Common Noun: Definition. A common noun is a word that refers to a general class of people, places, things, or ideas. It is not the name of a specific person, place, thing, or idea.

That’s a proper noun. Leroy. And so is Lizard Monster, that’s what I am. Leroy the Lizard Monster! I live in a tree. That is a common noun. And I love sleeping in my bed. Bed! That’s also a ...

A new list of the most common nouns in the English language published in the latest Oxford dictionary reveals that English speakers are obsessed with time, Oxford University Press researchers said ...

The word "time" is the most common noun in the English language, according to the latest Oxford dictionary. Oxford University Press researchers looked on the internet at newspapers, journals, fictions ...

The dictionary used the Oxford English Corpus — a research project into English in the 21st century — to come up with the lists. Among nouns, "person" is ranked at No. 2, with "man" at No. 7 ...

Common nouns are the names of things, that’s people, places or objects, while a proper noun is the name of a particular person, place or thing. Proper nouns always begin with a capital letter ...