Nouns That Start With B

856 words Words by letter Checked 9 Oct 2026

These nouns that start with B come from a standard English dictionary used for word games, ranked by how often each word is used in everyday writing. There are 856 nouns starting with B on this page. The 100 most common come first, each with a short meaning, followed by shorter, longer and easier picks and a filter for any ending or length.

B is packed with everyday nouns, 856 in total. Many are short and concrete, like bed, box, ball and book, which makes this a friendly letter for picture vocabulary with young children.

Joined-up words are common here. Birthday, breakfast, background and boyfriend each join two smaller words, so kids can split them apart to read them. Words ending in ing, such as building and beginning, can act as nouns too.

Nouns starting with B: 856
Most used: being
Longest common one: biotechnology 13 letters

Most common nouns that start with B

Ranked by how often the word appears in English text. "Type" is the word's main part of speech.

#	Word	Meaning	Type
1	being	the state or fact of existing	noun
2	business	a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it	noun
3	book	a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)	noun
4	body	the entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)	noun
5	bit	a small piece or quantity of something	noun
6	building	a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place	noun
7	baby	a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk	noun
8	board	a committee having supervisory powers	noun
9	boy	a youthful male person	noun
10	bank	sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)	noun
11	bill	a statute in draft before it becomes law	noun
12	brother	a male with the same parents as someone else	noun
13	blood	the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells,...	noun
14	bed	a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep	noun
15	ball	round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games	noun
16	box	a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid	noun
17	beginning	the event consisting of the start of something	noun
18	bar	a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter	noun
19	battle	a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war	noun
20	brain	that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers	noun
21	band	an unofficial association of people or groups	noun
22	beach	an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake	noun
23	block	a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)	noun
24	bottom	the lower side of anything	noun
25	brand	a name given to a product or service	noun
26	bus	a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport	noun
27	benefit	financial assistance in time of need	noun
28	budget	a sum of money allocated for a particular purpose	noun
29	basis	a relation that provides the foundation for something	noun
30	bag	a flexible container with a single opening	noun
31	background	a person's social heritage: previous experience or training	noun
32	birth	the time when something begins (especially life)	noun
33	bridge	a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.	noun
34	balance	a state of equilibrium	noun
35	birthday	an anniversary of the day on which a person was born (or the celebration of it)	noun
36	boss	a person who exercises control over workers	noun
37	beauty	the qualities that give pleasure to the senses	noun
38	buying	the act of buying	noun
39	breaking	the act of breaking something	noun
40	bay	an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf	noun
41	boat	a small vessel for travel on water	noun
42	bringing	the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail)	noun
43	beer	a general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops	noun
44	border	a line that indicates a boundary	noun
45	banks	English botanist who accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1743-1820)	noun
46	behavior	manner of acting or controlling yourself	noun
47	ben	a mountain or tall hill	noun
48	boston	state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services	noun
49	bird	warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings	noun
50	bowl	a round vessel that is open at the top; used chiefly for holding food or liquids	noun
51	breakfast	the first meal of the day (usually in the morning)	noun
52	bell	a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck	noun
53	blow	a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon	noun
54	bond	an electrical force linking atoms	noun
55	boyfriend	a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman	noun
56	branch	a division of some larger or more complex organization	noun
57	brazil	the largest Latin American country and the largest Portuguese speaking country in the world	noun
58	bottle	a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids	noun
59	bunch	a grouping of a number of similar things	noun
60	basketball	a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players	noun
61	button	a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes	noun
62	baseball	a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players	noun
63	bathroom	a room (as in a residence) containing a bathtub or shower and usually a washbasin and toilet	noun
64	bible	the sacred writings of the Christian religions	noun
65	bike	a motor vehicle with two wheels and a strong frame	noun
66	battery	group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place	noun
67	breath	the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing	noun
68	bread	food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked	noun
69	burning	the act of burning something	noun
70	bush	a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems	noun
71	bone	rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates	noun
72	bedroom	a room used primarily for sleeping	noun
73	belief	any cognitive content held as true	noun
74	bars	gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden rods supported on uprights	noun
75	bonus	anything that tends to arouse	noun
76	bath	a vessel containing liquid in which something is immersed (as to process it or to maintain it at a constant...	noun
77	beating	the act of overcoming or outdoing	noun
78	behalf	as the agent of or on someone's part (usually expressed as rather than )	noun
79	belt	endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys	noun
80	bureau	an administrative unit of government	noun
81	buddy	a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities	noun
82	butter	an edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream; for cooking and table use	noun
83	bench	a long seat for more than one person	noun
84	broadcast	message that is transmitted by radio or television	noun
85	bye	you advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent	noun
86	berlin	capital of Germany located in eastern Germany	noun
87	bishop	port wine mulled with oranges and cloves	noun
88	behaviour	the action or reaction of something (as a machine or substance) under specified circumstances	noun
89	blues	a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century	noun
90	bull	uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle	noun
91	billy	a short stout club used primarily by policemen	noun
92	bones	a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb...	noun
93	boards	the stage of a theater	noun
94	beast	a living organism characterized by voluntary movement	noun
95	beef	cattle that are reared for their meat	noun
96	bass	the lowest part of the musical range	noun
97	breathing	the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation	noun
98	brick	rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material	noun
99	bullet	a projectile that is fired from a gun	noun
100	backing	the act of providing approval and support	noun

Positive nouns that start with B

benefit
beauty
bonus
blessing
bargain
breeze
breakthrough
bliss
bravo
blossom
bravery
backbone
blockbuster
brilliance
beneficiary
benefactor
benevolence

Short nouns that start with B

being
book
body
bit
baby
board
boy
bank
bill
blood
bed
ball
box
bar
brain
band
beach
block
brand
bus
basis
bag
birth
boss
bay
boat
beer
banks
ben
bird
bowl
bell
blow
bond
bunch
bible

Long nouns that start with B

background
basketball
bankruptcy
broadcasting
businessman
battlefield
brotherhood
breakthrough
bibliography
billionaire
blackberry
bargaining
broadcaster
brightness
belongings
businessmen
bureaucracy
blockbuster
biodiversity
bitterness
biotechnology
brilliance
beneficiary
birthplace
biochemistry
bestseller
bombardment
blacksmith
babysitter
bachelorette

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Questions people ask

How many nouns start with B?

This list has 856 nouns starting with B, taken from a standard word-game dictionary and limited to words that appear in real English text.

What are the most common nouns that start with B?

being, business, book, body, bit, building, baby, board are the most used in everyday English.

What are some long nouns that start with B?

beginning, background, breakfast, boyfriend, basketball.

What are easy nouns that start with B for kids?

being, book, body, bit, baby, board are short, everyday examples.

Source: the ENABLE word list (a public-domain dictionary used for word games), ranked by how often each word appears in English text (the open wordfreq project), with short meanings from Princeton WordNet. Offensive words are left out.

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