Definition of Noun

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Definition of Noun
	Noun A word used as the designation or appellation of a creature or thing, existing in fact or in thought; a substantive. Related Definitions: Appellation, As, Creature, Designation, Existing, Fact, In, Of, Or, Substantive, The, Thing, Thought, Used, Word

Noun Quotations

God is a verb, not a noun.
R. Buckminster Fuller

Here is God's purpose - for God, to me, it seems, is a verb not a noun, proper or improper.
R. Buckminster Fuller

God, to me, it seems, is a verb not a noun, proper or improper.
R. Buckminster Fuller

Suffrage, noun. Expression of opinion by means of a ballot. The right of suffrage (which is held to be both a privilege and a duty) means, as commonly interpreted, the right to vote for the man of another man's choice, and is highly prized.
Ambrose Bierce

Theater is a verb before it is a noun, an act before it is a place.
Martha Graham

Marriage is not a noun; it's a verb. It isn't something you get. It's something you do. It's the way you love your partner every day.
Barbara de Angelis

Think Tank, noun: The shower.
Craig Bruce

One of the glories of English simplicity is the possibility of using the same word as noun and verb.
Edward Sapir

Why indeed must 'God' be a noun? Why not a verb - the most active and dynamic of all.
Mary Daly

Noun Translations

noun in Dutch is substantief, zelfstandig naamwoord
noun in French is substantif
noun in German is Hauptwort, Substantiv
noun in Portuguese is substantivo
noun in Spanish is substantivo
noun in Swedish is substantiv

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