1. a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea
Usage: grammar

Examples

• The word ‘dog’ is a noun.
• In the sentence ‘The cat ran quickly,’ both ‘cat’ and ‘sentence’ are nouns.
• Proper nouns like ‘Sarah’ and ‘Chicago’ are capitalized.
• Abstract nouns such as ‘happiness’ and ‘freedom’ name ideas or concepts.
• The teacher asked us to identify all the nouns in the paragraph.
• Common nouns like ‘book’ and ‘car’ are not capitalized unless they start a sentence.