There are many different\xa0types of nouns, each designed to serve a different purpose in a sentence. Some get specific, such as proper\xa0nouns. Others are more generic, such as abstract\xa0nouns. No matter the\xa0type, each\xa0noun\xa0is always going to refer to a person, place, thing, or idea. The eight main types of nouns. are common nouns proper nouns countable nouns uncountable nouns\xa0concrete\xa0nouns abstract nouns compound nouns and collective nouns let\’s look at what each type of noun is with examples common nouns common nouns are used to name people.