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

• collective noun
• common noun
• count noun
• generic noun
• mass noun
• proper name
• proper noun

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

• content word
• open-class word
• substantive

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

• major form class

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

• declension