Synonyms for noun

Grammar : Noun

Spell : noun

Phonetic Transcription : naʊn

Définition of noun

Origin : late 14c., from Anglo-French noun "name, noun," from Old French nom, non (Modern French nom), from Latin nomen "name, noun" (see name (n.)). Old English used name to mean "noun." Related: Nounal.

As in substantive : noun nominal

Example sentences :

Between the "wondering" and the noun there had been an observable pause.
Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden

The transitive verb has no subject; the noun nothing to govern it.
Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Number 218, December 31, 1853 » by Various

Third, the ablative form of a noun signifying a portion of the body.
Extract from : « Harper's Young People, September 14, 1880 » by Various

A restrictive clause is not separated by a comma from the noun.
Extract from : « The Verbalist » by Thomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)

The form of the adverb, as well as of the adjective and the noun, is ill.
Extract from : « The Verbalist » by Thomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)

After all, I was only twenty-eight; the noun I had chosen was—girl.
Extract from : « The Ideal » by Stanley Grauman Weinbaum

The noun is related to the Greek verb enduein, 'to put on, as a garment.'
Extract from : « Jesus the Christ » by James Edward Talmage

The only difference is that in the French of the Symbolist it precedes the noun.
Extract from : « The Children » by Alice Meynell

Don't use a noun and then an adjective that crosses out the noun.
Extract from : « A Miscellany of Men » by G. K. Chesterton

Eternal is an awful word, even when the noun that goes with it is blessedness.
Extract from : « Expositions of Holy Scripture » by Alexander Maclaren

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