Formation of Noun

1 Abstract nouns from adjectives.

Adjectives	Abstract Nouns
absent	absence
bitter	bitterness
broad	breadth
cruel	cruelty
dark	darkness
deep	depth
great	greatness
high	height
honest	honesty
hot	heat
just	justice
poor	poverty
proud	pride
sad	sadness
safe	safety
true`	truth
wise	wisdom
young	youth

2 Abstract nouns from verbs.

Verbs	Abstract Nouns
admit	admission
act	action
add	addition
agree	agreement
behave	behavior
believe	belief
choose	chaise
combine	combination
convert	conversion
lose	loss
mix	mixture
please	pleasure
translate	translation
die	death
decide	decision
enjoy	enjoyment
fail	failure
fear	fright
fly	flight
give	gift
hate	hatred
speak	speech
see	sight
press	pressure
think	thought

3 Abstract nouns from common nouns.

Common Nouns	Abstract Nouns
agent	agency
bankrupt	bankruptcy
boy	boyhood
king	kingship
friend	friendship
father	fatherhood
judge	judgment
leader	leadership

4 Abstract nouns from verbs without changing of forms.

Verbs	Abstract Nouns (without changing form)
build	build
catch	catch
cry	cry
make	make
raise	raise
shout	shout
doubt	doubt
fear	fear
fight	fight
hope	hope
love	love
stand	stand
try	try
walk	walk
wish	wish

5. Combination of two nouns also forms a single noun.

butter + milk	buttermilk
chair + man	chairman
back + bone	backbone
class + room	classroom
head + ache	headache
head + master	headmaster
house + wife	housewife
land + lord	landlord
news + paper	newspaper
note + book	notebook
post + bag	postbag
rain + bow	Rainbow

6. Noun form from Adjective.

Adjective	Noun
able	ability
absurd	absurdity
bankrupt	bankruptcy
busy	business
chaste	chastify
civil	civility
compulsory	compulsion
coward	cowardice
curious	curiosity
deep	depth
dense	density
equal	equality
false'	falsehood
ferocious	ferocity
fertile	fertility
financial	finance
frail	frailty
free	freedom
gay	gaiety
generous	generosity
hot	heat
humble	humility
immense	immensity
local	locality
acid	acidity
active	activity
brave	bravery
brief	brevity
long	length
magnificent	magnificence
merry	merriment
moist	moisture
obedient	obedience
perfect	perfection
pious	piety
poor	poverty
private	privacy
proud	pride
public	publicity
pure	purity
rare	rarity
real	reality
royal	royalty
severe	severity
splendid	splendor
inferior	inferiority
intense	intensity
just	justice
supreme	supremacy
vain	vanity
wise	wisdom
strong	strength
stupid	stupidity
liberal	liberality
vacant	vacancy
wide	Width

7. Noun from Verbs.

Verb	Noun
accomplish	accomplishment
acquaint	acquaintance
bear	birth
bless	bliss
break	breakage
carry	carriage
choose	choice
collide	collision
commit	committal, commitment,
compel	compulsion
conceive	conception
consume	consumption
contain	content
deceive	deception
decide	decision
denty	denial
depart	departure
perform	performance
practive	practive
drink	draught
enthuse	enthusiasm
envelop	envelope
exceed	excess
excel	excellence
respond	response
slay	slaughter
strike	stroke
grieve	grif
grow	growth
hate	hatred
know	knowledge
very	variety
expel	expulsion
flow	flood
fly	flight
gape	gap
give	gift
laugh	laughter
learn	learning
lend	loan
live	life
lose	loss
marry	marriage
mean	meaning
narrate	narrative, narration
obey	obedience
object	objection
oblige	obligation
occupy	occupation
offend	offence
please	pleasure
draw	draft
precise	precision
receive	receipt
redeem	redemption
reduce	reduction
relieve	relief
relay	reliance
seize	seizure
speak	speech
strive	strife
grow	growth
hate	hatred
heal	health
think	thought