COLLECTIVE NOUNS PEOPLE

an army of soldiers a bevy of beauties/girls a band of musicians a band of robbers a board of directors a body of men a bunch of crooks a caravan of gypsies a choir of singers a class of pupils a class of students a company of actors a company of soldiers a congregation of worshippers a crew of sailors a crowd of spectators a crowd of people a dynasty of kings a galaxy of beautiful women a galaxy of film stars a gang of crooks a gang of labourers a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a gang of thieves horde of savages host of angels line of kings/rulers mob of rioters group of dancers group of singers pack of rascals pack of thieves party of friends patrol of policemen posse of policemen regiment of soldiers staff of employees staff of servants staff of teachers team of players tribe of natives troop of scouts troupe of artistes troupe of dancers troupe of performers party of friends

COLLECTIVE NOUNS THINGS

an album of autographs an album of photographs an album of stamps an anthology of poems a bale of cotton a basket of fruit a batch of bread a battery of guns a block of flats a book of exercises a book of notes a bouquet of flowers a bowl of rice a bunch of bananas a bunch of flowers a bunch of grapes a bunch of keys a bundle of rags/old clothes a bundle of sticks a bundle of hay a catalogue of prices a cluster of coconuts a cluster of grapes a hail of bullets a harvest of wheat/corn a heap of rubbish a heap of ruins a hedge of bushes a heap of stones a layer of soil/dirt a library of books a line of cars a list of names a mass of hair a necklace of pearls an outfit of clothes an orchard of fruit trees a pack of cards a pack of lies a packet of cigarettes a packet of letters a pair of shoes a pencil of rays a quiver of arrows a range of hills a range of mountains a cloud of dust

COLLECTIVE NOUNS THINGS

a clump of bushes a clump of trees a collection of coins a collection of pictures a collection of stamps a column of smoke a comb of bananas a cluster of diamonds a cluster of stars a clutch of eggs a crate of fruit a crop of apples a fall of rain a fall of snow a fleet of motorcars/taxis a fleet of ships a flight of aeroplanes a flight of steps a forest of trees a galaxy of stars a glossary of difficult words/phrases a group of islands a grove of trees a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a ream of paper reel of thread/film roll of film/cloth rope of pearls row of houses series of events set of clubs set of tools sheaf of arrows sheaf of grain sheaf of papers sheaf of wheat shower of rain stack of arms stack of corn stack of hay stack of timber stack of wood string of beads string of pearls suit of clothes suite of furniture suite of rooms tuft of grass

COLLECTIVE NOUNS ANIMALS

an army of ants a bevy of quail a brood/flock of chickens a cloud of flies a cloud of insects a cloud of locusts a colony of gulls a drove of cattle a drove of horses a flight of birds a flight of locusts a flight of swallows a flock of birds a flock of geese a flock of sheep a gaggle of geese a herd of buffaloes a herd of cattle/deer a herd of elephants/goats a hive of bees a host of sparrows a kindle of kittens a litter of cubs a litter of piglets a litter of kittens/puppies a muster of peacocks a nest of ants a nest of mice a nest of rabbits a pack of hounds a pack of wolves a plague of insects a pride of lions a school of herrings/other small a a fish a school of whales a shoal of fish a string of horses a stud of horses a swarm of ants a swarm of bees a team of horses a team of oxen a train of camels a tribe of goats a troop of lions a troop of monkeys a zoo of wild animals