Meaning
A word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as person, animal, place, word, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea: one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.
Etymology
Origin: Middle English
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Italic *nōmn̥ Latin nōmen Anglo-Norman noun, non, nombor. Middle English noun English noun Inherited from Middle English noun, from Anglo-Norman noun, non, nom, from Latin nōmen (“name; noun”). The grammatical sense in Latin was a semantic loan from Koine Greek ὄνομα (ónoma). Doublet of name and nomen.
Synonyms & Antonyms
NYT Puzzle Appearances
Accepted in 44 recorded puzzles:
- 2026-09-22NEIOQUX
- 2026-08-21UDGHNOR
- 2026-04-30UCOMINT
- 2026-03-02NCIOTUY
- 2026-01-02NBUHEOY
- 2025-12-13UTDRNGO
- 2025-11-30OCGHINU
- 2025-11-22OGWUTIN
- 2025-11-05NAYUOMT
- 2025-11-03NDXUOEP
- 2025-10-18OCEHLNU
- 2025-10-09NILOPRU
+32 earlier appearances in the archive.