Massive 1100+ compound nouns list

Here we have a massive 1100+ compound nouns list that is broken up into separate sections. The words have also been arranged in alphabetical order so that it is somewhat easier to navigate and use.

Compound nouns are words or fixed expressions that are made up of the combination of two or more words and sometimes even parts of words. They are also known as compound words but here we are dealing exclusively with nouns. There are also other compound parts of speech such as adjectives, verbs, adverbs, pronouns, prepositions, and conjunctions.

A simple example of a compound word is the combining of the words rain and water to make the word rainwater. The words and their meanings are bonded together to create a word that means water that comes from rain.

The list is great for creating your own activities based on English compound nouns. The list is in no way comprehensive and the plan is to add more words in the future. Note that the list contains all three types of compound nouns – open, closed, and hyphenated.

There are so many words that it just didn’t seem practical to offer them as downloadable PDFs. You can of course right click, copy, and paste the words onto a blank document if you feel the need to save them! There may be a few small mistakes here and there but I’ll get those cleaned up as soon as possible.

For some printable compound words activities check out the ready-made compound noun worksheets.