List of collective nouns by subject I-Z
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Collective noun
List of collective nouns
List of collective nouns by subject
| SUBJECT | COLLECTIVE TERM | STATUS |
| idiots | A thicket of idiots | Spurious |
| impediments | A vagary of impediments | Uncertain |
| infantry | A creche of infantry | Spurious |
| information | A wealth of information | √ |
| islands | A chain of islands | √ |
| islands | An archipelago of islands | √ |
| jays | A party of jays | √ |
| jays | A scold of jays | Uncertain |
| jays | A band of jays | √ |
| jellyfish | A fluther of jellyfish | √ |
| jellyfish | A smack of jellyfish | √ |
| jewels | A cache of jewels | √ |
| jugglers | A neverthriving of jugglers | √ |
| kangaroos | A court of kangaroos (see note) | Spurious |
| kangaroos | A mob of kangaroos | √ |
| kangaroos | A troop of kangaroos | √ |
| keys | A ring of keys | √ |
| knights | A rout of knights | √ |
| knights | A banner of knights | √ |
| ladies | A bevy of ladies | √ |
| lambs | A rack of lambs | Spurious |
| lapwings | A desert of lapwings | √ |
| lapwings | A deceit of lapwings | √ |
| larks | An ascension of larks | √ |
| larks | An exaltation of larks | √ |
| lawyers | A huddle of lawyers | Uncertain |
| leopards | A leap of leopards | √ |
| lepers | A colony of lepers | √ |
| librarians | A catalogue of librarians | Spurious |
| lions | A pride of lions | √ |
| lions | A sowse of lions | √ |
| lions | A sault of lions | √ |
| lizards | A lounge of lizards | Spurious |
| locusts | A plague of locusts | √ |
| lorries | A convoy of lorries | √ |
| magpies | A tiding(s) of magpies | √ |
| mallards | A sord of mallards | √ |
| mallards | A lute of mallards | Uncertain |
| men | A band of (merry) men | √ |
| maps | An atlas of maps | √ |
| martens | A richness of martens | √ |
| mathematicians | A number of mathematicians | √ |
| mathematicians | A set of mathematicians | √ |
| matrons | A riches of matrons | Uncertain |
| mechanics | A clutch of mechanics | Spurious |
| meteorologists | A shower of meteorologists | Spurious |
| midges | A bite of midges | Uncertain |
| misers | A horde of misers | Spurious |
| mites | A mite of mites | Uncertain |
| moles | A labour of moles | √ |
| moles | A company of moles | √ |
| moles | A movement of moles | √ |
| money | A wad of money | √ |
| riches | An embarrassment of riches | Uncertain |
| winnings | A purse of winnings | √ |
| monitors | A bank of monitors | √ |
| monks | An abomination of monks (see note) | Uncertain |
| monkeys | A tribe of monkeys | √ |
| monkeys | A mission of monkeys | √ |
| mosquitoes | A scourge of mosquitoes | √ |
| mountains | A range of mountains | √ |
| mice | A nest of mice | √ |
| mice | A mischief of mice | √ |
| mudhen | A fleet of mudhen | Uncertain |
| mules | A barren of mules | √ |
| mules | A Rake of mules | √ |
| natives | A tribe of natives | √ |
| nightingales | A watch of nightingales | √ |
| nouns | A collective of nouns | √ |
| nudists | A hangout of nudists | Spurious |
| nuns | A superfluity of nuns | √ |
| objects | A collection of objects | √ |
| onlookers | A crowd of onlookers | √ |
| orthodontists | A brace of orthodontists | Spurious |
| owls | A parliament of owls | √ |
| owls | A stare of owls | √ |
| oxen | A team of oxen | √ |
| oxen | A yoke of oxen | √ |
| oxen | A span of oxen | √ |
| oysters | A bed of oysters | √ |
| young oysters | A set of young oysters | √ |
| pages | A chapter of pages | √ |
| painters | An illusion of painters | Uncertain |
| paper | A ream of paper (see note) | Spurious |
| parrots | A pandemonium of parrots | Uncertain |
| parrots | A company of parrots | √ |
| partridges | A covey of partridges | √ |
| partridges | A bew of partridges | Uncertain |
| pathologists | A body of pathologists | Spurious |
| peacocks | A pride of peacocks | √ |
| peacocks | A muster of peacocks | √ |
| peacocks | An ostentation of peacocks | √ |
| pekinese | A pomp of pekinese | √ |
| penguins | A parcel of penguins | Uncertain |
| penguins | A rookery of penguins | Spurious |
| penguins | A creche of penguins | √ |
| penguins | A huddle of penguins | √ |
| penguins | A colony of penguins | √ |
| performers | A troupe of performers | √ |
| pheasants | A covey of pheasants | √ |
| pheasants | A nye of pheasants | √ |
| pheasants | A bouquet of pheasants | √ |
| philosophers | A ponder of philosophers | √ |
| physicists | A nucleus of physicists | Spurious |
| physicians | A college of physicians | Spurious |
| theoretical physicists | A field of theoretical physicists | Spurious |
| hogs | A parcel of hogs | √ |
| hogs | A drift of hogs | Uncertain |
| hogs | A passel of hogs | √ |
| piglets | A farrow of piglets | √ |
| piglets | A litter of piglets | √ |
| pigs | A drove of pigs | √ |
| pigs | A herd of pigs | √ |
| pigs | A sounder of pigs | √ |
| pigeons | A kit of pigeons | Uncertain |
| pigeons | A loft of pigeons | √ |
| pistols | A brace of pistols | √ |
| plovers | A congregation of plovers | √ |
| polar bears | An aurora of polar bears | Uncertain |
| polecats | A chine of polecats | √ |
| politicians | An equivocation of politicians | Spurious |
| politicians | A deposit of politicians | Spurious |
| porpoises | A turmoil of porpoises | Uncertain |
| possum | A passel of possum | Uncertain |
| potage | A mess of potage | Uncertain |
| preachers | A converting of preachers | √ |
| preachers | A pontification of preachers | Spurious |
| prelates | A pontifica of prelates | Uncertain |
| princes | A state of princes | Uncertain |
| prose | An anthology of prose | √ |
| harlots | A heard of harlots | Uncertain |
| prostitutes | An anthology of prostitutes (see note) | Uncertain |
| psychoanalysts | A complex of psychoanalysts | Spurious |
| quail | A covey of quail | √ |
| quail | A bevy of quail | √ |
| conies | A bury of conies | √ |
| kittens (rabbits) | A wrack of kittens (rabbits) | √ |
| rabbits | A colony of rabbits | √ |
| rabbits | A bury of rabbits | √ |
| rabbits | A nest of rabbits | √ |
| raccoons | A gaze of raccoons | √ |
| rats | A pack of rats | √ |
| rats | A colony of rats | √ |
| rats | A swarm of rats | √ |
| rats | A rabble of rats | √ |
| ravens | An unkindness of ravens | √ |
| ravens | A conspiracy of ravens | √ |
| rebuttals | A quiver of rebuttals | √ |
| rhinoceroses | A crash of rhinoceroses | √ |
| rooks | A building of rooks | √ |
| rooks | A clamour of rooks | √ |
| rooks | A parliament of rooks | √ |
| ruffs | A hill of ruffs | √ |
| salmon | A run of salmon | √ |
| salmon | A bind of salmon | √ |
| sandpipers | A fling of sandpipers | √ |
| satellites | A constellation of satellites | Uncertain |
| Scots | A disworship of Scots | √ |
| Scots | A fifth of Scots | Spurious |
| sea fowl | A cloud of sea fowl | √ |
| seagulls | A flock of seagulls | √ |
| seals | A spring of seals | √ |
| seals | A pod of seals | √ |
| seals | A plum of seals | Uncertain |
| senators | A house of senators | √ |
| senators | A pomposity of senators | Spurious |
| servants | An obesiance of servants | Uncertain |
| lambs | A fall of lambs | √ |
| sheep | A flock of sheep | √ |
| sheep | A trip of sheep | √ |
| sheldrakes | A doading of sheldrakes | √ |
| sailors | A crew of sailors | √ |
| ships | A flotilla of ships | √ |
| ships | A fleet of ships | √ |
| ships | An armada of ships | √ |
| snails | A rout of snails | √ |
| snakes | A den of snakes | √ |
| snakes | A bed of snakes | √ |
| snakes | A pit of snakes | √ |
| snakes | A nest of snakes | √ |
| snakes | A slither of snakes | √ |
| snipe | A walk of snipe | √ |
| snipe | A wisp of snipe | √ |
| soldiers | A company of soldiers | √ |
| soldiers | A brigade of soldiers | √ |
| soldiers | A squad of soldiers | √ |
| soldiers | A platoon of soldiers | √ |
| soldiers | A division of soldiers | √ |
| sparrows | A ubiquity of sparrows | √ |
| sparrows | A quarrel of sparrows | √ |
| sparrows | A host of sparrows | √ |
| spiders | A clutter of spiders | √ |
| spiders | A cluster of spiders | √ |
| squirrels | A dray of squirrels | √ |
| stairs | A flight of stairs | √ |
| stars | A galaxy of stars | √ |
| statisticans | A number of statisticians | √ |
| starlings | A murmuration of starlings | √ |
| sticks | A fagot of sticks | √ |
| storks | A muster of storks | √ |
| storks | A phalanx of storks | Uncertain |
| students | A class of students | √ |
| swallows | A flight of swallows | √ |
| swallows | A gulp of swallows | Spurious |
| swans (flying) | A wedge of swans (flying) | √ |
| swans | A whiteness of swans | Uncertain |
| swans | A bevy of swans | √ |
| swans | A bank of swans | √ |
| swans | An eyrar of swans | Uncertain |
| swine | A sounder of swine | √ |
| swine | A drift of swine | √ |
| submarines | A pack of submarines | √ |
| tailors | A disguising of tailors | Uncertain |
| tasks | An agenda of tasks | √ |
| teal | A spring of teal | √ |
| teal | A diving of teal |
√ |
| tennis games | A set of tennis games |
√ |
| tests | A battery of tests | √ |
| thieves | A den of thieves | √ |
| things | A bunch of things | √ |
| thrushes | A mutation of thrushes | √ |
| tigers | A streak of tigers | √ |
| tigers | An ambush of tigers | √ |
| toads | A knot of toads | √ |
| tourists | A flock of tourists | √ |
| trash | A heap of trash | √ |
| trees | A grove of trees | √ |
| trees | A thicket of trees | √ |
| trees | A stand of trees | √ |
| troops | A parel of troops | √ |
| trout | A hover of trout | √ |
| trucks | A convoy of trucks | √ |
| turkeys | A rafter of turkeys | √ |
| turkeys | A raffle of turkeys | √ |
| turtles | A turn of turtles | √ |
| turtles | A dule of turtles | √ |
| turtles | A bale of turtles | √ |
| turtledoves | A pitying of turtledoves | √ |
| unicorns | A blessing of unicorns | √ |
| vicaries (vicars) | A prudence of vicaries (vicars) | √ |
| vipers | A nest of vipers | √ |
| wagers | A book of wagers | √ |
| walruses | A herd of walruses | √ |
| walruses | An ugly of walruses | √ |
| waterfowl | A plump of waterfowl | √ |
| waterfowl | A knob of waterfowl | Uncertain |
| weasels | A sneak of weasels | √ |
| whales | A school of whales | √ |
| whales | A herd of whales | √ |
| whales | A pod of whales | √ |
| whales | A gam of whales | √ |
| whores | A Parliament of whores (also Congress) | Spurious |
| widgeon | A coil of widgeon | √ |
| witches | A coven of witches | √ |
| wolves | A pack of wolves | √ |
| wolves | A rout of wolves | √ |
| women | A gaggle of women | Uncertain |
| woodpeckers | A descent of woodpeckers | √ |
| worms | A clew of worms | Uncertain |
| worshipers | A congregation of worshipers | √ |
| yeomen | A fellowship of yeomen | √ |
| zebra | A zeal of zebra | √ |
| zebra | A herd of zebra | √ |