List of Nouns – Concrete Noun

NOUNS Examples
What Is A Noun?
What is a noun? Noun is described as words that
refer to
a person, place, thing, event, substance, quality, q  Armchair
uantity, etc.  Aunt
Noun is a part of speech typically denoting a  Ball
person, place, thing, animal or idea.  Bermudas
There are many different types of nouns in  Beans
English, each designed to serve a different  Balloon
purpose in an English sentence.  Bear
 Blouse
 Bed
 Baby
 Book
 Blender
 Bucket
 Bakery
 Bow
 Bridge
 Boat
 Car
 Cow
 Cap
 Cooker
 Cheeks
 Crest
 Chest
 Chair
 Candy
 Cabinet
 Cat
 Coffee
 Charlie
 Dog
 Deer
 Donkey
List of Nouns in English with Different  Desk
Types  Desktop
Learn useful list of nouns in English with different  Dentist
types and relevant noun examples.  Drum
 Dresser
 Designer
1. Concrete Nouns  Detective
What is a Concrete Noun?  Frog
 Fan
Concrete nouns are people, places, or things that  Freezer
we can experience with our five senses. Concrete  Fish
nouns can be divided into common  Film
nouns and proper nouns.  Foot
 Flag
 Guest
  Hamburger  Contentment
 Jewelry  Courage
List of Nouns – Concrete Nouns Image  Crime
 Growth
 Happiness
 Hate
 Hatred
 Inflation
 Insanity
 Intelligence
 Joy
 Justice
 Kindness
 Laughter
 Law
 Liberty
 Love
 Luck
 Luxury
 Maturity
 Need
 Opinion
 Opportunity
 Pain
 Principle
 Reality
 Relaxation
 Sanity
 Satisfaction
 Self-control
 Speed
 Strenght
 Strictness
 Tiredness
 Tolerance
 Trend
 Union
 Unreality
 Victory
Abstract Nouns  Wariness
 Warmth
What are Abstract  Nouns?  Wealth
List of Nouns – Abstract Nouns Image
Abstract nouns refer to abstract objects
which you cannot see, hear, touch, smell, or taste
(ideas or concepts).
List of Nouns – Abstract Noun
Examples
 Awareness
 Awe
 Beauty
 Belief
 Childhood
 Clarity
 Cleverness
 Confusion
  Tree
 Box
 Book
 Customer
 Friend
Uncountable Nouns
Uncountable Nouns Definition
Uncountable Nouns are substances, concepts,
materials, information… that we cannot divide
into separate elements. They can’t be counted.
List of Nouns –  Uncountable Nouns
Countable and Uncountable List
Nouns  Access
Countable and Uncountable nouns vary from  Adulthood
language to language. In some languages, there  Alcohol
 Business
are no countable nouns. In addition, some nouns
 Blood
that are uncountable in English may be countable
 Botany
in other languages.
 Bacon
 Chaos
 Clothing
 Confidence
 Compassion
 Calm
 Cotton
 Childhood
 Coffee
 Danger
 Data
 Dancing
 Distribution
 Dirt
 Duty
 Education
 Economics
 Equipment
 Fame
 Freedom
 Glass
 Grass
 Golf
 Hair
 Hardware
 Hydrogen
 Hatred
 Hunger
Countable Nouns  Honey
 Importance
Countable nouns are individual objects, people,  Intelligence
places, etc. which can be counted.  Industry
Countable Noun Examples  Jealousy
 Apple  Jam
 School  Jewelery
 Student  Innocence
 Picture  Iron
 House
 Linguistics  Mob
 Light  Staff
 Loneliness  Crew
 Music  Choir
 Meat  Orchestra
 Nurture  Panel
 Psychology  Board
 NOTE: Some nouns are both countable  Troupe
and uncountable. They have been put in  Bunch
bold.  Pile
 List of Nouns – Uncountable Noun  Heap
Examples  Set
 Stack
 Series
 Shower
 Fall
List of Nouns – Collective Nouns Image

Collective Nouns
What are Collective Nouns?
Compound Nouns
Collective nouns are names for a collection or a
number of people or things. Words like group, Compound Nouns  Definition
herd, and array are collective noun examples.
Compound nouns are words for people, animals,
Collective Noun Examples places, things, or ideas, made up of two or more
 Herd
words. Most compound nouns are made
 Pack with nouns that have been modified by adjectives
 Flock or other nouns.
 Swarm List of Nouns – Compound Noun
 Shoal
 Group
Examples
 Crowd
 Airline
 Gang
 Airport
 Aircraft
 Armchair
 Boyfriend
 Battlefield
 Briefcase
 Butterfly
 Countdown
 Comeback
 Background
 Cupboard
 Chopstick
 Classmate
 Daredevil
 Daydream
 Dragonfly
 Everybody
 Everything
 Fireworks
 Football
 Footprint Possessive Nouns
 Greenhouse
 Hallway Possessive Nouns  Definition
 Handcuff Possessive nouns are nouns that show ownership
 Haircut or possession. Normally these words would be a
 Homework singular or plural noun, but in the possessive form
 Horsefly they are used as adjectives to modify another
 Houseboat a noun or pronoun.
 Inside
Possessive Noun Examples
 Moonlight
 Myself  Cat’s toy
 Notebook  Charles’s car
 Overdue  Chris’s exam
 Pancake  Children’s clothes
 Partnership  Men’s shoes
 Photocopy  Babies’ shoes
 Raincoat  Lemons’ acidity
 Rattlesnake  Owls’ eyes
 Ringworm  Sister’s room
 Skyscraper  Jim’s pen
 Sandcastle  My mom’s bag
 Snowboard Possessive Noun Examples
 Sunshine
 Teardrop
 Teacup
 Teapot
 Thunderstorm
 Timetable
 Yourself
Compound Nouns List
  veto – vetoes
 domino – dominoes
 mosquito – mosquitoes
 volcano – volcanoes
 piano – pianos
 photo – photos
Regular Plural Nouns  halo – halos
Forming Regular Plural Nouns  soprano – sopranos
How to form regular plural nouns in English.  radio – radios
 Most singular nouns are made plural by adding  stereo – stereos
-s to the end of the singular form.  video – videos
 When a noun ends in a sibilant sound – /s/, /z/,  country – countries
/ʃ/, /ʒ/, /tʃ/ or /dʒ/ – the plural is formed by adding -es,  family – families
or -s if the singular already ends in -e.  cherry – cherries
 The plural form of some nouns that end in ‘f’  lady – ladies
or ‘fe’ is made by changing the ending to -V(es).  puppy – puppies
 When a noun ends in “o” preceded by a  party – parties
consonant, the plural in many cases is spelled by  holiday – holidays
adding -es.
 Nouns that end in ‘o’ preceded by a vowel are Irregular Plural Nouns
made plural by adding -s.
 When the ‘y’ follows a consonant, changing
Irregular Plural Nouns  Definition
‘y’ to ‘i’ and adding -es.
Irregular plural nouns are nouns that do not
 When the ‘y’ follows a vowel, the plural is
formed by retaining the ‘y’ and adding -s. become plural by adding -s or -es, as most nouns
in the English language do. For example, the
Regular Plural Noun Examples plural form of man is men, not mans. The plural
 car – cars form of woman is women, not womans.
 bag – bags
 table – tables Irregular Plural Noun Examples
 house – houses
 dog – dogs  Aircraft – aircraft
 kiss – kisses  Barracks – barracks
 dish – dishes  Deer – deer
 witch – witches  Gallows – gallows
 judge – judges  Moose – moose
 half – halves  Salmon – salmon
 hoof – hooves  Hovercraft – hovercraft
 calf – calves  Spacecraft – spacecraft
 elf – elves  Series – series
 shelf – shelves  Species – species
 leaf – leaves  Means – means
 loaf – loaves  Offspring – offspring
 thief – thieves  Deer – deer
 wolf – wolves  Fish – fish
 life – lives  Sheep – sheep
 knife – knives  Offspring – offspring
 scarf – scarves  Trout – trout
 wife – wives  Swine – swine
 cuff – cuffs  Person – people
 knockoff – knockoffs  Ox – oxen
 chef – chefs  Man – men
 belief – beliefs  Woman – women
 roof – roofs  Caveman – cavemen
 chief – chiefs  Policeman – policemen
 potato – potatoes  Child – children
 tomato – tomatoes  Tooth – teeth
 hero – heroes  Foot – feet
 echo – echoes  Goose – geese
 Mouse – mice  Sir – Madam
 Louse – lice  Uncle – Aunt
 Penny – pence  Nephew – Niece
 Index – indices /indexes  Wizard – Witch
 Matrix – matrices  Hart – Roe
 Vertex – vertices  Drake – Duck
 Appendix – appendices  Lion – Lioness
 Alumnus – alumni  Priest – Priestess
 Prophet – Prophetess
 Corpus – corpora
 Patron – Patroness
 Census – censuses
 Host – Hostess
 Focus – foci
 Viscount – Viscountess
 Genus – genera  Shepherd – Shepherdess
 Prospectus – prospectuses  Steward – Stewardess
 Radius – radii  Heir – Heiress
 Campus – campuses  Baron – Baroness
 Succubus – succubi  Peer – Peeress
Irregular Plural Noun Examples  Abbot – Abbess
 Emperor – Empress
 Traitor – Traitress
 Actor – Actress
 Benefactor – Benefactress
 Hunter – Huntress
 Tempter – Temptress
 Master – Mistress
 Tiger – Tigress
 Duke – Duchess
 Enchanter – Enchantress
 Songster – Songstress
 Hero – Heroine
 Sultan – Sultana
 Czar – Czarina
 Signor – Signora
 Manservant – Maidservant
 He-goat – She-goat
 Cock-sparrow – Hen-sparrow
 Bull-calf – Cow-calf
 Grandfather – Grandmother
 Landlord – Landlady
 Milkman – Milkmaid
 Peacock – Peahen
 Giant – Giantess
 Count – Countess
Gender of Nouns

Gender of Nouns in English

Learn the Gender of Nouns and List of
Masculine and Feminine Words in English:
 Masculine – Feminine