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English noun: noun

1. noun (communication) a content word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or action


Broader (hypernym)content word, open-class word, substantive


Narrower (hyponym)collective noun, common noun, count noun, generic noun, mass noun, proper name, proper noun


Part holonymnoun

2. noun (communication) the word class that can serve as the subject or object of a verb, the object of a preposition, or in apposition


Broader (hypernym)major form class


Part meronymnoun


Member meronymdeclension









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