Noun
81collective noun — noun a noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things • Hypernyms: ↑noun * * * noun, pl ⋯ nouns [count] technical : a word (such as family or herd) that names a group of people or things * * * colˌlective ˈnoun… …
82mass noun — noun A noun that normally cannot be counted. Syn: non count noun, uncountable noun Ant: countable noun, count noun …
83count noun — noun (OED 1952) a noun which is used to refer to things that can be counted. Examples: woman, stone, tree, dollar. Syn: countable noun Ant: mass noun, non count noun, uncountable noun …
84countable noun — noun (OED 1914) a noun that has both singular and plural usage, though not necessarily two different forms. Examples: Syn: count noun Ant: mass noun, non count noun, uncountable noun …
85agent noun — noun : a noun denoting the performer of an action (as writer, inspector, patron, hanger on) * * * ˈagent noun 7 [agent noun] noun (grammar) a noun that refers to a person or thing that does an action, for example ‘worker’ or ‘elevator’ …
86common noun — noun A noun that can be preceded by an indefinite article, and denotes any member, or all members of a class; an ordinary noun such as dog or city. The Butlers had been serving the Fowls for centuries. It had always been that way. Indeed, there… …
87common noun — noun (C) technical in grammar, a common noun is any noun that is not the name of a particular person, place, or thing: Book and sugar are common nouns. compare proper noun, see also noun …
88verbal noun — noun (C) a noun that describes an action or experience and has the form of a present participle . For example building is a verbal noun in The building of the bridge was slow work , but simply a noun in The bank was a tall building ; gerund see… …
89agent noun — noun A noun that denotes an agent who does the action denoted by the verb from which the noun is derived, such as cutter derived from to cut . The agent noun cutter means a person who cuts or thing that cuts. Syn: nomen agentis …
90uncountable noun — noun mass noun. Syn: non count noun Ant: countable noun …
