common noun

noun

: a word (such as “singer,” “ocean,” or “car”) that refers to a person, place, or thing but that is not the name of a particular person, place, or thing

Full Definition of COMMON NOUN

: a noun that may occur with limiting modifiers (as a or an, some, every, and my) and that designates any one of a class of beings or things

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First Known Use of COMMON NOUN

1656

Rhymes with COMMON NOUN

Allentown, broken-down, Charlottetown, Chinatown, dressing-down, dressing gown, eiderdown, Germantown, go to town, hand-me-down, Oxford down, proper noun, reach-me-down, shantytown, simmer down, Spanish Town, thistledown, Tinseltown, trickle-down, Triple Crown, tumbledown, up and down, up-and-down, upside down, Vandyke brown, verbal noun, water down, watered-down

COMMON NOUN Defined for Kids

common noun

noun

Definition of COMMON NOUN for Kids

: a noun that names a class of persons or things or any individual of a class and that may occur with a limiting modifier (as a, the, some, or every) <The words “child,” “city,” and “day” are common nouns.>