103 Common Nouns List in English With Meanings

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This is a blog post about common nouns, which are words that name people, places, or things.

The common nouns list will be in alphabetical order. It includes an explanation of the word and its meaning and examples for each letter of the alphabet.

When you’re done reading this article, you’ll know how to use every single one!

103 Common Nouns List in Alphabetical Order

List of 103 Common Nouns in Alphabetical Order

1. Action
2. Adjective
3. Adult
4. Age
5. Animal
6. Back
7. Bed
8. Blood
9. Body
10. Book
11. Box
12. Boy
13. Car
14. Child
15. Chocolate
16. City
17. Clothes
18. Color
19. Company
20. Country
21. Cycle
22. Date
23. Day
24. Death
25. Dictionary
26. Direction
27. Door
28. Earth
29. Egg
30. Electricity
31. Employee
32. Face
33. Family
34. Farm
35. Father
36. Fish
37. Floor
38. Flowers
39. Food
40. Foot
41. Fridge
42. Friend
43. Fruit
44. Furniture
45. Future
46. Game
47. Garden
48. Girl
49. Glass
50. Government
51. Group
52. Health
53. Hill
54. Holiday
55. Idea
56. Island
57. Jewelry
58. Job
59. Kitchen
60. Market
61. Material
62. Mirror
63. Mobile
64. Month  
65. Name
66. News
67. Number  
68. Ocean
69. Park
70. Party
71. Pencil
72. Picture
73. Place
74. Plant
75. Queen
76. Rain
77. River
78. Road
79. Rock
80. Room
81. School
82. Shape
83. Ship
84. Shoe
85. Shop
86. Size
87. Son
88. Sun
89. Street
90. Table
91. Taxi
92. Tea
93. Teacher
94. Time
95. Train
96. Vehicle
97. Water
98. Weather
99. Woman
100. Work
101. Year
102. Yesterday     
103. Zoo

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Meaning of the Nouns

• Action- verb or gerund, an action that is being done
• Adjective- a word describing a noun
• Adult- fully grown-up person who is over eighteen years old.
• Age- length of life for people and animals when measured in years
• Animal- a creature that is not human
• Back- the part of an animal’s body located in its rear, or one side of a thing from which it extends behind the main front portion
• Bed- place for resting and sleeping
• Blood- body fluid that carries oxygen (air from the lungs) to the cells and removes waste products
• Body- the entire structure of a person or animal that encloses the internal organs
• Book- written work which can be fictional, nonfictional, etc. held in the hand/stored on pages for reading purposes
• Box- a container with a top lid that opens and closes
• Boy- young male person
• Car- motor vehicle for transportation with four wheels and an engine, enclosed compartment for passengers in the front seat(s) and back seat(s)
• Child- young person between birth and puberty
• Chocolate- sweet, flavored food made from cacao seeds
• City- large, densely populated area of houses and businesses with fixed boundaries/location
• Clothes- worn on the human body for protection or warmth; used for covering the body
• Color- yellow, red, green, blue, etc.
• Company- a business organization formed for profit through the investment of money or labor; also refers to a group of people with common goals/interests
• Country- area of land with its own government, for example, Ireland, Spain, France, United States of America.
• Cycle- series of events that repeat themselves over time in the same order as they occurred before; also refers to one complete turn of an object around itself or another object
• Date- day of the month, for example, 1st, 2nd, 3rd.
• Day- the period between sunrise and sunset; also refers to the 24-hour period beginning at midnight.
• Death- permanent end of life.
• Dictionary- a book containing words usually arranged alphabetically along with their definitions/explanations for use in reading, writing, speaking, etc.
• Direction- path or way of facing/moving, relative to another position or object that is used as a standard for orientation in space.
• Door- allows us to enter or stops us from entering a building.
• Earth- the planet where humans live.
• Egg- female gamete (life cell produced by an ovary) capable of developing into a new individual by fertilization
• Electricity- energy produced from the flow of electric charge, for example, it can be used to power laptops, TVs, fridges, etc.
• Employee- a person employed by a company
• Face- the front part of the head, which includes the eyes, nose, and mouth
• Family- group consisting of parents and their children living together as a unit
• Farm- the land where plants and animals are raised/produced for food, also refers to a business organization that grows crops or rears farm animals
• Father- male parent of an offspring; can refer more generally to any older man in authority such as the father of a family, head of household, etc.
• Fish- cold-blooded animal with gills, fins and scales living in water            –
• Floor- bottom surface of a room or vehicle
• Flowers- plants with bright, colourful parts, usually grown for pleasure/decoration
• Food- substances eaten by humans/animals to sustain life, provide energy, etc.
• Foot- part at the lower end of the leg which supports the body’s weight and includes your toes
• Fridge- a cooling device used to store food at low temperatures.
• Friend- a person you know and like, but are not related to or married to
• Fruit- plant product is eaten as food for humans/animals
• Furniture- objects used in a house or other buildings that you can move around, including chairs, tables, beds etc.
• Future- coming time/period after the present or past
• Game- activity played for pleasure or competition.
• Garden- an area used as a park/recreational place with plants growing in it; it can also refer to an enclosed space where flowers, fruits, etc., are grown.
• Girl- female child
• Glass- a hard, see-through substance used to make drink containers, windows, etc.
• Government- a group that rules over an area
• Group- a number of things or people considered together
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• Health- a condition of a person’s body and mind with regard to strength/sickness
• Hill- raised area of land; can also refer to a high point in the landscape.
• Holiday- period of time when an employee does not work for the purpose of enjoying themselves, but are paid for this time
• Idea- something in the mind which is formed by thought, experience or the senses
• Island- land surrounded by water/sea which is not connected to any other land
• Jewelry- small decorative objects worn for decoration/ornament
• Job- work that is usually paid
• Kitchen- room used for cooking and preparing food, including a stove/oven etc.
• Market- place where people can buy and sell goods
• Material- something that has been made from a natural substance such as wood, metal etc.
• Mirror- object that reflects light/images to produce an image of the person or thing that is being looked at
• Mobile- a handheld device used to take and make calls
• Month- unit of time equal to approximately 30 days
• Name- word or phrase used for identification, including given name and surname
• News- information about recent events or changes; can also refer to a newspaper/magazine that provides information about current events
• Number- word or figure used to represent quantities, especially of objects/people etc.
• Ocean- a large body of water separating landmasses.
• Plant- living organism without a brain/spine etc. which can make its own food
• Park- area of land used for recreation, including sports and walking etc.

• Party- a social gathering involving entertainment and food, generally held by invitation for people to celebrate an event or to mark a special occasion
• Pencil- writing implement which consists of a thin piece of wood with an attached sharp end
• Picture- image created by painting or drawing on paper, canvas etc.
• Place- name of a town, city or country
• Plant- living organism that does not move and which is able to make its own food
• Queen- female ruler of a kingdom, state or power
• Rain- liquid substance that falls from clouds
• River- large body of water which flows to the sea or another larger river
• Road- hard surface that people/vehicles travel on for transport
• Rock- large piece of sand/stone
• Room- space within a building enclosed by walls and floor/
• School- place where students receive education from teachers
• Shape- two dimensional outlines of an object
• Ship- watercraft used for transporting people or goods over sea
• Shoe- piece of protective footwear
• Shop- store where goods are sold
• Size- the magnitude, amount or quantity of something
• Son- the male person born in relation to people or animals
• Sun- star that is the source of light and heat for Earth
• Street- road that runs through a town or city
• Table- piece of furniture used for working at, eating
• Taxi- vehicle used for transporting people in return for payment
• Tea- hot drink made from leaves of the tea plant
• Teacher- person who gives instruction to students
• Time- unit of measurement used for counting periods, including day and year
• Train- vehicle on railway tracks
• Vehicle- machine for transporting people or goods by land/water/air
• Water- chemical substance that is a clear, tasteless and odorless liquid
• Weather- state of the atmosphere with respect to temperature and wind, including rain etc.
• Woman- adult female human
• Work- activity involving mental or physical effort, usually done in return for payment.
• Year- period of time between one birthday and the next; with about 365 days in a year
• Yesterday- day before today
• Zoo- place where animals are kept for people to look at

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