10 nouns to describe people.

Noun 1: Beach bum

A Beach bum is a person who loves spending a lot of time at the beach. Beach bums love sitting at the beach, relaxing, and having a good time.

Even though there are not a lot of beaches nearby, John loves to drive up to the nearest beach, sit there for hours, read a book and enjoy himself. He even has plans to move permanently to Goa so that he can spend more time at the beach.
John is a beach bum.

More examples using beach bum:

My husband is such a beach bum, his ideal vacation always includes a beach.
Do you want to go to the beach again? You are such a beach bum.
When I retire, I want to move to Hawaii and become a beach bum.

Noun 2: Prodigy

A prodigy is a very talented child or a young person.
Sometimes we read in the newspapers that a kid attended University at the age of 12, and another kid finished her Ph.D. at the age of 13. These kids are Prodigies.

John has a Piano at his house, but no one really plays it. One day, John noticed that his 2-year-old daughter Lily was playing with the Piano like a normal kid, but it did not sound like a 2-year-old was playing it. It sounded like a much older person was playing it. It piqued John’s interest and he took Lily to a music school.

The music teacher was also shocked at Lily’s musical abilities. John immediately joined Lily in the music school and a couple of years later, Lily started composing her own songs and performing at concerts.
Lily is a prodigy.

Another classic example of a prodigy is Sachin Tendulkar.
Sachin took up cricket at the age of 11, he played his first test match at 16 and we all know what happened after that.
Sachin was a prodigy.

More examples using prodigy:

Mozart was a musical prodigy.
The Hungarian chess prodigy Judit Polgar was the youngest grandmaster at age of 15.
She was a prodigy who scored 170 on an IQ test at age of 9.

Noun 3: Hypocrite

A Hypocrite is a person who pretends to have certain morals, beliefs or feelings, that he/she actually does not have.
This word is so easy to explain because today’s society is filled with hypocrites.

John is a manager of 10 team members. He always talks about the value of time and the importance of punctuality. But he comes late very frequently and he wastes a lot of time talking about unimportant things.
John is a hypocrite.

Marie says she loves animals and that is why she became a vegan. But she secretly eats chicken at home because she loves chicken and she still tells everyone that she is a vegan.
That is Marie’s hypocrisy and she is a hypocrite.

More examples using hypocrite:

The politician was such a hypocrite, he doesn’t really care about the citizens.
John’s hypocrisy is unbearable, he drives a big car and calls himself an environmentalist.
Her statements about responsible parenting are pure hypocrisy.

Noun 4: Opportunist

An opportunist is a person who tries to take advantage of every situation without considering whether it is right or wrong.

Public transport employees went on a strike today and people who commute to their offices are struggling to find transport. To take advantage of this situation, the taxi drivers doubled their prices.
The taxi drivers are opportunists.

During festivals, many people travel to their hometowns to see their families. To take advantage of this seasonal demand, the private bus services are charging as much as a flight ticket.
The owner of the bus service is an opportunist.

More examples using opportunist:

She is an opportunist, don’t believe her blindly.
People may call me an opportunist, but I am just doing what’s best for my career.
Just like most politicians, he is just an opportunist.

Noun 5: Pushover

A pushover is a person who can be easily influenced to do what others want. A pushover does anything that others ask, even if it is inconvenient for his/her.

Marie is a new teacher at a high school. The students said that since she is new, they should first get to know each other by playing some games for the next 3 days and then start the lessons on the 4th day.
Marie knows that wasting 3 days is not ideal, but she is unable to say no and she agreed.
Marie is a pushover.

More examples using pushover:

I may be a kind and gentle person, but I am not a pushover.
Stop being such a pushover, John is taking advantage of you.
Marie is a pushover, John makes her do all the chores while he plays video games.

Noun 6: Womanizer

A womanizer is a man who likes many women and has a temporary sexual relationship with them. The word womanizer is often used in a negative sense to indicate that the person’s behaviour is wrong.

Michael is a very good-looking actor. He frequently flirts with his fellow actors, assistants, and make-up artists. He has short-term sexual relationships with many of them.

Michael is a Womanizer.

More examples using Womanizer:

I don’t want to sound like a womanizer but I dated a bunch of women at my office.
I used to be a womanizer in college but not anymore. I am happily married now.
That gym coach is a womanizer, I don’t want you to go to that gym. Find another one.

Noun 7: Butterfingers

A Butterfingers is a person who frequently drops things that he/she is carrying or trying to catch. If you have a friend who you play cricket with and he always drops the catches, you can call him a butterfingers.
Being a butterfingers is considered a bad quality in sports, for obvious reasons.

John dropped a carton of eggs in the kitchen. He dropped and broke three ceramic cups last week. He frequently drops things that he is holding. His wife stopped buying ceramic cups and they use plastic cups now.
John is a butterfingers.

Note: Butterfingers is a noun, so it can be used like this,

I am a butterfingers.
You are a butterfingers.
Diane is such a butterfingers.

And also like this,

I have butterfingers.
I think you have butterfingers today.
John has butterfingers.

More examples using butterfingers:

My husband is a butterfingers, he broke at least 5 cups this year.
John has butterfingers, don’t allow him anywhere near the new chinaware.
I am not a butterfingers, it was just a one-time incident.

Noun 8: Gold digger

A gold digger is a person (generally a woman) who gets romantically involved or marries a rich man just for his money.

Emily met David at a bar recently and they started having a romantic relationship. David is a very rich man in his seventies and his wife died recently. Emily is a lot younger than David and actually, she does not like him at all. She is with David only because he is rich.
Emily is a gold digger.

More examples using gold digger:

She is a gold digger. The minute you lose your money, she will leave you.
I am not a gold digger, I really love him.
All the bartenders at this club are typical gold diggers.

Noun 9: Vandal

A Vandal is a person who intentionally damages the property of other people.

Sometimes when a protest becomes serious, we see people destroying public property like busses, stores, buildings etc… That is called vandalism and those people are vandals.

John went on a vacation for an entire month. When he returned, he was shocked to see what happened to his house. Some people broke the lock and entered his house, they threw trash everywhere, broke the windows and spray painted the walls. If they stole something they would become burglars, but they did not. They just damaged and destroyed the property.
Those guys vandalized John’s house. That damage is called vandalism and those guys are called vandals.

More examples using Vandal:

The windshield of my car was smashed by vandals.
The public telephone booth was destroyed by vandals.
Vandalism is one of the biggest problems this city is facing right now.

Noun 10: Packrat

A Packrat is a person who keeps saving useless things.

Some people have a habit of saving every little thing that they see, they think that it could be useful in future. The word for such a person is Packrat.

John orders a lot of stuff on amazon. He saves every single delivery box and packaging material thinking that it will be useful in the future.
John is a packrat.

More examples using packrat:

John is a terrible packrat, he refuses to throw away anything.
It is almost impossible to keep our house clean because my husband is a packrat.
You need to change your packrat lifestyle.

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