Collective Nouns – A Group of People, Animals and Things

A collective noun is a word that refers to a set or group of people, animals or things.
Collective Nouns are also called Group Nouns and Group Names.

A group of Albatross is called a Rookery.
A group of Alligators is called a Congregation.
A group of Angels are called a Host.
A group of Antelope is called a Herd.
A group of Ants is called a Colony or Army or Swarm or Nest.
A group of Apes is called a Shrewdness or Troop.
Asparagus comes in Bundles.
A group of Asses is called a Pace or Herd or Drove.
A group of Asteroids is called a Belt.
A group of Auks is called a Colony or Flock or Raft.
A group of performers or actors are called a Cast.
A group of Baboons is called a Troop or Flange.
A group of Bacteria is called a Culture.
A group of Badgers is called a Cete or Colony or Set or Company.
A group of Bananas is called a Bunch.
A group of Barracudas is called a Battery.
A group of Bats is called a Colony or Cloud.
A group of Bass is called a Shoal.
A group of Bears is called a Sloth or Sleuth. A group of Bear Cubs is called a Litter.
A group of Beavers is called a Colony or Family.
A group of Bees is called a Grist or Hive or Swarm or Nest.
A group of baby Birds is called a Brood or Clutch.
A group of Birds (Flying) is called a Flight. A group of Birds is called a Flock or Dissimulation. A group of Birds (at sea) is called a Wreck.
A group of Bison is called a Herd.
A group of Bloodhounds is called a Sute.
A group of Boars is called a Singular or Sounder.
A large group of Books is called a Library.
Bread comes in a Batch.
A group of Buffalo is called a Herd or Troop or Gang or Obstinancy.
A group of Bullfinches is called a Bellowing.
A group of Butterflies is called a Flight or Flutter.
A group of Buzzards is called a Wake.
A group of Camels is called a Caravan or Train or Flock.
A group of Capons is called a Mews.
A group of Cars is called a Fleet.
A group of Caribou is called a Herd.
A group of Caterpillars is called a Army.
A group of Cats (domesticated) is called a Clowder or Clutter or Pounce or Dout or Nuisance or Glorying or Glare.
A group of Kittens is called a Kindle or Litter or Intrigue.
A group of Cats (feral) is called a Destruction.
A group of Cattle is called a Drove or Herd or Team.
A group of biological Cells working together are a Tissue.
A group of Cheetahs is called a Coalition.
A group of Chickens is called a Brood or Peep.
A group of Baby Chicks is called a Clutch or Chattering.
A group of Chinchillas is called a Colony.
A group of Clams is called a Bed.
A group of Cobras is called a Quiver.
A group of Cockroaches is called a Intrusion.
A group of Cod is called a Lap.
A group of Colts is called a Rag or Rake.
A group of Computers is called a Network.
A group of Coots is called a Cover or Raft.
A group of Cormorants is called a Gulp.
A group of Cosmologists area Galaxy.
A group of Cows is called a Kine.
A group of Coyotes is called a Band.
A group of Crabs is called a Cast.
A group of Cranes is called a Sedge or Seige.
A group of organized Criminals are called a Gang.
A group of Crocodiles is called a Bask or Float.
A group of Crows is called a Murder or Horde or Parcel or Storytelling. A group of 3 Crows is a crowd.
A group of Deer is called a Herd or Leash or Gang.
A group of Dentists area Brace.
A group of Documents is called a Dossier.
A group of Dogs is called a Kennel. A group of Puppies is called a Litter. A group of Dogs (feral) is called a Pack.
A group of Dolphins is called a Pod.
A group of Donkeys is called a Drove or Pace or Herd.
A group of Doves is called a Dule or Bevy or Cote or Dole or Paddling.
A group of Ducks (in flight) is called a Flock. A group of Ducks (at rest) is called a Brace or badling.
A group of Ducks (on water) is called a Raft or Team or Paddling.
A group of Eagles is called a Convocation or Aerie.
A group of Eels is called a Swarm or Bed or Fry.
A group of Eggs is called a Clutch.
A group of Electricians are a Grid.
A group of Elephants is called a Herd or Memory.
A group of Elk is called a Gang or Herd.
A group of Emus is called a Mob.
A group of Falcons is called a Cast.
A group of Ferrets is called a Business or Cast or Fesnying.
A group of Finches is called a Charm.
A group of Fish is called a Draft or Nest or Shoal or School. A group of caught Fish is called a Catch or Drought or Haul.
A group of Flamingoes is called a Stand or Flamboyance.
A group of Flies is called a Business or Swarm or Cloud.
A group of planted Flowers is called a Bed.
A group of Frogs is called a Army or Colony or Knot.
A group of Foxes is called a Leash or Skulk or Earth or Lead or Troop.
A group of Fungi is called a colony.
A group of Geese (at rest) is called a Flock. A group of Geese (in flight) is called a Skein.
A group of Geese (on the ground) is called a Gaggle or Herd or Corps.
A group of Ghosts are A Fraid.
A group of Giraffes is called a Tower.
A group of Gnats is called a Cloud or Horde or Swarm.
A group of Gnus is called a Implausibility.
A group of Goats is called a Tribe or Trip or Drove or Herd or Flock.
A group of ‘gods’ is called a Pantheon.
A group of Goldfinches is called a Charm.
A group of Goldfish is called a Glint or Troubling.
A group of Gorillas is called a Band or Troop.
A group of Goshawks is called a Flight.
A group of Grasshoppers is called a Cloud.
A group of Greyhounds is called a Leash.
A group of Grouse is called a Pack or Covey.
A group of Gulls is called a Colony or Screech.
A group of Guinea Fowl is called a Confusion.
A group of Hamsters is called a Horde.
A group of Hawks (at rest) is called a Cast.
A group of Hawks (in flight) is called a Kettle.
A group of Hedgehogs is called a Array.
A group of Heirs is an Expectation.
A group of Herons is called a Sedge or Siege or Hedge.
A group of Herring is called a Army or Shoal.
A group of Hippopotamuses (Hippopotami) is called a Bloat.
A group of Hornets is called a Nest or Bike.
A group of Horses is called a Team or Harras or Stable or Troop or Stud.
A group of wild Horses is called a Herd.
A group of Hummingbirds is called a Charm.
A group of Hyenas is called a Cackle or Clan.
A group of Impalas is called a Herd.
A bunch of Information is a Wealth.
A group of Insects is called a Horde or Nest or Swarm or Rabble or Plague.
A group of Jays is called a Party or Scold or Band.
A group of Jellyfish is called a Smack or Brood.
A group of Jewels are called a cache. The Jewelry, gold or money stolen, but in the hands of a robber is called Loot.
A group of Journalists area Scoop.
A group of Kangaroos is called a Troop or Mob or Herd.
A group of Keys is called a ring.
A group of Lapwings is called a Deceit.
A group of Larks is called a Exaltation or Ascension.
A group of Leopards is called a Leap.
A group of Lice is called a Flock.
A group of Lions is called a Pride or Sault or Troop.
A group of Lizards is called a Lounge.
A group of Locusts is called a Plague.
A group of Magpies is called a Tiding or Gulp or Murder or Charm.
A group of Mallards (at rest) is called a Brace. A group of Mallards (in flight) is called a Sord.
A group of Martens is called a Richness.
A group of Mathematicians area a Number.
A group of Meteorologists are a Shower.
A group of Mice is called a Mischief.
A group of Midges is called a Bite.
A group of Midwives is an Expectation.
A group of Minnows is called a Shoal or Steam or Swarm.
A group of Misers are a Horde.
A group of Moles is called a Labor or Company or Movement.
A group of Monkeys is called a Troop or Barrel or Carload or Cartload or Tribe.
A group of Moose is called a Herd.
A group of Mosquitoes is called a Scourge.
A group of Mountains are called a Range.
A group of Mudhens is called a Fleet.
A group of Mules is called a Pack or Span or Barren or Rake.
A group of Mushrooms is called a Troop.
A group of Nightingales is called a Watch.
A group of Nouns is called a Collective.
A group of Oarsmen are called a Row.
Multiple similar Objects that are hidden together are called a Stash.
A group of Onions is called a Rope.
A group of Opossum is called a Grim.
A group of Otters is called a Romp or Bevy or Family or Raft.
A group of Owls is called a Parliament or Stare.
A group of Oxen is called a Team or Yoke or Drove.
A group of Oysters is called a Bed.
A group of Parrots is called a Company or Pandemonium.
A group of Partridge is called a Covey or Bew.
A group of Pathologists are called a Body.
A group of Peacocks is called a Muster or Ostentation or Pride.
A group of Pearls is called a String.
A group of People who work outside of an office together are a Crew.
A group of People at work are called Staff.
A group of People who work to achieve a given goal are a Team.
An active group of People or Animals is called a Throng.
A group of People who perform in a variety of shows or plays are called a Company.
A large disorganized group of People are called a Mob.
A group of People gathered together are called a Crowd.
A group of Pekingese is called a Pomp.
A group of Pelicans is called a Pod.
A group of Penguins (at rest) is called a Colony or Rookery or Huddle. A group of baby Penguins is called a Crèche.
A group of Phantoms is called a Phantasmagoria.
A group of Pheasants (at rest) is called a Nest or Nye or Nide. A group of Pheasants (in flight) is called a Bouquet.
A group of Photographers is called a Clique.
A group of Physicists is a Nucleus.
A group of Pigeons is called a Flight or Flock or Kit.
A group of Pigs is called a Team or Passel or Drift or Parcel or Sounder or Drove.
A group of baby Piglets is called a Litter or Farrow.
A group of Pilchards is called a Shoal.
A group of Plovers (at rest) is called a Congregation.
A group of Plovers (in flight) is called a Wing.
A group of Plumbers is called a Flush.
A group of Poems is called an Anthology.
A group of Polecats is called a Chine.
A group of Ponies is called a String.
A group of Porcupines is called a Prickle.
A group of Porpoises is called a Herd or Pod or School or Crowd or Shoal.
A group of Prairie Dogs are called a Coterie.
A group of Quail is called a Bevy or Covey.
A group of Quotations is called a Rosary.
A group of Rabbits is called a Colony or Warren or Bury or Trace or Trip or Herd.
A group of Wild Rabbits (Hares) is called a Down or Husk. A group of baby Rabbits is called a Litter or Nest.
A group of Raccoons are called a Gaze.
A group of Rats is called a Colony or Pack or Plague or Swarm.
A group of Rattlesnakes is called a Rhumba.
A group of Ravens is called a Unkindness or Storytelling.
A group of Reindeer is called a Herd.
A group of Rhinoceroses is called a Crash or Stubbornness.
A group of Roebucks is called a Bevy.
A group of Rooks is called a Building or Clamor or Parliament.
A group of Ruffs is called a Hill.
A group of Rumours are a Nest.
A group of Salamandars are called a Congress.
A group of Salmon is called a Run.
A group of Sandpipers is called a Fling.
A group of Sardines is called a Family.
A group of Scorpions is called a Bed or Nest.
A group of Seabirds is called a Wreck.
A group of Seals is called a Pod or Bob or Harem or Herd or Rookery.
A group of Sharks is called a Shiver or School or Shoal.
A group of Sheep is called a Drove or Flock or Down or Hurtle or Fold or Pack or Trip.
A group of Sheldrakes are called a Doading.
A group of Ships are called a Fleet.
A group of Skylarks is called a Exultation.
A group of Squirrels is called a Dray or Scurry.
A group of Snails is called a Escargatoire or Rout or Walk.
A group of Snakes is called a Den or Nest or Pit or Bed or Knot.
A group of Snipe is called a Walk or Wisp.
A group of Sparrows is called a Host.
A group of Spiders is called a Cluster or Clutter.
A group of Squirrels is called a Dray or Scurry.
A group of Stairs is a Flight.
A group of Stalkers is called a Following.
A group of Starlings is called a Murmuration or Chattering.
A group of Stingrays is called a Fever.
A group of Stockbrokers is called a Portfolio.
A group of Storks is called a Mustering or Muster.
A group of Stories is an Anthology.
A group of Swallows is called a Flight or Gulp.
A group of Swans (at rest) is called a Bevy or Bank or Herd. A group of Swans (in flight) is called a Wedge or Flight.
A group of Tasks are an Agenda.
A group of Teddy Bears is a Hug.
A group of Telephones is a Ring.
A group of Termites is called a Colony or Nest or Swarm or Brood.
A group of Thrush is called a Mutation.
A group of Tigers is called a Streak or Ambush.
A group of Toads is called a Knot or Knab or Nest.
A group of Tomorrows is a Promise.
A group of Trout is called a Hover.
A group of Turkeys is called a Rafter or Gang or Posse.
A group of Turtles is called a Bale or Nest or Turn or Dole.
A group of Turtle Doves is called a Pitying or Dule or Piteousness.
A group of Vipers is called a Generation or Nest.
A group of Vultures is called a Venue. A group of Vultures (circling above) is called a Kettle.
A group of Walruses is called a Herd or Pod.
A group of Wasps is called a Nest or Swarm.
A group of Waterfowl is called a Knob or Plump.
A group of Weasles are called a Gang or Colony or Pack.
A group of Webmasters are a Linkage.
A group of Whales are called a Pod or Gam or Herd or School or Mod.
A group of Widgeons are called a Company.
A group of Wildfowl is called a Plump.
A group of Winds are a Break.
A group of Witches are a Coven or Nag.
A group of Wolves (at rest) is called a Pack.
A group of Wolves (in motion) is called a Route or Rout.
A group of Wombats is called a Wisdom.
A group of Woodpeckers is called a Descent.
A group of Worms are called a Bed or Clew or Bunch or Clat.
A group of Wrens are called a Herd.
A group of Yesterdays are a Yearning.
A group of Zebras are called a Zeal or Crossing or Dazzle or Cohorts or Herd .
A group of Zombies are a Horde or Walkers

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