What is Noun with Examples The noun is the name of something. The 'Noun' means name. Everything has a name. What has a name is a noun. Anything around us is a noun. For example, book, table, computer, pen, paper, Catherine, John, New York, USA, laughter, pain, thought etc. Yes, what we think or feel with our senses are also nouns. Even the word ' Noun' itself is a noun because it is the name of a part of speech. Similarly, the other parts of speech like the pronoun, adjective, verb, adverb, preposition, conjunction are also nouns. Basically,we see nouns in the form of person, place and things. Person: Harry Potter, William Shakespeare, Bill Gates, Place: London, England, World Things: Pencil, car, Shirt But, all the nouns don't fall into the category of person, place or things. In fact, what feel with our mind or senses are also nouns. For example, laughter, pain, joy etc. For example, usefulness, clarity, introduction. Again, there are also nouns that we