8 Kinds of Nouns with Examples
Nouns are fundamental building blocks in language. They represent people, places, things, or ideas.
1. Common Nouns
Common nouns are general names for a person, place, or thing.
Examples:
Apple
Bank
Chair
Doctor
Elephant
Flower
Garden
House
Island
Jacket
Key
Lamp
Mountain
Notebook
Ocean
Park
Queen
River
School
Table
Umbrella
Village
Window
Xylophone
Yacht
Zebra
Actor
Bird
Car
Desk
2. Proper Nouns
Proper nouns name specific people, places, or organizations and are always capitalized.
Examples:
Amazon
Berlin
Charles
Disney
Europe
France
Google
Henry
Italy
John
Kevin
London
Microsoft
New York
Oscar
Paris
Queen Elizabeth
Rome
Samsung
Tokyo
United States
Victoria
Washington
Xavier
Yale
Zara
Alfred
Brazil
Clara
David
3. Concrete Nouns
Concrete nouns refer to things you can perceive with your senses.
Examples:
Apple
Ball
Car
Dog
Elephant
Flower
Guitar
House
Ice
Juice
Kite
Lamp
Mountain
Notebook
Orange
Pen
Quilt
Ring
Stone
Table
Umbrella
Vase
Window
Xylophone
Yacht
Zebra
Bag
Chair
Desk
Egg
4. Abstract Nouns
Abstract nouns refer to ideas, qualities, or states that you cannot touch or see.
Examples:
Anger
Beauty
Courage
Dream
Excitement
Freedom
Grace
Happiness
Idea
Joy
Kindness
Love
Motivation
Noun
Opinion
Peace
Quality
Respect
Strength
Truth
Understanding
Victory
Wisdom
Youth
Zeal
Bravery
Creativity
Determination
Energy
Fear
5. Countable Nouns
Countable nouns refer to things that can be counted.
Examples:
Apple
Book
Cat
Dog
Egg
Flower
Grapes
Hat
Ice cream
Jar
Kite
Lemon
Mango
Notebook
Orange
Pen
Quilt
Rose
Stone
Table
Umbrella
Vase
Window
Xylophone
Yacht
Zebra
Bag
Chair
Desk
Egg
6. Uncountable Nouns
Uncountable nouns refer to things that cannot be counted.
Examples:
Advice
Bread
Coffee
Dust
Education
Flour
Gold
Honey
Information
Juice
Knowledge
Luck
Money
News
Oxygen
Patience
Quality
Rice
Sand
Tea
Understanding
Violence
Water
Xylitol
Yogurt
Zeal
Air
Beauty
Courage
Energy
7. Collective Nouns
Collective nouns refer to a group of individuals or things.
Examples:
Army
Band
Class
Deck
Ensemble
Fleet
Group
Herd
Iceberg
Jury
Kit
Library
Mob
Navy
Orchestra
Pack
Queue
Regiment
Swarm
Team
Union
Vortex
Workforce
Xenon
Youth
Zone
Bunch
Choir
Dozen
Faculty
8. Compound Nouns
Compound nouns are formed by combining two or more words.
Examples:
Airplane
Bedroom
Cupcake
Dishwasher
Eyewitness
Fireman
Grandmother
Handbag
Ice cream
Jack-in-the-box
Keyboard
Lifeboat
Milkshake
Newspaper
Oatmeal
Password
Quicksand
Rowboat
Sunglasses
Teacup
Uptown
Volleyball
Waterfall
X-ray
Yacht club
Zinc oxide
Backache
Classmate
Doorbell
Firefighter