noun phrase

noun

A phrase that has a noun (or indefinite pronoun) as its head or performs the same grammatical function as a noun.

“Many collocations are noun phrases.”

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nominal phrasenominal
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Meanings

nounnoun phrase (plural noun phrases)

plural noun phrases

  1. grammarA phrase that has a noun (or indefinite pronoun) as its head or performs the same grammatical function as a noun.

    Many collocations are noun phrases.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna phrase that can function as the subject or object of a verb

Similar
nominal phrasenominal
Broader
phrase
Also see
nominal

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian именна група
  • именна група (imenna grupa)phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
Catalan sintagma nominal
  • sintagma nominalphrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
Chinese Mandarin 名詞短語 /名词短语
  • 名詞短語 /名词短语 (míngcí duǎnyǔ)phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
Dutch nominale constituent
  • nominale constituentphrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
Finnish substantiivilauseke, nominilauseke
  • substantiivilausekephrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
  • nominilausekephrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
French groupe nominal, syntagme nominal
  • groupe nominalphrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
  • syntagme nominalphrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
German Nominalphrase
  • Nominalphrasephrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
Greek ονοματική φράση
  • ονοματική φράση (onomatikí frási)phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
Hungarian főnévi csoport, főnévi kifejezés
  • főnévi csoportphrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
  • főnévi kifejezésphrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
  • főnévi szerkezetphrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
Icelandic nafnliður
  • nafnliðurphrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
Italian locuzione nominale
  • locuzione nominalephrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
Japanese 名詞句
  • 名詞句 (meishiku)phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
Korean 명사구
  • 명사구 (myeongsagu)phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
Norwegian Bokmål substantivfrase
  • substantivfrasephrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
Persian گروه اسمی
  • گروه اسمیphrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
Polish fraza rzeczownikowa
  • fraza rzeczownikowaphrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
Portuguese locução substantiva, locução nominal
  • locução substantivaphrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
  • locução nominalphrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
Romanian locuțiune substantivală
  • locuțiune substantivalăphrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
Russian именно́е словосочета́ние, субстанти́вное словосочета́ние
  • именно́е словосочета́ние (imennóje slovosočetánije)phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
  • субстанти́вное словосочета́ние (substantívnoje slovosočetánije)phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
Spanish sintagma nominal, grupo nominal
  • sintagma nominalphrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
  • grupo nominalphrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
  • frase nominalphrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
Swedish nominalfras
  • nominalfrasphrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
Thai นามวลี
  • นามวลีphrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
Turkish ad öbeği
  • ad öbeğiphrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
Vietnamese cụm danh từ, danh ngữ
  • cụm danh từphrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
  • danh ngữphrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
Welsh ymadrodd enwol
  • ymadrodd enwolphrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
Cite this entry
APA

noun phrase. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noun%20phrase

MLA

“noun phrase.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noun%20phrase. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “noun phrase,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noun%20phrase.

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