Collective Noun
Collective Noun: – In this section we will read about Collective Noun in English and what are the examples of this in English, we will read in detail about all these.
In the previous post we have read in detail about “Phrasal Verbs with Look”.
Definition of Collective Nouns:-
If you are looking to name a group of things whilst speaking or writing in the English language, you are going to need to use a collective noun.
This is a type of noun that we see very often in the language and it is important that you are aware of how they function within a sentence.
In this post we are going to be looking at the various different collective nouns as well as the rules surrounding their use. This will give more a greater sense of confidence when using them in your spoken and written communications.
What is a Collective Noun?
A collective noun refers to a group of people, animals or a collection of things taken as a whole.
Collective nouns examples:
No.-1. What is a group of girls called?
Ans:- A bevy of girls, a giggle of girls
No.-2. What is a group of boys called?
Ans:- A blush of boys, a rascal of boys
No.-3. What is a group of cats called?
Ans:- A glaring of cats, a cluster of cats, a clutter of cats
No.-4. What is a group of ferrets called?
Ans:- A business ferrets, a cast of ferrets
No.-5. What is a group of giraffes called?
Ans:- A journey of giraffes, a herd of giraffes, a tower of giraffes
English grammar collective nouns list
Collective Nouns List:-
Learn an extensive list of collective nouns in English with example sentences and ESL printable worksheets to increase your English vocabulary.
collective noun list:
Group Name – Herd:-
No.-1. A herd of antelope
No.-2. A herd of boar
No.-3. A herd of buffaloes
No.-4. A herd of caribou
No.-5. A herd of cattle
No.-6. A herd of chamois
No.-7. A herd of chinchillas
No.-8. A herd of cows
No.-9. A herd of cranes
No.-10. A herd of deer
No.-11. A herd of donkeys
No.-12. A herd of elephants
No.-13. A herd of elk
No.-14. A herd of fairies
No.-15. A herd of giraffes
No.-16. A herd of gnus
No.-17. A herd of goats
No.-18. A herd of horses
No.-19. A herd of llamas
No.-20. A herd of moose
No.-21. A herd of oxen
No.-22. A herd of pigs
No.-23. A herd of ponies
No.-24. A herd of sea horses
No.-25. A herd of seals
No.-26. A herd of swans
No.-27. A herd of swine
No.-28. A herd of walruses
No.-29. A herd of whales
No.-30. A herd of wolves
No.-31. A herd of wrens
No.-32. A herd of yaks
No.-33. A herd of zebras
Group Name “Pack”
Collective nouns list:
No.-1. A pack of bears (polar bears)
No.-2. A pack of coyotes
No.-3. A pack of dogs
No.-4. A pack of grouse
No.-5. A pack of gulls
No.-6. A pack of hounds
No.-7. A pack of mongooses
No.-8. A pack of mules
No.-9. A pack of rats
No.-10. A pack of sharks
No.-11. A pack of stoats
No.-12. A pack of weasels
No.-13. A pack of wolves
Animal collective nouns list
Group Name “Flock”
Collective nouns list:
No.-1. A flock of birds
No.-2. A flock of bustards
No.-3. A flock of camels
No.-4. A flock of chickens
No.-5. A flock of ducks
No.-6. A flock of geese
No.-7. A flock of goats
No.-8. A flock of parrots
No.-9. A flock of pigeons
No.-10. A flock of seagulls
No.-11. A flock of sheep
No.-12. A flock of swifts
No.-13. A flock of tourists
No.-14. A flock of turkeys
Group Name “Swarm”
Collective nouns list:
No.-1. A swarm of ants
No.-2. A swarm of bees
No.-3. A swarm of butterflies
No.-4. A swarm of eels
No.-5. A swarm of flies
No.-6. A swarm of gnats
No.-7. A swarm of insects
No.-8. A swarm of rats
Group Name “Shoal”
Collective noun examples:
No.-1. A shoal of bass
No.-2. A shoal of fish
No.-3. A shoal of herrings
No.-4. A shoal of pilchards
No.-5. A shoal of salmon
Group Name “Group”
Collective nouns list:
No.-1. A group of guinea pigs
No.-2. A group of islands
No.-3. A group of people
No.-4. A group of dancers
No.-5. A group of engineers
Group Name “Crowd”
Collective noun examples:
No.-1. A crowd of onlookers
No.-2. A crowd of people
Group Name “Gang”
Collective nouns list:
No.-1. A gang of hoodlums
No.-2. A gang of laborers
No.-3. A gang of slaves
No.-4. A gang of thieves
No.-5. A gang of criminals
No.-6. A gang of crooks
No.-7. A gang of hoodlums
No.-8. A gang of prisoners
Group Name “Mob”
Collective nouns list:
No.-1. A mob of emus
No.-2. A mob of kangaroos
No.-3. A mob of meerkats
No.-4. A mob of thieves
No.-5. A mob of sheep
No.-6. A mob of kangaroos
No.-7. A mob of rioters
Collective nouns list for animals
Group Name “Staff”
Group names examples:
No.-1. A staff of employees
No.-2. A staff of servants
Group Name “Crew”
Group names examples:
No.-1. A crew of sailors
Group Name “Choir”
Group names examples:
No.-1. A choir of angels
Group Name “Orchestra”
Group names examples:
No.-1. An orchestra of musicians
Group Name “Panel”
Group names examples:
No.-1. A panel of experts
Group Name “Board”
Group names examples:
No.-1. A board of directors
No.-2. A board of trustees
No.-3. A board of chess players
Group Name “Troupe”
Collective nouns list:
No.-1. A troupe of monkeys
No.-2. A troupe of shrimp
No.-3. A troupe of dancers
No.-4. A troupe of minstrels
No.-5. A troupe of performers
Group Name “Bunch”
Group names examples:
No.-1. A bunch of seals
No.-2. A bunch of pigeons
Group Name “Pile”
Group names examples:
No.-1. A pile of books
Group Name “Heap”
Group names examples:
No.-1. heap of trash
Group Name “Set”
Group names examples:
No.-1. A set of bowls
No.-2. A set of utensils
Group Name “Stack”
Group names examples:
No.-1. A stack of books
Group Name “Series”
Group names examples:
No.-1. A series of events
No.-2. A series of photos
Group Name “Shower”
Group names examples:
No.-1. A shower of bastards
Group Name “Fall”
Group names examples:
No.-1. A fall of lambs
No.-2. A fall of woodcock
Common collective nouns list for people, animals and things in English in one table. In English, collective nouns for people are names for a number or a collection of people.
Collective nouns list of animals
List of collective nouns for people in English:-
No.-1. A circle of friends
No.-2. A class of pupils
No.-3. A horde of savages
No.-4. A host of angels
No.-5. A house of senators
No.-6. A joint of osteopaths
No.-7. A lie/An equivocation of politicians
No.-8. A line of kings/rulers
No.-9. A melody of harpists
No.-10. A mess/An execution of officers
No.-11. A meter of percussionists
No.-12. A mob of rioters
No.-13. A morbidity of majors
No.-14. A mug/A reflection of narcissists
No.-15. A multiply/An unhappiness of husbands
No.-16. A mutter of mothers-in-law
No.-17. A wisdom of grandparents
No.-18. A number/A set of mathematicians
No.-19. A pack of Brownies
No.-20. A pack of thieves
No.-21. A pan of reviewers
No.-22. A panel of experts
No.-23. A party of friends
No.-24. A patrol of policemen
No.-25. A peck of Frenchmen
No.-26. A picket of strikers
No.-27. A pint of Irishmen
No.-28. A pity/A gang of prisoners
No.-29. A plush/A rascal of boys
No.-30. A pomposity of professors
No.-31. A posse of police
No.-32. A posse of sheriffs
No.-33. A pound of Englishmen
No.-34. A promise of barmen
No.-35. A prudence of vicars
No.-36. A quiz of teachers
No.-37. A rage of maidens
No.-38. A rash of dermatologists
No.-39. A regiment of soldiers
No.-40. A rookery/A school of clerks
No.-41. A rout of schoolboys
No.-42. A sample of salesmen
No.-43. A school of clerks
No.-44. A scolding of seamstresses
No.-45. A scoop/A slant of journalists
No.-46. A sentence of judges
No.-47. A series of radiologists
No.-48. A set/A subtlety of designers
No.-49. A set/A swish of hairdressers
No.-50. A shower of bastards
Collective nouns list animals
No.-51. A shower of meteorologists
No.-52. A shrivel of critics
No.-53. A shuffle of bureaucrats
No.-54. A side of dancers
No.-55. A simplicity of subalterns
No.-56. A poverty of pipers
No.-57. A slate of candidates
No.-58. A slither of gossip columnists
No.-59. A slouch of models
No.-60. A sneer of butlers
No.-61. A sprig of vegetarians
No.-62. A squad of beaters
No.-63. A squad of soldiers
No.-64. A squat of daubers
No.-65. A squeal of nieces
No.-66. A staff of employees
No.-67. A staff of servants
No.-68. A staff of teachers
No.-69. A stalk of foresters
No.-70. A subtlety of sergeants at law
No.-71. A superfluity of nuns
No.-72. A tabernacle of bakers
No.-73. A talent of gamblers
No.-74. A tantrum of decorators
No.-75. A team of athletes
No.-76. A team of players
No.-77. A thought of barons
No.-78. A tribe of Indians
No.-79. A tribe of natives
No.-80. A trip of hippies
No.-81. A troop of boy scouts
No.-82. A troupe of acrobats
No.-83. A troupe of artistes
No.-84. A troupe of dancers
No.-85. A troupe of performers
No.-86. A wandering of tinkers
No.-87. A wheeze of joggers
No.-88. A worship of writers
No.-89. An absence/An order of waiters
No.-90. An alley/A pratfall of clowns
No.-91. A brace/A wince of dentists
No.-92. An amalgamation of metallurgists
No.-93.An amble of walkers
No.-94. An ambush of widows
No.-95. An army of soldiers
No.-96. A roll of drummers
No.-97. An attitude/A grunt of teenagers
No.-98. An audience of listeners
No.-99. An eloquence of lawyers
No.-100. An embarrassment /A persistence of parents
No.-101. An entrance of actresses
No.-102. An expectation of heirs
No.-103. An expectation of midwives
No.-104. An obscurity/A rhyme of poets
No.-105. An illusion of magicians
No.-106. An impatience of wives
No.-107. An imposition of in-laws
No.-108. An obeisance of servants
No.-109. An observance of hermits
Collective nouns list pdf
Collective Nouns List for Animals:-
In English, a collective noun for animals refers to a collection or a group of animals taken as a whole.
List of Collective Nouns for Birds:-
No.-1. A cloud of seafowls
No.-2. A colony/A flock/A raft of auks
No.-3. A colony of avocets
No.-4. A colony of gulls
No.-5. A colony of ibises
No.-6. A colony/A parcel/A rookery of penguins
No.-7. A covey/A brace/A brood/A flight/A pack of grouse
No.-8. A covey/A bevy/A clutch/A warren of partridges
No.-9. A covey of ptarmigans
No.-10. A crowd of redwings
No.-11. A descent of woodpeckers
No.-12. A desert/A deceit of lapwings
No.-13. A fall/A covey/A flight/A plump of woodcocks
No.-14. A flight of birds
No.-15. A flight/A gulp of cormorants
No.-16. A flight of goshawks
No.-17. A flight/A flock/A kit/A passel of pigeons
No.-18. A flight/A gulp of swallows
No.-19. A fling of dunlins
No.-20. A fling of sandpipers
No.-21. A flock of birds
No.-22. A flock of bustards
No.-23. A flock of swifts
No.-24. A flock of turkeys
No.-25. A flush of ducks
No.-26. A head/A herd of curlews
No.-27. A herd/A flock of wrens
No.-28. A hill of ruffs
No.-29. A host/A quarrel/A tribe/A ubiquity of sparrows
No.-30. A murder/A hover/A muster/A parcel of crows
No.-31. A chattering/A cloud/A congregation/A clutter of starlings
No.-32. A muse of capons
No.-33. A muster/An ostentation/A pride of peacocks
No.-34. A mustering/A flight/A phalanx of storks
No.-35. A mutation of thrushes
No.-36. A bouquet/A head/A warren of pheasants
No.-37. A parcel of linnets
No.-38. A parliament/A stare of owls
No.-39. A pitying of turtledoves
No.-40. A plump of moorhens
Examples of collective nouns list
No.-41. A plump/A bunch/A knob/A raft of waterfowls
No.-42. A pod/A scoop of pelicans
No.-43. A prattle of parrots
No.-44. A pride/A flock of ostriches
No.-45. A rafter of turkeys
No.-46. A run of poultry
No.-47. A sedge/A siege of bitterns
No.-48. A sedge/A herd/A sedge/A siege of cranes
No.-49. A sedge/A flight/A hedge/A rookery/A siege of herons
No.-50. A flush/A puddling of mallards
No.-51. A spring/A bunch/A coil/A knob/A raft of teals
No.-52. A squabble of seagulls
No.-53. A stand of flamingos
No.-54. A trip of dotterels
No.-55. A trip/A bunch/A knob/A lute/A skein of wildfowls
No.-56. A wake of buzzards
No.-57. A walk/A wisp of snipes
List of Collective Nouns for Mammals:-
No.-1. A glaring/A cluster/A clutter of cats
No.-2. A cluster/A herd/A tribe of antelopes
No.-3. A coalition of cheetahs
No.-4. A cohort/A herd/A zeal of zebras
No.-5. A colony/A family/A lodge of beavers
No.-6. A colony of chinchillas
No.-7. A colony/A horde/A mischief/A swarm of rats
No.-8. A colony of voles
No.-9. A congress/A flange/A troop of baboons
No.-10. A coterie/A town of prairie dogs
No.-11. A couple of impalas
No.-12. A cowardice of curs
No.-13. A crash/A herd/A stubbornness of rhinoceroses
No.-14. A destruction of (wild) cats
No.-15. A destruction of wildcats
No.-16. A drift/A trip of (tame) swine
No.-17. A dray/A colony of squirrels
No.-18. A drift/A drove/A parcel of hogs
No.-19.A drove of bullocks
No.-20. A drove/A drift/A flock/A herd of pigs
No.-21. A drove/A herd of swine
No.-22. A fall of lambs
No.-23. A family/A bevy/A raft/A romp of otters
No.-24. A farrow/A litter of piglets
No.-25. A field/A string of racehorses
No.-26. A gang/A herb/An obstinacy of buffalos
No.-27. A gang/A herd of elks
Book of st albans collective nouns list
No.-28. A grind of bottle-nosed whales
No.-29. A group of guinea pigs
No.-30. A herd/A gang of bisons
No.-31. A herd/A leash of bucks
No.-32. A herd of caribous
No.-33. A herd/A drift/A drove/A mob of cattle
No.-34. A herd of chamois
No.-35. A herd/A drove of donkeys
No.-36. A herd of elands
No.-37. A herd/A parade of elephants
No.-38. A herd/An implausibility of gnus
No.-39. A herd of hartebeests
No.-40. A herd of harts
No.-41. A herd of ibexes
No.-42. A herd of llamas
No.-43. A herd of moose
No.-44. A herd of wildebeests
No.-45. A herd of yaks
No.-46. A horde of gerbils
No.-47. A horde of hamsters
No.-48. A huddle/A herd/An ugly of walruses
No.-49. A husk of jackrabbits
No.-50. A journey/A group/A herd/A tower of giraffes
No.-51. A kindle/A litter of kittens
No.-52. A kindle of leverets
No.-53. A labor/A company/A movement of moles
No.-54. A leap of leopards
No.-55. A leash of greyhounds
No.-56. A litter of cubs
No.-57. A litter of pups
No.-58. A mischief/A horde/A nest/A trip of mice
No.-59. A mob/A troop of kangaroos
No.-60. A mob of wombats
No.-61. A nursery/A gaze of raccoons
No.-62. A pace/A drove/A coffle/A herd of asses
No.-63. A pack/A band/A rout of coyotes
No.-64. A pack/A kennel of dogs
No.-65. A pack/A trip of stoats
No.-66. A pack/A herd/A rout of wolves
No.-67. A parcel of hinds
No.-68. A pod/A flock/A school/A team of dolphins
No.-69. A prickle of porcupines
No.-70. A pride/A flock/A sault/A troop of lions
No.-71. A rake/A rack/A rag of colts
No.-72. A richness of martens
No.-73. A school/A herd/A pod of porpoises
No.-74. A shrewdness/A troop of apes
collective nouns list of English grammar
No.-75. A skulk/An earth/A lead/A leash/A troop of foxes
No.-76. A sloth of bears
No.-77. A sneak/A gang/A pack of weasels
No.-78. A sounder of (wild) boars
No.-79. A sounder of (wild) pigs
List of Collective Nouns for Sea Animals:-
No.-1. A glide of flying fish
No.-2. A glint/A troubling of goldfish
No.-3. A grind of blackfish
No.-4. A herd of seahorses
No.-5. A pack of perch
No.-6. A party of rainbow fish
No.-7. A quantity of smelts
No.-8. A school of butterfly fish
No.-9. A school of cod
No.-10. A shiver/A school/A shoal of sharks
No.-11. A shoal/A catch/A draught/A fray/A haul/A run/A school of fish
No.-12. A shoal of mackerel
No.-13. A shoal/A steam/A stream/A swarm of minnows
No.-14. A shoal/A school of pilchards
No.-15. A shoal of roach
No.-16. A shoal of shads
No.-17. A shoal/A spread of sticklebacks
No.-18. A squad of squid
No.-19. A swarm of dragonet fish
No.-20. A swarm of eels
No.-21. A troop of dogfish
No.-22. A troupe of shrimp
List of Collective Nouns for Insects:-
No.-1. A colony/An army/A bike/A swarm of ants
No.-2. A swarm/A bike/A cast/A cluster/A drift/A game/A hive/A stand/A rabble/A grist of bees
No.-3. A bike of (wild) bees
No.-4. A flight/A rabble/A swarm of butterflies
No.-5. An army of caterpillars
No.-6. An intrusion of cockroaches
No.-7. A swarm/A cloud/A business/A grist/A hatch of flies
No.-8. A cloud/A cluster/A swarm of grasshoppers
No.-9. A bike/A nest/A swarm of hornets
No.-10. A flight/A horde/A plague/A rabble/A swarm of insects
No.-11. A flock/A colony/An infestation of lice
No.-12. A plague/A cloud/A swarm of locusts
No.-13. A scourge/A swarm of mosquitoes
No.-14. A clutter/A cluster of spiders
Collective Nouns List for Things
No.-1. A piece of jewellery
No.-2. A pile of money
No.-3. A drop of rain
No.-4. A ray of sunshine
No.-5. A pinch of salt
No.-6. A bar of soap
No.-7. A tube of toothpaste
No.-8. A ball of wool
No.-9. A bar of soap
No.-10. A battery of tests
No.-11. A bolt of lightning
No.-12. A bunch of books
No.-13. A bunch of keys
No.-14. A bunch of keys
No.-15. A chest of drawers
No.-16. A clump of reeds
No.-17. A deck of cards
No.-18. A fleet of ships
No.-19. A fleet of vehicles
No.-20. A flight of stairs
No.-21. A gallon of gasoline
No.-22. A group of friends
No.-23. A group of islands
No.-24. A grove of trees
No.-25. A hedge of bushes
No.-26. A library of books
No.-27. A pack of cards
List of Collective Nouns
No.-28. A pair of shoes
No.-29. A piece of furniture
No.-30. A piece of paper
No.-31. A quiver of arrows
No.-32. A ream of paper
No.-33. A roll of film/cloth
No.-34. A series of events
No.-35. A set of books
No.-36. A set of tools
No.-37. A shelf of books
No.-38. A stack of chairs
No.-39. A suite of furniture
No.-40. A suite of rooms
Collective Nouns List for Food and Drinks:-
No.-1. A bar/A square of chocolate
No.-2. A batch of cakes
No.-3. A bottle of milk
No.-4. A bowl of rice
No.-5. A box of cereal
No.-6. A can of soda
No.-7. A carton of milk
No.-8. A cup of tea
No.-9. A glass of water
No.-10. A jar of honey
No.-11. A jug of water
No.-12. A kilo of meat
No.-13. A kilo of sugar
No.-14. A loaf of bread
No.-15. A packet of tea
No.-16. A piece of cheese
No.-17. A piece of chocolate
No.-18. A pile of cookies
No.-19. A slice of bread
No.-20. A slice of pizza
No.-21. A tub of margarine
