Collective Nouns


	Collective Nouns
Home	This is a collection of collective nouns for use and general amusement.
A
A faculty of academics A balance of accountants A troupe of acrobats A company of actors a cast of actors A flight of airplanes a squadron of aeroplanes A bevvy of alcoholics A bench of aldermen A corps of anatomists A host of angels a chorus of angels	A company of angel fish A herd of antelopes a tribe of antelopes An army of ants a swarm of ants a colony of ants A shrewdness of apes a troop of apes A stand of arms A sheaf of arrows a quiver of arrows A conflagration of arsonists A park of artillery	A troupe of artistes A bundle of asparagus A pace of asses a herd of asses a drove of asses A belt of asteroids A team of athletes A raft of auks a colony of auks A colony of avocets
B
A flange of baboons a troop of baboons a congress of baboons A culture of bacteria A cete of badgers A poverty of pipers A festival of balloons A hand of bananas a bunch of bananas A babble of barbers a chorus of barbers A promise of barmen A thought of barons A battery of barracuda A shoal of bass a fleet of bass A shower of bastards A colony of bats a cloud of bats A grove of bayonets A nest of beakers A squad of beaters A hill of beans A sleuth of bears a sloth of bears	A bevy of beauties A colony of beavers a lodge of beavers A swarm of bees a grist of bees a hive of bees A kneading of bakers A peal of bells a change of bells A wad of bills A flock of birds a flight of birds a congregation of birds a volery of birds a dissimulation of birds A bench of bishops A herd of bison A sedge of bitterns a siege of bitterns A sute of bloodhounds A sounder of boars a singular of boars a drift of boars (herded) A flotilla of boats a fleet of boats A cluster of bombs An audit of bookkeepers A library of books a pile of books	A set of bowls A blush of boys a rascal of boys A troop of boy scouts A batch of bread A feast of brewers A shout of brigadiers A pack of Brownies A race of bucks a leash of bucks A herd of buffaloes an obstinacy of buffaloes A bellowing of bullfinches A drove of bullocks A shuffle of bureaucrats A flock of bustards A goring of butchers A draught of butlers A kaleidoscope of butterflies a rabble of butterflies a swarm of butterfles a rainbow of butterflies A school of butterfly fish A wake of buzzards
C		x
A caravan of camels a flock of camels A slate of candidates A chapter of canons a dignity of canons A tok of capercaillies A company of capitalists a syndicate of capitalists A mews of capons A pack of cards a deck of cards a hand of cards A herd of caribou A fleet of cars a park of cars An army of caterpillars A clowder of cats a cluster of cats a glaring of cats a destruction of cats (feral) A herd of cattle a drove of cattle a yoke of cattle (two) a kine of cattle a fold of Highland cattle A herd of chamois A coalition of cheetahs A brood of chickens a peep of chickens a clutch of chicks a chattering of chicks	A cartload of chimpanzees A herd of chinchillas A chattering of choughs a clattering of choughs A congregation of churchgoers A bank of circuits A bed of clams A gathering of clans An assembly of clergy an abomination of clergy A school of clerks A cutting of cobblers A quiver of cobras A bed of cockles A intrusion of cockroaches A school of cod A roll of coins a rouleau of coins A catch of collective nouns A rag of colts a rake of colts An unease of compromises A cluster of computers a network of computers A bury of conies	A hastiness of cooks A covert of coots a cover of coots a raft of coots A flight of cormorants A sheaf of corn A galaxy of cosmologists An intrigue of councillors A threatening of courtiers A herd of cows a flink of cows A band of coyotes a pack of coyotes A sedge of cranes a herd of cranes a siege of cranes An eleven of cricketers A shrivel of critics A bask of crocodiles a congregation of crocodiles a float of crocodiles a nest of crocodiles A murder of crows a hover of crows a storytelling of crows A litter of cubs A head of curlews A cowardice of curs
D
A troop of dancers A decorum of deans a decanter of deans A herd of deer A brace of dentists A herd of dinosaurs A board of directors A confab of doctors A dossier of documents A troop of dogfish	A pack of dogs a cry of dogs a kennel of dogs a litter of dogs (puppies) A pod of dolphins a school of dolphins A herd of donkeys a drove of donkeys a pace of donkeys An obstruction of dons A trip of dotterels A dole of doves a dule of doves a flight of doves a piteousness of doves a pitying of doves a prettying of doves	A flight of dragons a weyr of dragons a wing of dragons A chest of drawers A fleet of ducklings A brace of ducks (a pair) a dopping of ducks (diving) a plump of ducks (flying) a paddling of ducks (on water) a flush of ducks (brood) a team of ducks (in flight) A fling of dunlins
E
A convocation of eagles A clashing of economists A bind of eels a swarm of eels x	A clutch of eggs a setting of eggs a nest of eggs A herd of elephants a parade of elephants A grid of electricians	A gang of elks A staff of employees A mob of emus A panel of experts
F		x
A cast of falcons A fesnyng of ferrets a cast of ferrets a business of ferrets A charm of finches a trembing of finches a trimming of finches A bundle of firewood A shoal of fish a run of fish a haul of fish a draught of fish a catch of fish a school of fish x	An exaggeration of fishermen A stand of flamingoes A swarm of flies a business of flies A boll of flour A caste of flower-pots A bouquet of flowers a bunch of flowers a nosegay of flowers A glide of flying fish	An eleven of footballers a team of footballers a fifteen of footballers A stalk of foresters A roost of fowls A skulk of foxes a lead of foxes a leash of foxes A skulk of friars An army of frogs a knot of frogs A colony of fungi
G	x
A bag of game A talent of gamblers A skein of geese (in flight) a gaggle of geese (on the ground) a wedge of geese (flying) A horde of gerbils A phantasmagoria of ghosts A herd of giraffes a tower of giraffes a journey of giraffes A company of girl guides A giggle of girls A cloud of gnats a swarm of gnats An implausibility of gnus a herd of gnus	A tribe of goats a herd of goats a flock of goats a trip of goats A pantheon of gods A charm of goldfinches a drum of goldfinches a troubling of goldfinches a chattering of goldfinches A glint of goldfish A set of golf clubs A dopping of goosanders A band of gorillas a whoop of gorillas A flight of goshawks A skein of goslings A galaxy of governesses	A wisdom of grandparents A bunch of grapes a cluster of grapes A tuft of grass A cloud of grasshoppers a cluster of grasshoppers A leash of greyhounds A covey of grouse a brood of grouse (single family) a pack of grouse (large group) A bazaar of guillemots A group of guinea pigs A colony of gulls a screech of gulls a pack of gulls An arsenal of guns a battery of guns
H	x
A horde of hamsters A down of hares a husk of hares a warren of hares a trip of hares A herd of harlots A melody of harpists A cast of hawks a kettle of hawks a leash of hawks A truss of hay An array of hedgehogs a prickle of hedgehogs An expectation of heirs A brood of hens a run of hens An observance of hermits	A siege of herons a hedge of herons a rookery of herons A glean of herrings an army of herrings a shoal of herrings a cran of herrings A dicker of hides A parcel of hinds A bloat of hippopotamuses a crash of hippopotamuses a herd of hippopotamuses An argumentation of historians A sounder of hogs a drift of hogs A slew of homework A gang of hooligans	A pocket of hops A nest of hornets a swarm of hornets A troop of horsemen a cavalcade of horsemen A haras of horses a stud of horses (for breeding) a team of horses a herd of horses a troop of horses A pack of hounds a mute of hounds a leash of hounds a cry of hounds A charm of hummingbirds a shimmer of hummingbirds A blast of hunters A multiply of husbands A clan of hyenas
I	x
A mess of iguanas A vagary of impediments A wealth of information	A swarm of insects A diffidence of introverts A budget of inventors	A group of islands an archipelago of islands a chain of islands x
J
A husk of jackrabbits A band of jays a party of jays a scold of jays	A fluther of jellyfish a smack of jellyfishx A cache of jewels A scoop of journalists	A bench of judges A neverthriving of jugglers
K
A mob of kangaroos a troop of kangaroos A ring of keys a bunch of keys	A kindle of kittens a litter of kittens A rayful of knaves	A banner of knights a rout of knights
L
A gang of labourers A bevy of ladies A loveliness of ladybirds A leap of lambs a fall of lambs A deceit of lapwings a desert of lapwings An exaltation of larks a bevy of larks an ascension of larks A flush of lavatories	A huddle of lawyers an eloquence of lawyers A lepe of leopards a leap of leopards A colony of lepers A kindle of leverets A stack of librarians A flock of lice an infestation of lice A babble of linguists A parcel of linnets	A pride of lions a sault of lions a sowse of lions a troop of lions An audience of listeners A lounge of lizards A herd of llamas A plague of locusts a swarm of locusts a cloud of locusts A convoy of lorries a fleet of lorries
M
A nest of machine guns A shoal of mackerel An illusion of magicians A bench of magistrates A tiding of magpies a tittering of magpies a murder of magpies A bevy of maidens A sord of mallards a puddling of mallards (on water) a flush of mallards (on land) a sute of mallards An atlas of maps A stud of mares A richness of martens A richesse of martins A number of mathematicians A riches of matrons A clutch of mechanics	A compromise of mediators A band of men A faith of merchants A diligence of messengers A shower of meteorologists A nest of mice a mischief of mice An expectation of midwives A flurry of mink A stream of minnows a swarm of minnows A troupe of minstrels A horde of misers A labour of moles a company of moles a movement of moles A wad of money A band of mongooses a pack of mongooses	A bank of monitors A troop of monkeys a tribe of monkeys a cartload of monkeys A plump of moorhens A herd of moose A side of morris dancers A scourge of mosquitoes A range of mountains A cortege of mourners A barren of mules a pack of mules a rake of mules A band of musicians an orchestra of musicians A troop of mushrooms A pint of mussels a bed of mussels
N	x
A tribe of natives An annoyance of neighbours A quire of newspapers	A watch of nightingales a match of nightingales A collective of nouns	A gallimaufry of noises A superfluity of nuns x
O
A row of oarsmen A collection of objects A rope of onions A crowd of onlookers A coterie of orchids	A pride of ostriches A bevy of otters a family of otters a romp of otters A parliament of owls a stare of owls	A fling of oxbirds A team of oxen a yoke of oxen (two) a drove of oxen a herd of oxen A bed of oysters
P
A run of paparazzi A budget of papers A company of parrots a flock of parrots a pandemonium of parrots A covey of partridges a bew of partridges A body of pathologists A ward of patients A muster of peacocks an ostentation of peacocks a pride of peacocks A rope of pearls a string of pearls A pod of peas A toil of peasants A malapertness of pedlars A pomp of pekingese A pod of pelicans a scoop of pelicans A raft of penguins (in water) a waddle of penguins (dry land) a penguinry of penguins a creche of penguins a huddle of penguins a colony of penguins A crowd of people a mob of people a congregation of people a audience of people A pack of perch A cadge of peregrines A troupe of performers	A bouquet of pheasants (flushed) a covey of pheasants a nye of pheasants (on the ground) a nide of pheasants (ground) a fesynes of pheasants a brace of pheasants (a pair) A battery of photographers A ponder of philosophers A nucleus of physicists A flight of pigeons a flock of pigeons a loft of pigeons A litter of piglets a farrow of piglets A farrow of pigs a drove of pigs a herd of pigs a doylt of pigs a sounder of pigs (wild pigs) A shoal of pilchards A knob of pintails A poverty of pipers a skirl of pipers A chest of plans A team of players a squad of players A congregation of plovers a wing of plovers a stand of plovers A gush of plumbers A rush of pochards An anthology of poems	An aurora of polar bears a pack of polar bears A chine of polecats A posse of police An equivocation of politicians A herd of ponies a string of ponies A prickle of porcupines A cluster of porcupine fish A school of porpoises a pod of porpoises A passel of possums A run of poultry A coterie of prairie dogs A converting of preachers a pontification of preachers A state of princes A royalty of princesses A gang of prisoners a pity of prisoners An anthology of prose A control of psychiatrists A complex of psychologists A parliament of ptarmigans A raft of puffins (on water) a colony of puffins (on land) a wheel of puffins (flying) A litter of pups
Q	x
A bevy of quail a covey of quail x	A rosary of quotations
R
A colony of rabbits a flick of rabbits a bury of rabbits a wrack of rabbits (young rabbits) a nest of rabbits a warren of rabbits A gaze of raccoons a nursery of raccoons A field of racehorses a string of racehorses A party of rainbow fish	A plague of rats a colony of rats a horde of rats a mischief of rats A rhumba of rattlesnakes A conspiracy of ravens an unkindness of ravens a storytelling of ravens A crowd of redwings A clump of reeds A descent of relatives A rabble of remedies	A crash of rhinoceroses A band of robbers A bevy of roe deer A clamour of rooks a parliament of rooks a building of rooks a storytelling of rooks A bill of ruffs A nest of rumours A field of runners
S		x
A fitting of sails a set of sails an outfit of sails A communion of saints A bind of salmon a run of salmon A fling of sandpipers A family of sardines A horde of savages A troop of scouts A cloud of sea fowl A herd of sea horses A squabble of seagulls a flock of seagulls A bunch of seals a knob of seals a pod of seals a plump of seals a colony of seals A scolding of seamstresses A house of senators A staff of servants an obesiance of servants A school of sharks a shiver of sharks A flock of sheep a fold of sheep a drove of sheep a mob of sheep (Australian) A doading of sheldrakes a dopping of sheldrakes A posse of sheriffs A fleet of ships an armada of ships a flotilla of ships	A blackening of shoemakers A pair of shoes a rack of shoes A troup of shrimps A shrubbery of shrubs A skein of silk A choir of singers A surfeit of skunks A gang of slaves A quantity of smelts A confraternity of smokers A rout of snails A bed of snakes a den of snakes a nest of snakes a slither of snakes a pit of snakes A walk of snipe (at rest) a wisp of snipe (in flight) An army of soldiers a squad of soldiers a company of soldiers a platoon of soldiers a division of soldiers a brigade of soldiers A host of sparrows a quarrel of sparrows a chatter of sparrows a tribe of sparrows a ubiquity of sparrows A cluster of spiders a clutter of spiders A cacophony of sounds A dray of squirrels a scurry of squirrels	A flight of stairs A galaxy of starlets A murmuration of starlings a cloud of starlings A cluster of stars a constellation of stars a galaxy of stars A flight of steps A spread of sticklebacks a shoal of sticklebacks A pack of stoats A portfolio of stockbrokers An anthology of stories A muster of storks A punnet of strawberries A flourish of strumpets A class of students A stack of suitcases A flight of swallows A wedge of swans (flying) a bank of swans a bevy of swans a whiteness of swans a drift of swans (on water) a herd of swans a squadron of swans A flock of swifts A sounder of swine a drift of swine a doylt of swine A flotilla of swordfish
T
A disguising of tailors An agenda of tasks A glazing of taverners A diving of teal a spring of teal a knob of teal A hug of teddy bears A colony of termites a swarm of termites A gang of thieves a den of thieves A mutation of thrushes A streak of tigers an ambush of tigers	A knot of toads a nest of toads A flock of tourists An anorak of trainspotters A heap of trash A clump of trees a grove of trees a copse of trees a thicket of trees a forest of trees a stand of trees A parel of troops A hover of trout A convoy of trucks a fleet of trucks	A board of trustees A float of tuna a troup of tuna A raffle of turkeys a rafter of turkeys a flock of turkeys a dule of turkeys a posse of turkeys a brood of turkeys (young) A pitying of turtledoves A dule of turtles a bale of turtles A pool of typists
U
A blessing of unicorns	A spawn of umbrellas	An unction of undertakers
V		x
A prudence of vicars A nest of vipers	A colony of voles x	A wake of vultures a colony of vultures
W
A book of wagers A mob of wallabies A herd of walruses a huddle of walruses A nest of wasps A plump of waterfowl A cache of weapons A sneak of weasels a pack of weasels A school of whales a pod of whales a run of whales a herd of whales A litter of whelps	A pod of whiting An ambush of widows A company of wigeon a bunch of wigeon a coil of wigeon a knob of wigeon A destruction of wildcats a dout of wildcats A trip of wildfowl a plump of wildfowl A purse of winnings A coven of witches A gang of workmen	A rout of wolves a pack of wolves A warren of wombats A bond of women A fall of woodcock a covey of woodcock a plump of woodcock A descent of woodpeckers A clew of worms A congregation of worshippers A herd of wrens A worship of writers
Y		x
A herd of yaks A fellowship of yeomenx	A yearning of yesterdays	An optimism of youths
Z
A herd of zebras a zeal of zebras a cohort of zebras
Back to the top Home