What are abstract nouns?
A noun is one of the eight main parts of speech in the English language. A noun is any word that occurs as the main part of the subject of a verb or clause, object of a verb in a sentence or the object of a preposition. Nouns are generally names of things, ideas and concepts. There are many types of nouns. Proper nouns are names of places, people and specific things while common nouns are names given to general class of things. Nouns can be classified as countable and uncountable, depending on whether they can be quantified. What are Abstract Nouns? After that brief overview of definition of nouns, let us see what are abstract nouns. Abstract nouns are words that signify ‘abstract’ ideas, which cannot be experienced directly through the five senses. They are words for feelings, qualities and all other kinds of abstract concepts. They are names given to intangible ideas which form a part of our life. There is often a confusion between concrete and abstract nouns. As opposed to abstract
