Collective Nouns

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PEOPLE
an army of soldiers
a bevy of beauties/girls
a band of musicians
a band of robbers
a board of directors
a body of men
a bunch of crooks
a caravan of gypsies
a choir of singers
a class of pupils
a class of students
a company of actors
a company of soldiers
a congregation of worshippers
a crew of sailors
a crowd of spectators
a crowd of people
a dynasty of kings
a galaxy of beautiful women
a galaxy of film stars
a gang of crooks
a gang of labourers
a gang of prisoners
a gang of robbers

a gang of thieves
a group of dancers
a group of singers
a horde of savages
a host of angels
a line of kings/rulers
a mob of rioters
a pack of rascals
a pack of thieves
a party of friends
a patrol of policemen
a posse of policemen
a regiment of soldiers
a staff of employees
a staff of servants
a staff of teachers
a team of players
a tribe of natives
a troop of scouts
a troupe of artistes
a troupe of dancers
a troupe of performers
a party of friends




THINGS
an album of autographs
an album of photographs
an album of stamps
an anthology of poems
an archipelago of islands
a bale of cotton
a bale of wool
a basket of fruit
a batch of bread
a battery of guns
a block of flats
a book of exercises
a book of notes
a bouquet of flowers
a bowl of rice
a bunch of bananas
a bunch of flowers
a bunch of grapes
a bunch of keys
a bundle of rags/old clothes
a bundle of firewood/sticks
a bundle of hay
a catalogue of prices/goods
a chain of events
a chain of mountains
a chest of drawers
a cloud of dust
a clump of bushes
a clump of trees
a cluster of coconuts
a cluster of diamonds
a cluster of grapes
a cluster of stars
a clutch of eggs
a collection of coins
a collection of curiosities
a collection of pictures
a collection of relics
a collection of stamps
a column of smoke
a comb of bananas
a compendium of games
a constellation of stars
a cluster of diamonds
a cluster of stars
a clutch of eggs
a crate of fruit
a crop of apples
a fall of rain
a fall of snow
a fleet of motor-cars/taxis
a fleet of ships
a flight of aeroplanes
a flight of steps
a forest of trees
a galaxy of stars
a garland of flowers
a glossary of difficult words/phrases
a group of islands
a grove of trees
a hail of bullets
a hand of bananas (each a finger)
a harvest of wheat/corn
a heap of rubbish
a heap of ruins
a hedge of bushes
a heap of stones
a layer of soil/dirt
a library of books
a line of cars
a list of names
a mass of ruins/hair
a necklace of pearls
an outfit of clothes
an orchard of fruit trees
a pack of cards
a pack of lies
a packet of cigarettes
a packet of letters
a pair of shoes
a pencil of rays
a quiver of arrows
a range of hills
a range of mountains
a ream of paper
a reel of thread/film
a roll of film/cloth
a rope of pearls
a row of houses
a series of events
a set of china
a set of clubs
a set of tools
a sheaf of arrows
a sheaf of corn
a sheaf of grain
a sheaf of papers
a sheaf of wheat
a shower of blows
a shower of rain
a stack of arms
a stack of corn
a stack of hay
a stack of timber
a stack of wood
a stock of goods
a stock of wood
a string of beads
a string of pearls
a suit of clothes
a suite of furniture
a suite of rooms
a tuft of grass
a tuft of hair
a wad of currency/notes
a wreath of flowers



CREATURES
an army of ants
a bevy of quail
a brood/flock of chicks/chickens
a catch of fish
a cloud of flies
a cloud of insects
a cloud of locusts
a colony of gulls
a drove of cattle
a drove of horses
a flight of birds
a flight of doves
a flight of locusts
a flight of swallows
a flock of birds
a flock of geese
a flock of sheep
a flock of chickens
a gaggle of geese
a haul of fish
a herd of buffaloes
a herd of cattle
a herd of deer
a herd of elephants
a herd of goats
a herd of swine
a hive of bees
a host of sparrows
a kindle of kittens
a litter of cubs
a litter of piglets
a litter of kittens
a litter of puppies
a menagerie of wild animals
a muster of peacocks
a nest of ants
a nest of mice
a nest of rabbits
a pack of hounds
a pack of wolves
a plague of insects
a plague of locusts
a pride of lions
a school of herrings/other small fish
a school of porpoises
a school of whales
a shoal of fish
a skein of wild geese in flight
a string of horses
a stud of horses
a swarm of ants
a swarm of bees
a swarm of insects
a swarm of locusts
a team of horses
a team of oxen
a train of camels
a tribe of goats
a troop of lions
a troop of monkeys
a zoo of wild animals