

We met at the bus stop.

I use design software to design my post.

The policeman caught the thief.

My grandfather is great.

We met at the bus stop.

Possessive noun

It is the type of noun that shows a person or animal owns or has something.

It shows ownership.

We make possessive nouns by adding ‘s to a noun.

Examples of possessive noun

Cat’s house

Truck’s engine

Brother’s  room

Kim’s pen

My grandmother’s bag

Hen’s chick

Kid’s toys

School’s backyard

Daffodil’s flower

Eagle’s eyes

 Possessive nouns in sentences

It is my cat’s house.

Daffodil’s flowers are extremely beautiful.

We play in our school’s backyard.

It is not my pen, it is Kim’s pen.

My brother’s room is very massive.