Collective Nouns for People

An army of soldiers
A band of bandits/musician/pilgrims
A batch of students
A bench of magistrates
A bevy of ladies
A board of directors
A company of actors/soldiers
A congregation of worshippers
A choir of singers
A class of scholars/pupils/students
A crew of sailors
A crowd of people/spectators


A field of runner
A host of angle
A horde of savages
A gang of thieves/laborers
A party of friends
A posse of policemen
A school of pupils
A staff of servants/teachers
A team of players/doctors
A tribe of natives
A troupe of dancers/jugglers

Collective Nouns for Animals

A broad of chickens
A drove of bees/cattle
A fight of swallows
A flock of birds/goats/sheep
A gaggle of geese
A herd of cattle/elephants/buffaloes
A host of sparrows
A litter of cubs/kittens/puppies


A nest of mice/rabbits/snakes
A pack of wolves
A plague of locusts
A school of fish/dolphins/whales
A shoal of herring
A smuck of jellyfish
A swarm of bees/insects
A team of horses/oxen
A troop of lions/monkeys

Collective Nouns for Things

A bale of cotton/wool
A batch of bread/cakes/cookies
A bunch of bananas/grapes
A bundle of rags/sticks
A chest of drawers
A cluster of diamond/stars
A clutch of eggs
A collection of pictures/stamps
A crate of fruit
A fleet of cars/ships/planes
A flight of stairs/steps
A group of islands


A heap of rubbish/stones
A hedge of bushes
A kit of tools
A library of books
A pack of cards
A peal of bells
A pile of stones/books
A quiver of arrows
A sheaf of corn/paper
A stack of hay
A string of beads/pearls
A tuft of grass


Collective Nouns for People

An army of soldiers
A band of bandits/musician/pilgrims
A batch of students
A bench of magistrates
A bevy of ladies
A board of directors
A company of actors/soldiers
A congregation of worshippers
A choir of singers
A class of scholars/pupils/students
A crew of sailors
A crowd of people/spectators


A field of runner
A host of angle
A horde of savages
A gang of thieves/laborers
A party of friends
A posse of policemen
A school of pupils
A staff of servants/teachers
A team of players/doctors
A tribe of natives
A troupe of dancers/jugglers

Collective Nouns for Animals

A broad of chickens
A drove of bees/cattle
A fight of swallows
A flock of birds/goats/sheep
A gaggle of geese
A herd of cattle/elephants/buffaloes
A host of sparrows
A litter of cubs/kittens/puppies


A nest of mice/rabbits/snakes
A pack of wolves
A plague of locusts
A school of fish/dolphins/whales
A shoal of herring
A smuck of jellyfish
A swarm of bees/insects
A team of horses/oxen
A troop of lions/monkeys

Collective Nouns for Things

A bale of cotton/wool
A batch of bread/cakes/cookies
A bunch of bananas/grapes
A bundle of rags/sticks
A chest of drawers
A cluster of diamond/stars
A clutch of eggs
A collection of pictures/stamps
A crate of fruit
A fleet of cars/ships/planes
A flight of stairs/steps
A group of islands


A heap of rubbish/stones
A hedge of bushes
A kit of tools
A library of books
A pack of cards
A peal of bells
A pile of stones/books
A quiver of arrows
A sheaf of corn/paper
A stack of hay
A string of beads/pearls
A tuft of grass