Abstract Nouns Abstract nouns refer to ideas, feelings, emotions, states, actions, concepts, experiences, and qualities that we cannot see, taste, touch, smell, or hear. Most abstract nouns are formed from adjectives, for example, safety is an abstract noun formed from the adjective safe. Here are some examples of abstract nouns: honesty, intelligence, bravery, kindness, rudeness, sickness, poverty, laughter, movement, judgment, childhood, prophet hood, death, etc. Names of subjects are abstract nouns, for example: science, chemistry, geography, etc.