Collective Grouping Nouns 

Collective grouping nouns can also be divided into two main types, a collection of things go or come together for a general purpose in a general sense, usually people, animals and things, and a collection of typical things for a specific purpose in a particular sense, usually things, people.

Types of Collective Nouns

1. Describing a collection of things for a general purpose. For examples:

   1. a group of animals
      1. The word herd is used to describe the number or quantity of a large group of animals, which live or are kept together.
   2. a collection of things
      1. The word box is used to describe the number or quantity of a container of things, e.g. chocolates, chalks, which are packed in a container.
      2. The word case is used to describe the number or quantity of a container of things, e.g. beers, drinks, which are placed in a container.
      3. The word pack is used to describe the number or quantity of a bundle of things, e.g. goods, cloth, which are fasted together.
      4. The word pad is used to describe the number or quantity of a collection of sheets of paper, which are bound together.
   3. a group of people
      1. The word crowd is used to describe the number or quantity of a large number of people who have gathered together in a place. e.g. a crowd of people.
      2. The word class is used to describe the number or quantity of a group of people who are gathered together in a room for learning. e.g. a class of students.
      3. The word staff is used to describe the number or quantity of a group of people who work for an organization. e.g. a staff of employees

2. Describing a collection of things for a specific purpose. For examples:

   1. things
      1. The word agenda is used to describe the number or quantity of a list of things, e.g. matters, aims, tasks, which are grouped together as a single object for consideration and action. e.g. an agenda of tasks
   2. people
      1. The word committee is used to describe the number or quantity of a small group of people who are gathered together for a specific function.

List of Collective Nouns: 

1. Birds
   1. A colony /flock /raft of auks 
   2. A colony of avocets
   3. A flock /dissimulation /fleet /flight /parcel /pod /volary of birds
   4. A sedge /siege of bitterns 
   5. A chain of bobolinks
   6. A bellowing of bullfinches
   7. A flock of bustards
   8. A wake of buzzards
   9. A tok of capercaillies
   10. A muse of capons
   11. A brood /cletch /clutch /peep of chickens 
   12. A chattering /clattering of choughs 
   13. A covert /commotion /cover /fleet /flock /pod /rasp /swarm of coots 
   14. A flight /gulp of cormorants 
   15. A sedge /herd /sedge /siege of cranes 
   16. A murder /hover /muster /parcel of crows 
   17. A head /herd of curlews 
   18. A trip of dotterels
   19. A dole /dule / flight /piteousness /pitying /prettying of doves 
   20. A flush /badelynge /brace /bunch /dopping /flock /paddling /plump /raft /safe /skein /sord /string /team of ducks 
   21. A flight /rush of dunbirds 
   22. A fling of dunlins
   23. A convocation /aerie of eagles 
   24. A cast of falcons
   25. A charm /chirm /trembling /trimming of finches 
   26. A stand of flamingos
   27. A gaggle /flock /plump /skein /team /wedge of geese 
   28. A charm /chattering /drum /troubling of goldfinches 
   29. A dopping of goosanders
   30. A flight of goshawks
   31. A covey /brace /brood /flight /pack of grouse 
   32. A bazaar of guillemots
   33. A colony of gulls
   34. A mews /aerie /cast /kettle /mew /moulting /screw /stream of hawks 
   35. A brood of hens
   36. A sedge /flight /hedge /rookery /siege of herons 
   37. A charm /chattering /drum /troubling of hummingbirds 
   38. A colony of ibises
   39. A band /party /scold of jays 
   40. A desert /deceit of lapwings 
   41. A parcel of linnets
   42. An exaltation /ascension /bevy /flight of larks
   43. A congregation /charm / flock /gulp /murder /tiding /tittering /tribe of magpies 
   44. A sord /flush /puddling /sute of mallards 
   45. A plump of moorhens
   46. A fleet of mudhens
   47. A watch /match /pray of nightingales 
   48. A pride /flock /stare of ostriches
   49. A parliament of owls 
   50. A fling of oxbirds
   51. A company /flock /pandemonium /psittacosis of parrots 
   52. A covey /bevy /bew /clutch /warren of partridges 
   53. A muster /ostentation /pride of peacocks 
   54. A pod /scoop of pelicans
   55. A colony /parcel /rookery of penguins 
   56. A cadge of peregrines
   57. A nye /bouquet /head /nide /warren of pheasants 
   58. A flight /flock /kit /passel of pigeons 
   59. A knob of pintails [small number]
   60. A congregation /band /flight /leash /stand /wing of plovers 
   61. A rush /flight /knob[small number]  of pochards
   62. A run of poultry
   63. A covey of ptarmigans
   64. A bevy /covey /drift of quails 
   65. An unkindness of ravens /aerie /conspiracy
   66. A crowd of redwings
   67. A parliament /building /clamour /congregation /shoal /wing of rooks 
   68. A hill of ruffs
   69. A fling of sandpipers
   70. A cloud of seafowls
   71. A squabble of seagulls
   72. A dopping /doading of sheldrakes 
   73. A walk of snipes /wisp
   74. A host /meinie /quarrel /tribe /ubiquity of sparrows 
   75. A murmuration /chattering /cloud /congregation /clutter of starlings 
   76. A mustering of storks /flight /phalanx
   77. A flight /gulp of swallows 
   78. A herd /bank /bevy /drift /eyrar /game /herd /lamentation /sownder /squadron /team /wedge /whiteness /whiting of swans 
   79. A flock of swifts
   80. A spring /bunch /coil /knob /raft of teals 
   81. A mutation of thrushes
   82. A flock /dole /dule /raffle /raft /rafter /posse of turkeys 
   83. A pitying of turtledoves
   84. A colony /committee /wake of vultures 
   85. A plump /bunch /knob /raft of waterfowls 
   86. A company /bunch /coil /flight /knob /trip of widgeons 
   87. A trip /bunch /knob /lute /plump,scry /skein /sord /sute of wildfowls 
   88. A fall /covey /flight /plump of woodcocks 
   89. A descent of woodpeckers
   90. A herd /flock of wrens 
2. People
   1. A faculty of academics
   2. A balance of accountants
   3. A troupe of acrobats
   4. A cast /company /cry of actors
   5. A bevy of alcoholics
   6. A bench of aldermen
   7. A corps of anatomists
   8. A conflagration of arsonists
   9. A troupe of artistes
   10. A team of athletes
   11. A tabernacle of bakers
   12. A babble of barbers
   13. A promise of barmen
   14. A thought of barons
   15. A squad of beaters
   16. A bevy /galaxy of beauties 
   17. A bench /psalter of bishops 
   18. An audit of bookkeepers
   19. A blush/rascal of boys
   20. A troop of boy scouts
   21. A clutch of breasts
   22. A feast of brewers
   23. A pack of Brownies
   24. A shuffle of bureaucrats
   25. A goring of butchers
   26. A sneer of butlers
   27. A slate of candidates
   28. A chapter /dignity of canons 
   29. A company /syndicate of capitalists 
   30. A clutch of car mechanics
   31. A congregation of churchgoers
   32. A school of clerks
   33. A cutting /drunkship/ load of cobblers 
   34. A hastiness of cooks
   35. A galaxy of cosmologists
   36. An intrigue of council members
   37. A box of cricketers
   38. A shrivel of critics
   39. An incredulity of cuckolds
   40. A troupe of dancers
   41. A decanter /decorum of deans 
   42. A brace of dentists
   43. A caravan of desert travelers
   44. A board of directors
   45. A bodge of DIYers
   46. An obstruction of dons
   47. A grid of electricians
   48. A staff of employees
   49. A panel of experts
   50. An exaggeration of fishermen
   51. A revelation of flashers
   52. A stalk of foresters
   53. A talent of gamblers
   54. A giggle of girls
   55. A company of girl guides
   56. A galaxy of governesses
   57. A conjunction of grammarians
   58. A herd of harlots
   59. A melody of harpists
   60. An expectation of heirs
   61. An observance of hermits
   62. A gang of hoodlums
   63. A cavalcade of horsemen
   64. A blast of hunters
   65. A diffidence of introverts
   66. A scoop of journalists
   67. A bench /sentence of judges 
   68. A neverthriving of jugglers
   69. A banner /rout of knights 
   70. A gang of labourers
   71. A bevy of ladies
   72. A flush of lavatories
   73. An eloquence of lawyers
   74. A colony of lepers
   75. A stack of librarians
   76. A babble of linguists
   77. An audience of listeners
   78. An illusion of magicians
   79. A bench of magistrates
   80. A morbidity of majors
   81. A band of men
   82. A number of mathematicians
   83. A riches of matrons
   84. A compromise of mediators
   85. A faith of merchants
   86. A diligence of messengers
   87. An amalgamation of metallurgists
   88. A shower of meteorologists
   89. An expectation of midwives
   90. A troupe of minstrels
   91. A horde of misers
   92. A side of morris dancers
   93. A cortege of mourners
   94. An orchestra of musicians
   95. A tribe of natives
   96. An annoyance of neighbours
   97. A superfluity of nuns
   98. A row of oarsmen
   99. A crowd of onlookers
   100. A curse /illusion /misbelieving of painters 
   101. A body of pathologists
   102. A virtue of patients
   103. A malapertness of pedlars
   104. A troupe /troup of performers 
   105. A crowd /audience /congregation /mob of people 
   106. A ponder of philosophers
   107. A clique of photographers
   108. A nucleus of physicists
   109. A skirl /poverty of pipers 
   110. A cast /company /cry of players 
   111. A flush of plumbers
   112. A posse of police
   113. A converting of preachers
   114. A pity /gang of prisoners 
   115. A complex of psychologists
   116. A band of robbers
   117. A crew of sailors
   118. A scolding of seamstresses
   119. A house of senators
   120. A subtlety of sergeants at law
   121. An obeisance of servants
   122. A posse of sheriffs
   123. A blackening of shoemakers
   124. A choir of singers
   125. A squad /army /brigade /company /division /muster /platoon /troop of soldiers 
   126. A following of stalkers
   127. A portfolio of stockbrokers
   128. A picket of strikers
   129. A fanfare of strumpets
   130. A class of students
   131. A simplicity of subalterns
   132. A disguising of tailors
   133. A glozing of taverners
   134. A den/gang of thieves
   135. A flock of tourists
   136. An anorak of trainspotters
   137. A board of trustees
   138. An unction of undertakers
   139. A prudence of vicars A prudence of vicars
   140. A linkage of webmasters
   141. An ambush of widows
   142. An impatience of wives
   143. A coven of witches
   144. A gaggle of women
   145. A gang of workmen
   146. A congregation of worshippers
   147. A worship of writers
   148. A fellowship of yeomen
   149. An optimism of youths
3. Mammals
   1. A cluster /herd /tribe of antelopes 
   2. A shrewdness /troop of apes 
   3. A pace /drove /coffle /herd of asses 
   4. A congress /flange /troop of baboons 
   5. A cete /colony of badgers 
   6. A cloud /colony of bats 
   7. A sloth of bears /sleuth
   8. A colony /family /lodge of beavers 
   9. A herd /gang of bisons 
   10. A sute of bloodhounds
   11. A herd /singular of boars 
   12. A sounder of wild boars [12+]
   13. A herd /leash of bucks 
   14. A gang /herd /obstinacy of buffalos 
   15. A drove of bullocks
   16. A flock /caravan /herd /train of camels 
   17. A herd of caribous
   18. A clowder /glaring /cluster /clutter of cats 
   19. A destruction /dout /dowt of wild cats 
   20. A herd /drift /drove /mob of cattle 
   21. A herd of chamois
   22. A coalition of cheetahs
   23. A colony of chinchillas
   24. A rake of colts /rack /rag
   25. A bury of conies /game
   26. A flink of cows [12+]
   27. A pack /band /rout of coyotes 
   28. A litter of cubs
   29. A cowardice of curs
   30. A cowardice of curs
   31. A herd /bunch /leash /mob /parcel /rangale of deers 
   32. A pack /kennel of dogs 
   33. A pod /flock /school /team of dolphins 
   34. A herd /drove of donkeys 
   35. A herd of elands
   36. A herd /parade of elephants 
   37. A gang /herd of elks 
   38. A business /cast /fesnying of ferrets 
   39. A skulk /earth /lead /leash /troop of foxes 
   40. A brace of geldings
   41. A horde of gerbils
   42. A journey /corps /group /herd /tower of giraffes 
   43. A herd /implausibility of gnus 
   44. A trip /flock /herd /trip /tribe of goats 
   45. A band /whoop of gorillas 
   46. A leash of greyhounds
   47. A group of guinea pigs
   48. A horde of hamsters
   49. A drove /down /flick /herd /husk /kindle /leash /trace /trip of hares 
   50. A herd of harts
   51. A herd of hartebeests
   52. A array /prickle of hedgehogs 
   53. A parcel of hinds
   54. A bloat /crash /herd /pod /school /thunder of hippopotami 
   55. A drift /drove /parcel of hogs 
   56. A stable /drove /harras /herd /remuda /string /stud /team of horses 
   57. A pack /cry /hunt /kennel /leash /meet /mute /stable /sute of hounds 
   58. A clan of hyenas
   59. A herd of ibexes
   60. A couple of impalas
   61. A husk of jackrabbits
   62. A mob /troop of kangaroos 
   63. A kindle /litter of kittens 
   64. A fall of lambs
   65. A leap /lepe of leopards 
   66. A kindle of leverets
   67. A pride /flock /sault /sawt /sowse /troop of lions 
   68. A herd of llamas
   69. A stud of mares
   70. A richness /richesse of martens 
   71. A mischief /horde /nest /trip of mice 
   72. A labour /company /movement of moles 
   73. A band /pack of mongooses 
   74. A troop /cartload /mission /tribe /wilderness of monkeys 
   75. A herd of moose
   76. A barren /pack /rake /span of mules 
   77. A family /bevy /raft /romp of otters 
   78. A team /drove /herd /meinie /span /yoke of oxen 
   79. A pomp of pekingese
   80. A drove /drift /flock /herd of pigs 
   81. A doylt of tame pigs
   82. A sounder of wild pigs
   83. A farrow /litter of piglets 
   84. An aurora /pack of polar bears 
   85. A chine of polecats
   86. A string /herd of ponies 
   87. A prickle of porcupines
   88. A school /herd /pod of porpoises 
   89. A coterie /town of prairie dogs 
   90. A litter of pups
   91. A colony /bury /drove /flick /kindle /leash /nest /trace /warren /wrack of rabbits 
   92. A field /string of racehorses 
   93. A nursery /gaze of raccoons 
   94. A colony /horde /mischief /swarm of rats 
   95. A crash /herd /stubbornness of rhinoceroses 
   96. A bevy of roe deers
   97. A colony /harem /herd /pod /rookery /spring of seals 
   98. A flock /down /drift /drove /fold /herd /meinie /mob /parcel /trip of sheep 
   99. A surfeit of skunks
   100. A dray /colony of squirrels 
   101. A pack /trip of stoats 
   102. A drove /herd of swine 
   103. A doylt /drift /trip of tame swine 
   104. A sounder of wild swine [12+]
   105. An ambush /streak of tigers 
   106. A blessing of unicorns
   107. A colony of voles
   108. A huddle /herd /ugly of walruses 
   109. A mob of wallabyies
   110. A sneak /gang /pack of weasels 
   111. A grind of bottle-nosed whales
   112. A school /float /gam /herd /mob /pod /run /shoal /troup of whales 
   113. A destruction /dout of wildcats 
   114. A herd of wildebeests
   115. A pack /herd /rout of wolves 
   116. A mob of wombats
   117. A herd of yaks
   118. A cohort /herd /zeal of zebras 
4. Invertebrates
   1. A culture of bacteria
   2. A stuck /fluther /smack /smuth of jellyfish 
   3. A clew of worms
5. Insects and Arachnids
   1. A colony /army /bike /swarm of ants 
   2. A swarm /bike /cast /cluster /drift /erst /game /grist /hive /rabble /stand of bees 
   3. A bike of wild bees
   4. A flight /kaleidoscope /rabble /swarm of butterflies 
   5. An army of caterpillars
   6. An intrusion of cockroaches
   7. A swarm /business /cloud /grist /hatch of flies 
   8. A cloud /horde /rabble /swarm of gnats 
   9. A cloud /cluster /swarm of grasshoppers 
   10. A bike /nest /swarm of hornets 
   11. A flight /horde /plague /rabble /swarm of insects 
   12. A flock /colony /infestation of lice 
   13. A plague /cloud /swarm of locusts 
   14. A scourge /swarm of mosquitoes 
   15. A clutter /cluster of spiders 
   16. A colony /swarm of termites 
   17. A colony /bike /nest of wasps 
6. Molluscs
   1. A bed of clams
   2. A bed of cockles
   3. A bed of mussels
   4. A bed /hive of oysters 
   5. An escargatoire /rout /walk of snails 
7. Fish
   1. A company of angel fish
   2. A company of archer fish
   3. A battery of barracudas
   4. A shoal of barbels
   5. A fleet /shoal of bass 
   6. A grind of blackfish
   7. A school of butterfly fish
   8. A school of cod
   9. A swarm of dragonet fish
   10. A troop of dogfish
   11. A swarm of eels
   12. A shoal /catch /draught /fray /haul /run /school of fish 
   13. A glide of flying fish
   14. A glint /troubling of goldfish 
   15. A glean /army /shoal of herrings 
   16. A shoal of mackerels
   17. A shoal /steam /stream /swarm of minnows 
   18. A pack of perch
   19. A shoal /school of pilchards 
   20. A cluster of porcupine fish
   21. A party of rainbow fish
   22. A shoal of roach
   23. A bind /draught /leap /run /school /shoal of salmons
   24. A family of sardines
   25. A herd of seahorses
   26. A shoal of shads
   27. A shiver /school /shoal of sharks 
   28. A troupe of shrimps
   29. A quantity of smelts
   30. A shoal /spread of sticklebacks 
   31. A flotilla of swordfish
   32. A hover /shoal of trouts 
   33. A float /troup of tunas 
   34. A pod of whitings
8. Amphibians and Reptiles
   1. A quiver of cobras
   2. A bask /congregation /float /nest of crocodiles 
   3. A herd /pack of dinosaurs 
   4. A flight /weyr /wing of dragons 
   5. An army /colony /froggery /knot of frogs 
   6. A mess of iguanas
   7. A rhumba of rattlesnakes
   8. A den /bed /knot /nest /pit /trogle of snakes 
   9. A knot /knob /nest of toads 
   10. A bale /dule /turn of turtles 
   11. A nest /generation of vipers 
9. Miscellaneous
   1. A wing /flight of aircraft 
   2. A host /chorus of angels 
   3. A quiver of arrows
   4. A bundle of asparagus
   5. A belt of asteroids
   6. A bunch /hand of bananas 
   7. A grove of bayonets
   8. A carillon /change /peal of bells 
   9. A library of books
   10. A batch /caste of bread 
   11. A bavin of brushwood
   12. A fleet of cars
   13. A flight of yesterdays
   14. A jam of tarts
   15. A hug of teddy bears
   16. A ring of telephones
   17. A bunch of things
   18. A promise of tomorrows
   19. A twinkling of todays
   20. A clutch of eggs
   21. A bundle of firewood
   22. A bed /bouquet /bunch /patch of flowers 
   23. A colony of fungi
   24. A pantheon of gods
   25. A bunch /cluster of grapes
   26.  A battery of guns
   27. A budget /archipelago of inventions
   28. A chain of islands 
   29. A cache of jewels
   30. A ring of keys
   31. A fleet /convoy of lorries 
   32. A rouleau of coins
   33. A collective of nouns
   34. A bank of monitors
   35. A range of mountains
   36. A troop of mushrooms
   37. A rope of onions
   38. A coterie of orchids
   39. A ream of paper
   40. A budget of papers
   41. A string /rope of pearls 
   42. A pod of peas
   43. A phantasmagoria of phantoms
   44. An anthology of poems
   45. A rosary /mellificium of quotations 
   46. A clump of reeds
   47. A rabble of remedies
   48. A nest of rumours
   49. A fleet /armada /flotilla of ships 
   50. A pair of shoes
   51. A shrubbery of shrubs
   52. A flight of stairs
   53. A galaxy /constellation of stars 
   54. An anthology of stories
   55. An arcana of tarot cards
   56. An agenda of tasks
   57. A stand /clump /forest /grove of trees
10. Others
    1. An unease of compromises
    2. A fraid of ghosts
    3. A vagary of impediments
    4. A wealth of information
    5. A breakdown of plans
    6. A pack of suitcases
    7. A flight of yesterdays
    8. A jam of tarts
    9. A hug of teddy bears
    10. A ring of telephones
    11. A bunch of things
    12. A promise of tomorrows
    13. A twinkling of todays
    14. A cancellation of trains
    15. A break of winds
    16. A yearning of yesterdays