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A word used as the designation or appellation of a creature or thing, existing in fact or in thought; a substantive.

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  1. n. A word used as the word/designation">designation or appellation of a creature or thing, existing in fact or in thought; a substantive.
  2. n. a word/content">content word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or action
  3. n. the word word/class">class that can serve as the class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/subject">subject or object of a verb, the object of a preposition, or in apposition
  4. A word used as the word/designation">designation or appellation of a creature or thing, existing in fact or in thought; a substantive. Note: By some grammarians the term noun is so used as to include adjectives, as being descriptive; but in general it is limited to substantives.
  5. A word used as the word/designation">designation or appellation of a creature orthing, existing in fact or in thought; a substantive.
  6. n:100 n. a word/class">class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/content">content word that can be used to refer to a class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/person">person, place, thing, quality, or action n. the word class that can serve as the subject or object of a verb, the object of a preposition, or in apposition