250+ Collective Nouns in English
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In this post, I am sharing 250+ Collective Nouns in English which are very very important for English learners. If you want to master your English communication skills, you should learn these collective nouns.
250+ Collective Nouns in English
1 | A flock/pride of ostriches |
2 | A flock/run of poultry |
3 | A flock/stud of mares |
4 | A flock/tribe/herd of goats |
5 | A flotilla of swordfish |
6 | A flurry/stand of flamingoes |
7 | A gaggle/flock of geese |
8 | A gang of boys |
9 | A gang of laborers (Amer.) |
10 | A gang of prisoners |
11 | A gang of slaves |
12 | A gang of slaves |
13 | A gang of workmen |
14 | A gang/herd of moose |
15 | A gang/pack of thieves |
16 | A gang/team of labourers (Brit.) |
17 | A gathering of clans |
18 | A glossary of difficult words |
19 | A grind of bottle-nosed whales |
20 | A group/chain/an archipelago of islands |
21 | A grove of bayonets |
22 | A haggle of vendors |
23 | A hail of bullets |
24 | A hamlet of houses in a village |
25 | A harvest/sheaf of wheat |
26 | A heap of trash |
27 | A heap/mass of ruins |
28 | A heap/pile of stones |
29 | A herbarium of plants |
30 | A herd of alpacas |
31 | A herd of antelope(s) |
32 | A herd of bison |
33 | A herd of buffalo |
34 | A herd of cattle |
35 | A herd of chamois |
36 | A herd of cows |
37 | A herd of curlews |
38 | A herd of deer |
39 | A herd of eland(s) |
40 | A herd of elephants |
41 | A herd of llamas |
42 | A herd of ponies |
43 | A herd of sea urchins |
44 | A herd of seahorses |
45 | A herd of wildebeest(s) |
46 | A herd of wrens |
47 | A herd of zebra |
48 | A herd/drove of asses |
49 | A herd/drove of swine |
50 | A herd/drove/drift of hogs |
51 | A herd/gang of elk |
52 | A herd/litter of pigs |
53 | A herd/mustering of storks |
54 | A herd/pace of donkeys |
55 | A herd/pod of walruses |
56 | A herd/school/bloat/crash of hippopotamuses |
57 | A herd/siege/sedge of cranes |
58 | A herd/sounder of boars |
59 | A herd/stud of hart |
60 | A herd/tower/corps of giraffe(s) |
61 | A hoard of gold |
62 | A horde of children |
63 | A horde of hamsters |
64 | A horde of nomads |
65 | A horde of savages |
66 | A horde/swarm/cloud of gnats |
67 | A host/choir of angels |
68 | A host/company of angel fish |
69 | A house of senators |
70 | A hover of trout |
71 | A kindle/litter of kittens |
72 | A knab/knot of toads |
73 | A layer of soil |
74 | A lead/skulk of foxes |
75 | A leap of leopards |
76 | A line of rulers |
77 | A list of names |
78 | A litter of cubs |
79 | A litter of puppies |
80 | A litter/farrow of piglets |
List of 250+ Collective Nouns in English
81 | A mall of shops |
82 | A menagerie of wild animals |
83 | A mess of iguanas |
84 | A mint of money |
85 | A mob of disorderly people |
86 | A mob of hooligans |
87 | A mob of rioters |
88 | A mob of ruffians |
89 | A mob of wallabies |
90 | A mob/herd/troop of kangaroos |
91 | A monastery of monks |
92 | A murder of lawyers |
93 | A muster/pride of peacocks |
94 | A nest of mice |
95 | A nest of rumors/rumours (Brit.) |
96 | A nest of vipers |
97 | A network of computers |
98 | A nursery/gaze of raccoons |
99 | A pack of cards (Brit.) |
100 | A pack of cigarettes (Amer.) |
101 | A pack of coyotes |
102 | A pack of foxhounds |
103 | A pack of hounds |
104 | A pack of lies |
105 | A pack of rascals |
106 | A pack of wolves |
107 | A pack/colony of weasels |
108 | A pack/kennel of dogs |
109 | A pack/leash of greyhounds |
110 | A pack/sute of bloodhounds |
111 | A packet of cigarettes (Brit.) |
112 | A pair of shoes |
113 | A panel of experts |
114 | A panel of jurymen |
115 | A pantheon of gods |
116 | A parliament/rookery of rooks |
117 | A parliament/stare of owls |
118 | A party/gang/body of men |
119 | A party/group of visitors |
120 | A patrol/posse of policemen |
121 | A peal of bells |
122 | A picket of strikers |
123 | A pile/heap of leaves |
124 | A pile/heap of rubbish |
125 | A pile/shelf/library of books |
126 | A plague of diseases |
127 | A pocket of oranges |
128 | A pocket of potatoes |
129 | A pod of peas |
130 | A pod of pelicans |
131 | A pool of typists |
132 | A pride/troop of lion(s) |
133 | A queue of voters |
134 | A race/rag/rake of colts |
135 | A range of hills |
136 | A range/chain of mountains |
137 | A rasp of guinea fowl |
138 | A real/roll of film |
139 | A ream of paper |
140 | A reel of thread |
141 | A roll of banknotes |
142 | A rookery/colony of penguins |
143 | A rope/pocket of onions |
144 | A rope/string of pearls |
145 | A rosary of quotations |
146 | A row of houses |
147 | A scattering/siege of herons |
148 | A school of cod |
149 | A school/pod of dolphins |
150 | A school/pod of porpoises |
151 | A school/pod of whales |
152 | A school/shoal of mackerel |
153 | A scolding of seamstresses |
154 | A scourge of mosquitoes |
155 | A sedge/siege of bitterns |
156 | A series/chain of events |
157 | A set of bowls |
158 | A set of china |
159 | A set of clubs |
160 | A set of false teeth |
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161 | A set of glasses |
162 | A set of golf clubs |
163 | A set of rules |
164 | A set of sails |
165 | A set of teeth |
166 | A set of utensils |
167 | A set/kit of tools |
168 | A sheaf of grain |
169 | A sheaf/harvest of corn |
170 | A sheaf/quiver of arrows |
171 | A shoal of pilchards |
172 | A shoal/family of sardines |
173 | A shoal/run of salmon |
174 | A shoal/school of fish |
175 | A shock of hair |
176 | A shower of blows |
177 | A shower of rain |
178 | A shrewdness/troop of apes |
179 | A shrubbery of shrubs |
180 | A shush of librarians |
181 | A skein of geese (in flight) |
182 | A skein of wild geese in flight |
183 | A slate of candidates |
184 | A sloth of bears |
185 | A sneer of butlers |
186 | A spawn/ phalanx of umbrellas |
187 | A squadron/flight/fleet of aeroplanes (Brit.) |
188 | A stack of journals |
189 | A stack of plates |
190 | A stack of timber |
191 | A stack of wood |
192 | A stack/bale of hay |
193 | A staff of employees |
194 | A staff of servants |
195 | A staff of teachers |
196 | A staff of workers |
197 | A string/rope of beads |
198 | A suite of furniture |
199 | A suite of rooms |
200 | A superfluity/convent of nuns |
201 | A surfeit of skunks |
202 | A swarm of eels |
203 | A swarm of flies |
204 | A swarm/flight/rainbow of butterflies |
205 | A swarm/hive of bees |
206 | A swarm/nest of hornets |
207 | A swarm/plague/cloud of locusts |
208 | A tabernacle of bakers |
209 | A team of flying ducks |
210 | A team of footballers |
211 | A team of players |
212 | A team/stud of horses |
213 | A tiding/tittering/congregation of magpies |
214 | A tray of peaches |
215 | A tribe of Indians |
216 | A tribe of natives |
217 | A tribe/menagerie of animals |
218 | A troop of lemurs |
219 | A troop of scouts |
220 | A troop/band of gorillas |
221 | A troop/cavalcade of horsemen |
222 | A troop/congress of baboons |
223 | A troop/tribe/barrel of monkeys |
224 | A troubling/glint of goldfish |
225 | A troupe of artistes |
226 | A troupe of performers |
227 | A troupe of shrimps |
228 | A troupe/group of dancers |
229 | A tuft of grass |
230 | A wardrobe/suit/outfit of clothes |
250+ Collective Nouns in English
231 | A watch of nightingales |
232 | A wealth of information |
233 | A worship of writers |
234 | An agenda of tasks |
235 | An album of autographs |
236 | An album of photographs |
237 | An ambush of widows |
238 | An ambush/streak of tigers |
239 | An anthology of poems |
240 | An anthology of prose |
241 | An anthology/collection of stories |
242 | An argument of architects |
243 | An argument of wizards |
244 | An argumentation of historians |
245 | An army of caterpillars |
246 | An army/colony of frogs |
247 | An army/regiment/company/division/brigade/battalion of soldiers |
248 | An army/shoal of herring(s) |
249 | An array of hedgehogs |
250 | An array/rainbow of colors/colours (Brit.) |
251 | An arsenal of guns |
252 | An assembly of clergy |
253 | An assembly of persons |
254 | An assembly/class of pupils |
255 | An atlas of maps |
256 | An attack of aliens |
257 | An audience of listeners |
258 | An embassy of diplomats |
259 | An empire of queens |
260 | An intrusion of cockroaches |
261 | An orchard of fruit trees |
262 | An unction of undertakers |
263 | An unkindness of ravens |
264 | Field of crops |
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