COMMON NOUN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does common noun mean? 

• COMMON NOUN (noun)
  The noun COMMON NOUN has 1 sense:

1. a noun that denotes any or all members of a class

  Familiarity information: COMMON NOUN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMMON NOUN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A noun that denotes any or all members of a class

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("common noun" is a kind of...):

noun (a content word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or action)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "common noun"):

deverbal noun; verbal noun (a noun that is derived from a verb)

adnoun (an adjective used as a noun)

Antonym:

proper noun (a noun that denotes a particular thing; usually capitalized)