Collective Grouping Nouns
Types of Collective Nouns
List of Collective Nouns:
Collective Grouping Nouns
Collective
grouping
nouns can also be divided into two main types, a collection of things go or
come together for a general purpose in a general sense,
usually people, animals and things, and a collection of typical things for a
specific purpose in a particular sense,
usually things, people.
Types of Collective Nouns
Describing a collection of things for a general purpose. For examples:
a group of animals
The word herd is used to describe the number or quantity of a large group of animals, which live or are kept together.
a collection of things
The word box is
used to describe the number or quantity of a container of things, e.g. chocolates, chalks, which are packed
in a container.
The word case is used to describe the number or
quantity of a container of things, e.g. beers, drinks, which are placed in
a container.
The word pack is used to describe the number or
quantity of a bundle of things, e.g. goods, cloth, which are fasted
together.
The word pad is used to describe the number or
quantity of a collection of sheets of paper, which are bound together.
a group of people
The word crowd is used to describe the
number or quantity of a large number of people who have gathered together in a
place. e.g. a crowd of people.
The word class is used to describe the number or quantity
of a group of people who are gathered together in a room for
learning. e.g. a class of students.
The word staff
is used to describe the number or quantity of a group of people who work for an organization. e.g. a staff
of employees
Describing a collection of things for a specific purpose. For examples:
things
The word agenda is
used to describe the number or quantity of a list of things, e.g. matters, aims, tasks, which are
grouped together as a single object for consideration and action. e.g. an agenda
of tasks
people
The word committee is used to describe the number or quantity of a small group of people who are gathered together for a
specific function.
List of Collective Nouns:
Birds
A colony /flock /raft of auks
A colony of avocets
A flock /dissimulation /fleet /flight /parcel /pod /volary of birds
A sedge /siege of bitterns
A chain of bobolinks
A bellowing of bullfinches
A flock of bustards
A
wake of buzzards
A tok of capercaillies
A muse of capons
A brood /cletch /clutch /peep of chickens
A chattering /clattering of choughs
A covert /commotion /cover /fleet /flock /pod /rasp /swarm of coots
A flight /gulp of cormorants
A sedge /herd /sedge /siege of cranes
A murder /hover /muster /parcel of crows
A head /herd of curlews
A trip of dotterels
A dole /dule /
flight /piteousness /pitying /prettying of doves
A flush /badelynge /brace /bunch /dopping /flock /paddling /plump /raft /safe /skein /sord /string /team of ducks
A flight /rush of dunbirds
A fling of dunlins
A convocation /aerie of eagles
A
cast of falcons
A charm /chirm /trembling /trimming of finches
A stand of
flamingos
A gaggle /flock /plump /skein /team /wedge of geese
A charm /chattering /drum /troubling of goldfinches
A dopping of goosanders
A flight of
goshawks
A covey /brace /brood /flight /pack of grouse
A bazaar of guillemots
A
colony of gulls
A mews /aerie /cast /kettle /mew /moulting /screw /stream of hawks
A brood of hens
A sedge /flight /hedge /rookery /siege of herons
A charm /chattering /drum /troubling of hummingbirds
A colony of ibises
A band /party /scold of jays
A desert /deceit of lapwings
A parcel of linnets
An exaltation /ascension /bevy /flight of larks
A congregation /charm /
flock /gulp /murder /tiding /tittering /tribe of magpies
A sord /flush /puddling /sute of mallards
A plump of moorhens
A fleet of mudhens
A watch /match /pray of nightingales
A pride /flock /stare of ostriches
A parliament of owls
A fling
of oxbirds
A company /flock /pandemonium /psittacosis of parrots
A covey /bevy /bew /clutch /warren of partridges
A muster /ostentation /pride of peacocks
A pod /scoop of pelicans
A colony /parcel /rookery of penguins
A cadge of
peregrines
A nye /bouquet /head /nide /warren of pheasants
A flight /flock /kit /passel of pigeons
A knob of pintails [small number]
A congregation /band /flight /leash /stand /wing of plovers
A rush /flight /knob[small number] of pochards
A run of poultry
A covey of ptarmigans
A bevy /covey /drift of quails
An unkindness of ravens /aerie /conspiracy
A crowd of redwings
A parliament /building /clamour /congregation /shoal /wing of rooks
A hill of
ruffs
A fling of sandpipers
A cloud of seafowls
A squabble of seagulls
A dopping /doading of sheldrakes
A walk of snipes /wisp
A host /meinie /quarrel /tribe /ubiquity of sparrows
A murmuration /chattering /cloud /congregation /clutter of starlings
A mustering of storks /flight /phalanx
A flight /gulp of swallows
A
herd /bank /bevy /drift /eyrar /game /herd /lamentation /sownder /squadron /team /wedge /whiteness /whiting
of swans
A flock of
swifts
A spring /bunch /coil /knob /raft of teals
A mutation of thrushes
A flock /dole /dule /raffle /raft /rafter /posse of turkeys
A pitying of
turtledoves
A colony /committee /wake of vultures
A plump /bunch /knob /raft of waterfowls
A company /bunch /coil /flight /knob /trip of widgeons
A trip /bunch /knob /lute /plump,scry /skein /sord /sute of wildfowls
A fall /covey /flight /plump of woodcocks
A descent of woodpeckers
A herd /flock of wrens
People
A faculty of academics
A balance of accountants
A troupe of
acrobats
A cast /company /cry of actors
A bevy of alcoholics
A bench of aldermen
A corps of
anatomists
A
conflagration of arsonists
A troupe of artistes
A team of athletes
A tabernacle
of bakers
A babble of barbers
A promise of barmen
A thought of barons
A squad of
beaters
A bevy /galaxy of beauties
A bench /psalter of bishops
An audit of bookkeepers
A
blush/rascal of boys
A troop of boy scouts
A clutch of breasts
A feast of brewers
A pack of Brownies
A shuffle of
bureaucrats
A goring of butchers
A sneer of butlers
A slate of candidates
A chapter /dignity of canons
A company /syndicate of capitalists
A clutch of car mechanics
A congregation
of churchgoers
A school of clerks
A cutting /drunkship/
load of cobblers
A hastiness
of cooks
A galaxy of cosmologists
An intrigue of council members
A box of
cricketers
A shrivel of critics
An incredulity of cuckolds
A troupe of dancers
A decanter /decorum of deans
A brace of dentists
A caravan of desert travelers
A board of directors
A bodge of DIYers
An
obstruction of dons
A
grid of electricians
A staff of employees
A panel of experts
An exaggeration of fishermen
A revelation of flashers
A stalk of foresters
A talent of gamblers
A giggle of girls
A company of girl guides
A galaxy of governesses
A
conjunction of grammarians
A herd of harlots
A melody of harpists
An expectation of heirs
An observance
of hermits
A gang of hoodlums
A cavalcade of horsemen
A blast of hunters
A diffidence of introverts
A scoop of
journalists
A bench /sentence of judges
A neverthriving of jugglers
A banner /rout of knights
A
gang of labourers
A bevy of ladies
A flush of lavatories
An eloquence of lawyers
A colony of lepers
A stack of librarians
A babble of linguists
An
audience of listeners
An illusion of magicians
A bench of magistrates
A morbidity of majors
A band of men
A
number of mathematicians
A riches
of matrons
A compromise of mediators
A faith of merchants
A diligence
of messengers
An amalgamation of
metallurgists
A shower of meteorologists
An expectation of midwives
A troupe of minstrels
A horde of
misers
A side of morris dancers
A cortege of
mourners
An orchestra of musicians
A tribe of natives
An annoyance of neighbours
A superfluity of nuns
A row of oarsmen
A
crowd of onlookers
A curse /illusion /misbelieving of painters
A body of pathologists
A
virtue of patients
A malapertness
of pedlars
A troupe /troup of performers
A crowd /audience /congregation /mob of people
A ponder of philosophers
A clique of photographers
A nucleus
of physicists
A skirl /poverty of pipers
A cast /company /cry of players
A flush of plumbers
A posse of police
A converting of
preachers
A pity /gang of prisoners
A complex of
psychologists
A band of robbers
A crew of sailors
A
scolding of seamstresses
A house of senators
A subtlety of sergeants at law
An
obeisance of servants
A posse of sheriffs
A blackening of shoemakers
A choir of
singers
A squad /army /brigade /company /division /muster /platoon /troop of soldiers
A following of stalkers
A portfolio of stockbrokers
A picket of strikers
A fanfare of
strumpets
A class of students
A simplicity of subalterns
A
disguising of tailors
A glozing of taverners
A den/gang of thieves
A flock of tourists
An anorak of trainspotters
A board of trustees
An unction of undertakers
A prudence of vicars
A prudence of vicars
A
linkage of webmasters
An
ambush of widows
An impatience of wives
A coven of witches
A gaggle of women
A gang of workmen
A
congregation of worshippers
A worship of writers
A fellowship of yeomen
An optimism of youths
Mammals
A cluster /herd /tribe of antelopes
A shrewdness /troop of apes
A pace /drove /coffle /herd of asses
A congress /flange /troop of baboons
A cete /colony of badgers
A cloud /colony of bats
A
sloth of bears /sleuth
A colony /family /lodge of beavers
A herd /gang of bisons
A sute of bloodhounds
A herd /singular of boars
A sounder of wild
boars [12+]
A herd /leash of bucks
A gang /herd /obstinacy of buffalos
A drove
of bullocks
A flock /caravan /herd /train of camels
A herd of caribous
A clowder /glaring /cluster /clutter of cats
A destruction /dout /dowt of wild cats
A herd /drift /drove /mob of cattle
A herd of chamois
A coalition of
cheetahs
A colony of chinchillas
A rake of colts /rack /rag
A bury of conies
/game
A flink of cows [12+]
A pack /band /rout of coyotes
A litter of cubs
A cowardice of curs
A
cowardice of curs
A herd /bunch /leash /mob /parcel /rangale of deers
A pack /kennel of dogs
A pod /flock /school /team of dolphins
A herd /drove of donkeys
A herd of elands
A herd /parade of elephants
A gang /herd of elks
A business /cast /fesnying of ferrets
A skulk /earth /lead /leash /troop of foxes
A brace
of geldings
A horde of gerbils
A journey /corps /group /herd /tower of giraffes
A herd /implausibility of gnus
A trip /flock /herd /trip /tribe of goats
A band /whoop of gorillas
A leash of greyhounds
A group of guinea pigs
A horde of
hamsters
A drove /down /flick /herd /husk /kindle /leash /trace /trip of hares
A herd of harts
A herd of hartebeests
A array /prickle of hedgehogs
A parcel of
hinds
A bloat /crash /herd /pod /school /thunder of hippopotami
A drift /drove /parcel of hogs
A stable /drove /harras /herd /remuda /string /stud /team of horses
A pack /cry /hunt /kennel /leash /meet /mute /stable /sute of hounds
A
clan of hyenas
A herd of ibexes
A couple of impalas
A husk of jackrabbits
A mob /troop of kangaroos
A kindle /litter of kittens
A fall of lambs
A leap /lepe of leopards
A kindle of leverets
A pride /flock /sault /sawt /sowse /troop of lions
A herd of llamas
A stud of mares
A richness /richesse of martens
A mischief /horde /nest /trip of mice
A labour /company /movement of moles
A band /pack of mongooses
A troop /cartload /mission /tribe /wilderness of monkeys
A herd of moose
A barren /pack /rake /span of mules
A family /bevy /raft /romp of otters
A team /drove /herd /meinie /span /yoke of oxen
A
pomp of pekingese
A drove /drift /flock /herd of pigs
A doylt of tame pigs
A
sounder of wild pigs
A farrow /litter of piglets
An aurora /pack of polar bears
A chine of polecats
A string /herd of ponies
A prickle of porcupines
A school /herd /pod of porpoises
A coterie /town of prairie dogs
A litter of
pups
A colony /bury /drove /flick /kindle /leash /nest /trace /warren /wrack of rabbits
A field /string of racehorses
A nursery /gaze of raccoons
A colony /horde /mischief /swarm of rats
A crash /herd /stubbornness of rhinoceroses
A bevy of roe deers
A colony /harem /herd /pod /rookery /spring of seals
A flock /down /drift /drove /fold /herd /meinie /mob /parcel /trip of sheep
A surfeit of skunks
A dray /colony of squirrels
A pack /trip of stoats
A drove /herd of swine
A doylt /drift /trip of tame swine
A sounder of wild
swine [12+]
An ambush /streak of tigers
A blessing of unicorns
A colony of
voles
A huddle /herd /ugly of walruses
A mob of wallabyies
A sneak /gang /pack of weasels
A grind of bottle-nosed whales
A school /float /gam /herd /mob /pod /run /shoal /troup of whales
A destruction /dout of wildcats
A herd of
wildebeests
A pack /herd /rout of wolves
A mob of wombats
A herd of yaks
A cohort /herd /zeal of zebras
Invertebrates
A
culture of bacteria
A stuck /fluther /smack /smuth of jellyfish
A clew of worms
Insects and Arachnids
A colony /army /bike /swarm of ants
A swarm /bike /cast /cluster /drift /erst /game /grist /hive /rabble /stand of bees
A bike of wild bees
A flight /kaleidoscope /rabble /swarm of butterflies
An army of caterpillars
An intrusion of
cockroaches
A swarm /business /cloud /grist /hatch of flies
A cloud /horde /rabble /swarm of gnats
A cloud /cluster /swarm of grasshoppers
A bike /nest /swarm of hornets
A flight /horde /plague /rabble /swarm of insects
A flock /colony /infestation of lice
A plague /cloud /swarm of locusts
A scourge /swarm of mosquitoes
A clutter /cluster of spiders
A colony /swarm of termites
A colony /bike /nest of wasps
Molluscs
A bed of clams
A bed of cockles
A bed
of mussels
A bed /hive of oysters
An escargatoire /rout /walk of snails
Fish
A company of angel fish
A company of archer fish
A battery of barracudas
A shoal of barbels
A fleet /shoal of bass
A grind of
blackfish
A school of butterfly fish
A school of cod
A swarm of dragonet fish
A
troop of dogfish
A swarm of eels
A shoal /catch /draught /fray /haul /run /school of fish
A glide of flying fish
A glint /troubling of goldfish
A glean /army /shoal of herrings
A shoal of mackerels
A shoal /steam /stream /swarm of minnows
A pack of perch
A shoal /school of pilchards
A cluster of porcupine fish
A party of rainbow fish
A shoal of roach
A bind /draught /leap /run /school /shoal of salmons
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