Nouns That Start With N

246 words Words by letter Checked 9 Oct 2026

These nouns that start with N come from a standard English dictionary used for word games, ranked by how often each word is used in everyday writing. There are 246 nouns starting with N 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.

N has 246 nouns. Night, nature, noise and name are short and familiar, and nose and neck give young learners two body words.

Watch for words built from two parts. Newspaper, nightmare, northwest and neighborhood each contain smaller words you can spot inside. Neighborhood takes a u in British spelling, which is useful to point out to older writers. Novel and narrative are good words for any book-related lesson.

Nouns starting with N: 246
Most used: number
Longest common one: nanotechnology 14 letters

Most common nouns that start with N

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

#	Word	Meaning	Type
1	number	the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals	noun
2	name	a language unit by which a person or thing is known	noun
3	night	the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside	noun
4	nothing	a quantity of no importance	noun
5	news	information about recent and important events	noun
6	north	the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line	noun
7	network	an interconnected system of things or people	noun
8	nature	the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized	noun
9	numbers	the fourth book of the Old Testament	noun
10	nobody	a person of no influence	noun
11	nation	a politically organized body of people under a single government	noun
12	neck	the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body	noun
13	novel	an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story	noun
14	newspaper	a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements	noun
15	navy	an organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfare	noun
16	noise	sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)	noun
17	nose	the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract	noun
18	neighborhood	a surrounding or nearby region	noun
19	na	a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group	noun
20	narrative	a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events	noun
21	nursing	the work of caring for the sick or injured or infirm	noun
22	nelson	English admiral who defeated the French fleets of Napoleon but was mortally wounded at Trafalgar (1758-1805)	noun
23	nonsense	a message that seems to convey no meaning	noun
24	nerve	any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body	noun
25	nightmare	a situation resembling a terrifying dream	noun
26	notion	a vague idea in which some confidence is placed	noun
27	nancy	a city in northeastern France in Lorraine	noun
28	northwest	the northwestern region of the United States	noun
29	neighbor	a person who lives (or is located) near another	noun
30	noon	the middle of the day	noun
31	nowadays	the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech	noun
32	nutrition	(physiology) the organic process of nourishing or being nourished	noun
33	nest	a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young	noun
34	nomination	the act of officially naming a candidate	noun
35	northeast	the compass point midway between north and east; at 45 degrees	noun
36	ne	a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube	noun
37	nut	usually large hard-shelled seed	noun
38	navigation	the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place	noun
39	nerves	an uneasy psychological state	noun
40	nephew	a son of your brother or sister	noun
41	needle	the leaf of a conifer	noun
42	nominee	a politician who is running for public office	noun
43	newton	English mathematician and physicist	noun
44	norm	a standard or model or pattern regarded as typical	noun
45	notification	an accusation of crime made by a grand jury on its own initiative	noun
46	nova	a star that ejects some of its material in the form of a cloud and become more luminous in the process	noun
47	nationalist	one who loves and defends his or her country	noun
48	necessity	the condition of being essential or indispensable	noun
49	nickname	a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)	noun
50	nursery	a child's room for a baby	noun
51	node	a connecting point at which several lines come together	noun
52	ninja	a member of the ninja who were trained in martial arts and hired for espionage or sabotage or assassinations	noun
53	nonprofit	an organization chartered for other than profit-making activities	noun
54	necklace	jewelry consisting of a cord or chain (often bearing gems) worn about the neck as an ornament (especially by...	noun
55	niche	a position particularly well suited to the person who occupies it	noun
56	nationalism	love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it	noun
57	nap	a period of time spent sleeping	noun
58	nickel	a hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion	noun
59	niece	a daughter of your brother or sister	noun
60	narrator	someone who tells a story	noun
61	negotiation	a discussion intended to produce an agreement	noun
62	napoleon	French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821)	noun
63	newsletter	report or open letter giving informal or confidential news of interest to a special group	noun
64	nitrogen	a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas	noun
65	notebook	a book with blank pages for recording notes or memoranda	noun
66	nationality	people having common origins or traditions and often comprising a nation	noun
67	neighbour	a person who lives (or is located) near another	noun
68	neutrality	nonparticipation in a dispute or war	noun
69	nerd	an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious	noun
70	novelty	originality by virtue of being refreshingly novel	noun
71	negligence	failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances	noun
72	nexus	the means of connection between things linked in series	noun
73	nightclub	a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing...	noun
74	neon	a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube	noun
75	nun	a woman religious	noun
76	noel	period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6	noun
77	nostalgia	longing for something past	noun
78	noun	a content word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or action	noun
79	novelist	one who writes novels	noun
80	ness	a strip of land projecting into a body of water	noun
81	nanny	a woman who is the custodian of children	noun
82	nucleus	a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction	noun
83	nu	the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet	noun
84	nausea	the state that precedes vomiting	noun
85	nicotine	an alkaloid poison that occurs in tobacco; used in medicine and as an insecticide	noun
86	nutrient	any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue	noun
87	nuisance	(law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers...	noun
88	nan	your grandmother	noun
89	negativity	the character of the negative electric pole	noun
90	nobility	a privileged class holding hereditary titles	noun
91	notation	a technical system of symbols used to represent special things	noun
92	neuroscience	the scientific study of the nervous system	noun
93	neutron	an elementary particle with 0 charge and mass about equal to a proton	noun
94	nay	a negative	noun
95	nutshell	the shell around the kernel of a nut	noun
96	noodle	a ribbonlike strip of pasta	noun
97	nylon	a thermoplastic polyamide; a family of strong resilient synthetic fibers	noun
98	novice	someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows	noun
99	newcomer	any new participant in some activity	noun
100	nirvana	(Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation	noun

Positive nouns that start with N

novelty
nourishment

Short nouns that start with N

name
night
news
north
neck
novel
navy
noise
nose
na
nerve
nancy
noon
nest
ne
nut
norm
nova
node
ninja
niche
nap
niece
nerd
nexus
neon
nun
noel
noun
ness
nanny
nu
nan
nay
nylon
nil

Long nouns that start with N

neighborhood
nomination
navigation
notification
nationalist
nationalism
negotiation
newsletter
nationality
neutrality
negligence
negativity
neuroscience
nightingale
nonfiction
nomenclature
naturalist
negotiator
nickelodeon
narcissism
nervousness
neurologist
nourishment
nanotechnology
nucleotide
narcissist
normalization
nothingness
nonpartisan
nutritionist

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Questions people ask

How many nouns start with N?

This list has 246 nouns starting with N, 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 N?

number, name, night, nothing, news, north, network, nature are the most used in everyday English.

What are some long nouns that start with N?

newspaper, neighborhood, narrative, nightmare, northwest.

What are easy nouns that start with N for kids?

number, name, night, news, north, nature 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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