COLLECTIVE NOUNS

PEOPLE

a band of musicians a relay of runners

a bench of magistrates a school of pupils
a bevy of beauties/girls/ladies a staff of employees
a billow of smokers a staff of servants
a board of directors a staff of teachers
a body of men a team of players
a bunch of crooks a team of players/doctors/ scientists
a caravan of gypsies a tribe of natives
a choir/group of singers a troop of scouts
a class of pupils/students a troupe of artistes
a company of actors a troupe of dancers
a congregation of worshippers a troupe of performers
a crew of sailors an army of soldiers
a crowd of spectators, people
a dynasty of kings
a field of athletes ANIMALS
a galaxy of beautiful women
a galaxy of film stars a bevy of quail
a gang of crooks a brood/flock of chickens
a gang of labourers a catch of fish
a gang of prisoners a cloud of flies
a gang of robbers a cloud of insects
a gang of thieves a cloud of locusts
a group of dancers a colony of gulls
a horde of savages a drove of cattle
a host of angels; friends a drove of horses
a house of senators a flight of birds
a huddle of lawyers a flight of doves
a line of kings/rulers a flight of locusts
a mob of gangsters a flight of swallows
a mob of rioters a flock of birds
a pack of rascals a flock of chickens
a pack of thieves a flock of geese
a panel of judges/experts a flock of sheep
a party of friends a gaggle of geese
a party of friends a haul of fish
a party of politicians a haul/shoal/catch of fish
a patrol of policemen a herd of buffaloes
a posse of policemen a herd of cattle
a posse/patrol of policemen a herd of deer
a regiment of soldiers a herd of elephants
a herd of goats a battery of guns
a herd of swine a belt of asteroids
a hive of bees a bouquet of flowers
a host of sparrows a bowl of rice
a kindle of kittens a bunch of bananas
a litter of cubs a bunch of flowers
a litter of kittens a bunch of grapes
a litter of piglets a bunch of keys
a litter of puppies a bundle of firewood/sticks
a litter of cubs a bundle of hay
a menagerie of wild animals a bundle of rags/old clothes
a muster of peacocks a bundle of sticks
a nest of ants a catalogue of prices/goods
a nest of mice a chain of mountains
a nest of rabbits a chest of drawers
a pack of hounds a cloud of dust
a pack of wolves a clump of bushes
a plague of insects a clump of trees
a plague of locusts a cluster of coconuts
a pride of lions a cluster of diamonds
a school of herrings/other small fish a cluster of grapes
a school of porpoises a cluster of stars
a school of whales a clutch of eggs
a shoal of fish a collection of coins
a string of horses a collection of curiosities
a stud of horses a collection of pictures
a swarm of ants a collection of relics
a swarm of bees a collection of stamps
a swarm of insects a column of smoke
a swarm of locusts a comb of bananas
a team of oxen a compendium of games
a team of horses a constellation of stars
a train of camels a crate of fruit
a tribe of goats a crop of apples
a troop of lions a fall of rain
a troop of monkeys a fall of snow
a zoo of wild animals a fleet of motor-cars/taxis
an army of ants a fleet of ships
a flight of aeroplanes
THINGS a flight of stairs; steps
a forest of trees
a bale of cotton a galaxy of stars
a basket of fruits a garland of flowers
a batch/ loaf of bread a glossary of difficult words/phrases
a group of islands a sheaf of arrows
a grove of trees a sheaf of grain
a heap/ pile of stones a sheaf of papers
a hedge of bushes a sheaf of wheat
a library of books a shower of blows
a line of cars a shower of rain
a necklace of pearls a stack of arms
a pack of cards a stack of corn
a pack of lies a stack of hay
a packet of cigarettes a stack of timber
a packet of letters a stack of wood
a pair of shoes a stock of goods
a peal of bells a string of beads
a pencil of rays a string of pearls
a pile of stones a suit of clothes
a punnet of strawberries/raspberries a suite of furniture
a quiver of arrows a suite of rooms
a range of hills a tuft of grass
a range of mountains a tuft of hair
a ream of paper a wad of currency/notes
a reel of film/thread a wreath of flowers
a ring of keys an album of photograph
a roll of film/cloth an orchard of fruit trees
a rope of pearls an outfit of clothes
a row of houses
a series of events
a set of china
a set of clubs
a set of tools
a set/ kit of tools/crockery
a sheaf of corn