Abstract noun refers to a thing that has no physical form. This means we cannot see or touch it. It denotes an idea (education, discipline), quality (ability, beauty) or state (belief, hope). Abstract nouns are derived particularly from nouns, verbs, and adjectives.
Noun | Abstract Noun | Noun | Abstract Noun | |
brother | brotherhood | man | manhood | |
child | childhood | member | membership | |
friend | friendship | mother | motherhood | |
king | kingship | neighbor | neighborhood | |
leader | leadership | scholar | scholarship |
Verb | Abstract Noun | Verb | Abstract Noun | |
act | action | know | knowledge | |
appear | appearance | laugh | laughter | |
behave | behavior | lose | loss | |
believe | belief | marry | marriage | |
die | death | permit | permission | |
do | deed | please | pleasure | |
employ | employment | refuse | refusal | |
free | freedom | sell | sale | |
grow | growth | speak | speech | |
invite | invitation | think | thought | |
judge | judgement | treat | treatment |
Adjective | Abstract Noun | Adjective | Abstract Noun | |
able | ability | kind | kindness | |
angry | anger | long | length | |
beautiful | beauty | honest | honesty | |
brave | bravery | new | newness | |
different | difference | strong | strength | |
difficult | difficulty | thirsty | thirst | |
envious | envy | unique | uniqueness | |
great | greatness | weak | weakness | |
happy | happiness | wide | width | |
hungry | hunger | wise | wisdom |