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Synonyms of noun

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Another word for noun is substantive. Other synonyms of noun are name.

Synonyms and similar words for noun

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nounSensu stricto.

  • noun substantiveA word that can be used to refer to a person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea; one of the...

Meaning of noun

  1. noun A word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as person, animal, place, word, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea: one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.
  2. noun Either a word that can be used to refer to a person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality or idea, or a word that modifies or describes a previous word or its referent; a substantive or adjective, sometimes also including other parts of speech such as numeral or pronoun.
  3. noun An object within a user interface to which a certain action or transformation (i.e., verb) is applied.

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Questions about synonyms of noun

What is another word for noun?
Noun has 6 synonyms on Word.ws, such as substantive and name.
What does noun mean?
Noun means a word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as person, animal, place, word, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea: one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.

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