List of Collective Nouns

Here is a comprehensive list of collective nouns. You can find a printable version of this list of collective nouns here.

1.  An album of photos / stamps
2.  An anthology of poems
3.  An army of soldiers
4.  A bale of cotton, wool
5.  A band of musicians, robbers
6.  A batch of loaves
7.  A battalion of soldiers
8.  A battery of guns
9.  A beam of rays
10. A bench of judges
11. A bevy of girls / ladies / swans
12. A block of flats
13. A board of directors / trustees
14. A bouquet of flowers
15. A brood of chickens
16. A budget of letters
17. A bunch of flowers / grapes / keys
18. A carillon of bells
19. A catch of fishes
20. A century of inventions / runs / sonnets / years
21. A chain of events / mountains
22. A choir of angels / singers
23. A class of persons / students
24. A clique of schemers
25. A cloud of locusts
26. A clump of trees
27. A cluster of grapes / islands / nuts / stars
28. A clutch of eggs
29. A code of laws
30. A collection of coins / relics / stamps
31. A colony of people
32. A commonwealth of nations
33. A company of actors / merchants / soldiers
34. A concourse of people
35. A congress of delegates / representatives
36. A consignment of goods
37. A constellation of stars
38. A corps of advisers
39. A council of advisers
40. A course of events / lectures
41. A crew of sailors
42. A curriculum of studies
43. A drove of cattle
44. A dynasty of kings / rulers
45. A faggot of sticks / twigs
46. A fall of leaves / rain / snow
47. A family of sardines
48. A fleet of cars / ships
49. A flight of bees / birds / insects / locusts / stairs / steps
50. A flock of chicken / geese / sheep
51. A forest of trees
52. A gaggle of geese
53. A galaxy of beauties / stars
54. A gallery of paintings / pictures
55. A gang of convicts / prisoners / robbers / thieves / workmen
56. A garland of flowers
57. A genus of plants / animals
58. A group of islands / people
59. A grove of trees
60. A haul of fishes
61. A heap of ruins / sand / stones
62. A herd of cattle / deer / swine
63. A hoard of gold / jewels
64. A horde of savages / barbarians
65. A host of angels
66. A league of powers / states
67. A leash of hares / hounds
68. A library of books
69. A litter of puppies / kittens
70. A mass of ruins
71. A multitude of people
72. A muster of peacocks / troops
73. A nest of ants
74. An orchestra of musicians
75. An outfit of clothes
76. A pack of asses / hounds / playing-cards / wolves
77. A panel of judges / jury-men
78. A parade of soldiers
79. A party of musicians / people
80. A pencil of rays
81. A pile of arms / bricks / stones / wood
82. A posse of constables / policemen
83. A posy of flowers
84. A poultry of fowls / ducks
85. A queue of people
86. A quiver of arrows
87. A range of hills / mountains
88. A regiment of soldiers
89. A rope of pearls
90. A row of chairs / trees
91. A school of whales / porpoises
92. A series of events
93. A set of tools
94. A sheaf of arrows / paper
95. A shoal of fishes
96. A shower of arrows / bullets / rain / stones
97. A squad of soldiers
98. A squadron of ships / soldiers
99. A stack of arms / corns / hay / wood
100. A staff of official / servants / teachers
101. A stock of goods
102. A string of camels
103. A suit of clothes
104. A suite of apartments / furniture / rooms
105. A swarm of ants / bees / files / locusts
106. A syndicate of businessmen / councilors
107. A team of horses / oxen / players
108. A throng of people
109. A train of carriages / followers / wagons
110. A tribe of aborigines
111. A troop of lions / monkeys / soldiers
112. A troupe of actors / artistes / dancers
113. A tuft of grass / hair
114. A volley of shots