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An abstract noun is a word for something that can't be experienced by any of the five senses; it can't be seen, heard, smelled, tasted, or touched. An abstract noun is a word for something learned, known, understood, thought, or felt emotionally.

Examples are:

  • abhorrence
  • ability
  • abstinence
  • acceptance
  • accident
  • accomplishment
  • achievement
  • acrimony
  • adoration
  • adventure
  • affection
  • agility
  • agreement
  • altruism
  • amazement
  • ambiance
  • ambiguity
  • ambition
  • amnesia
  • anger
  • annoyance
  • answer
  • antipathy
  • anxiety
  • apathy
  • apprehension
  • ardor
  • artistry
  • attachment
  • avarice
  • aversion
  • awe
  • beauty
  • beggary
  • belief
  • benevolence
  • bliss
  • boldness
  • boredom
  • bravery
  • burden
  • calm
  • care
  • carelessness
  • caution
  • chaos
  • character
  • charisma
  • charity
  • cheerfulness
  • childhood
  • cleverness
  • coldness
  • comfort
  • communication
  • contempt
  • courage
  • creativity
  • crime
  • criminality
  • danger
  • day
  • death
  • deceit
  • defeat
  • delight
  • democracy
  • demon
  • dependence
  • depression
  • desire
  • despair
  • desperation
  • destination
  • determination
  • detestation
  • devotion
  • dignity
  • disappointment
  • disbelief
  • discipline
  • discord
  • disgust
  • dislike
  • distaste
  • dogma
  • drama
  • dread
  • dream
  • drudgery
  • duplicity
  • duty
  • dynasty
  • eagerness
  • earnestness
  • ease
  • eccentricity
  • ecstasy
  • education
  • effort
  • ego
  • elation
  • elegance
  • eloquence
  • emotion
  • empathy
  • empire
  • encouragement
  • enhancement
  • enjoyment
  • enlightenment
  • enmity
  • ennui
  • enthusiasm
  • envy
  • error
  • euphoria
  • eventuality
  • evil
  • evolution
  • excellence
  • excitement
  • exertion
  • exhilaration
  • extremism
  • exuberance
  • faith
  • fake
  • fame
  • fashion
  • fate
  • favor
  • favoritism
  • fear
  • feat
  • feeling
  • feelings
  • felicity
  • final
  • finality
  • foible
  • fondness
  • foolishness
  • force
  • forgiveness
  • formality
  • fortitude
  • fortune
  • freedom
  • friendliness
  • friendship
  • fright
  • frivolity
  • frugality
  • frustration
  • fun
  • fury
  • future
  • gallantry
  • genealogy
  • generosity
  • genius
  • gentility
  • gentleness
  • gladness
  • glee
  • gluttony
  • goal
  • good
  • goodness
  • goodwill
  • gossip
  • grace
  • gratitude
  • greatness
  • greed
  • grief
  • grievance
  • guile
  • guilt
  • gullibility
  • gumption
  • habit
  • happiness
  • harm
  • hate
  • hatred
  • health
  • heaven
  • help
  • helpfulness
  • hero
  • heroism
  • hint
  • hobby
  • home
  • honesty
  • honor, honour
  • hope
  • Horror
  • humanity
  • humility
  • humor, humour
  • hurt
  • hype
  • icon
  • id
  • idea
  • identity
  • idiosyncrasy
  • idolatry
  • ignorance
  • imagery
  • imagination
  • imitation
  • immaturity
  • implausibility
  • importance
  • impropriety
  • impulse
  • impulsiveness
  • inclination
  • independence
  • indignity
  • infancy
  • infinity
  • ingenuity
  • initiation
  • inquest
  • insanity
  • insincerity
  • insolence
  • insult
  • integrity
  • intimacy
  • ire
  • irritation
  • jealousy
  • jeopardy
  • jinx
  • job
  • jocularity
  • joke
  • journalism
  • joy
  • jubilation
  • justice
  • justification
  • keenness
  • keepsake
  • ken
  • killer
  • kin
  • kind
  • kindness
  • knowledge
  • launch
  • laziness
  • legacy
  • legality
  • legend
  • lesson
  • lethargy
  • leverage
  • liability
  • liberty
  • life
  • likeliness
  • limitation
  • loan
  • loathing
  • loathsomeness
  • loneliness
  • loot
  • loss
  • love
  • lovliness
  • luck
  • lunch
  • lust
  • luxury
  • magnetism
  • manners
  • master
  • matrimony
  • matter
  • maturity
  • meaning
  • meanness
  • melancholy
  • memory
  • mercy
  • mess
  • method
  • might
  • miser
  • misery
  • mission
  • mode
  • moment
  • monarchy
  • monotony
  • mood
  • moral
  • morale
  • morality
  • morals
  • mortal
  • mortality
  • motive
  • muddle
  • mystery
  • naivety
  • nation
  • nationalism
  • necessity
  • need
  • neediness
  • negotiation
  • nonchalance
  • normalcy
  • notion
  • novelty
  • oath
  • objectivity
  • obligation
  • oblivion
  • obsolescence
  • occasion
  • odium
  • omen
  • omission
  • openness
  • opinion
  • opportunity
  • optimism
  • option
  • origin
  • original
  • outrage
  • pacifism
  • panacea
  • panache
  • panoply
  • paradise
  • parody
  • partiality
  • passion
  • pathos
  • patience
  • patriotism
  • peace
  • penalty
  • persuasion
  • pessimism
  • pity
  • pizzazz
  • pleasure
  • poverty
  • power
  • predilection
  • prejudice
  • pride
  • priority
  • problem
  • promise
  • promotion
  • proof
  • Propaganda
  • propensity
  • propinquity
  • propriety
  • prosperity
  • protest
  • prudence
  • punctuality
  • punishment
  • purity
  • purpose
  • quaintness
  • quality
  • qualm
  • quandary
  • question
  • quickness
  • quirk
  • quitter
  • quiz
  • rage
  • randomness
  • rapture
  • rationale
  • reason
  • recklessness
  • reckoning
  • refinement
  • refreshment
  • regard
  • reject
  • rejection
  • relentlessness
  • religion
  • remorse
  • remorsefulness
  • remorselessness
  • reputation
  • resilience
  • resolution
  • resource
  • respect
  • revision
  • revulsion
  • right
  • risk
  • ritual
  • royalty
  • rudiment
  • rumor
  • ruse
  • ruthlessness
  • sacrifice
  • sadness
  • safety
  • sale
  • sameness
  • sanity
  • savagery
  • savvy
  • scarcity
  • scare
  • schism
  • science
  • secret
  • sensationalism
  • sense
  • sensibility
  • sensitivity
  • sentiment
  • shrewdness
  • sin
  • sincerity
  • skepticism
  • sloth
  • solicitude
  • sorrow
  • specialty
  • spiel
  • spirit
  • sport
  • spunk
  • stealth
  • strength
  • stubbornness
  • success
  • succor
  • superiority
  • sympathy
  • synergy
  • tale
  • talent
  • temper
  • temptation
  • tendency
  • theory
  • thoroughness
  • thought
  • thoughtfulness
  • thoughtlessness
  • thrill
  • tidiness
  • timidity
  • today
  • tolerance
  • tomorrow
  • torment
  • torture
  • tragedy
  • trouble
  • trust
  • truth
  • tumult
  • ugliness
  • understanding
  • uneasiness
  • unification
  • union
  • unity
  • unrest
  • urge
  • urgency
  • use
  • utility
  • vacation
  • vacillation
  • validity
  • valor
  • value
  • vehemence
  • venality
  • vengeance
  • venture
  • venue
  • vexation
  • vigor
  • vow
  • wage
  • wager
  • wakefulness
  • wanderlust
  • want
  • wantonness
  • war
  • weakness
  • wealth
  • welcome
  • well-being
  • wellness
  • wherewithal
  • will
  • will-power
  • willfulness
  • willingness
  • wistfulness
  • wit
  • woe
  • wonder
  • work
  • worship
  • worth
  • wrath
  • xenophobia
  • year
  • yearning
  • yesterday
  • yesteryear
  • yonder
  • zeal
  • zealousness
  • zest
  • zip
  • zoology
  • zymurgy

*Note that some abstract nouns are also used for tangible items (e.g. agreement for a document, demon for a fictional supernatural entity, lesson and quiz for educational documents). The word "justice" can be used for a person (a judge) and the word "keepsake" normally refers to a physical object.

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