Appendix:English collective nouns
Here is a list of collective nouns by subject.
A collective noun is a special kind of noun that refers to a collection of objects—often animals—such as a flock of birds, or a pride of lions.
In the lists which follow, terms marked with a belong to the 15th-century list of "proper terms" contained in the Book of St Albans. Many of these are fanciful or humorous terms which have never had any real currency, but have been taken up by various antiquarian writers.[1]
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Don't trust this list; many of these entries are fanciful and never found outside of word lists. |
| Subject | Collective term |
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| aardvarks | An armoury of aardvarks |
| academics | A faculty of academics |
| acrobats | A troupe of acrobats |
| actors | A cast, company, condescension, cry, queue, stage, troupe of actors |
| actresses | An entrance of actresses |
| adders | A sum of adders |
| admirals | A bridge of admirals |
| aircraft | A flight, squadron (aeroplanes), wing of aircraft |
| aircraft, fighter | A circus, or wing of fighter aircraft |
| albatrosses | A rookery, weight of albatrosses |
| alligators | A congregation, raft of alligators |
| altar boys | A fidget of altar boys |
| alpha computers | A cluster of alpha computers |
| ammunition | A cache of ammunition |
| angel fish | A company of angel fish |
| angels | A choir, chorus, flight, host, or pinhead of angels |
| anglers | A catch of anglers |
| animals | A menagerie of animals |
| antelope | A herd, cluster, tribe of antelope |
| ants | An army, bike, colony, nest, soviet, swarm of ants |
| apes | A shrewdness,[2] or troop of apes |
| apples | A bushel, orchard of apples |
| archer fish | A company of archer fish |
| architects | An argument, confusion of architects |
| archivists | A fonds of archivists |
| arms | A stand of arms |
| arrows | A quiver, sheaf of arrows |
| arseholes | A bunch of arseholes |
| arsonists | A conflagration of arsonists |
| artillery | A battery, park, rumble, troop of artillery |
| artistes (acrobats, singers or dancers) | A troupe of artistes |
| artists (painters) | A colony of artists |
| asparagus | A bundle of asparagus |
| asses | A coffle, drove, herd, or pace of asses |
| assholes | See "arseholes" above |
| asteroids | A belt of asteroids |
| athletes | A team of athletes |
| auditors | A bashir of auditors. |
| auks | A raft, colony, flock of auks |
| avocets | A colony of avocets |
| baboons | A congress, flange, rumpus, tribe, troop, troupe of baboons |
| bacteria | A colony of bacteria (a culture if laboratory-grown) |
| badgers | A cete,[3] clan, or colony of badgers |
| bagpipes | A skirl of bagpipes |
| bakers | An aroma, tabernacle of bakers |
| balloons | A festival of balloons |
| bananas | A hand, bunch of bananas |
| bankers | A wunch of bankers |
| bankers, Scottish | A knot of Scottish bankers |
| Baptists | An immersion of Baptists |
| barbels | A shoal of barbels |
| barbers | A babble of barbers |
| barbers, military | A crew of military barbers |
| barflies | A buzz of barflies |
| barons | A thought of barons |
| barracuda | A battery of barracuda |
| barristers | A boast, wiggery of barristers |
| bass | A shoal, fleet of bass |
| bastards | A shower of bastards |
| bats | A colony, cloud, cauldron of bats |
| batteries | A bank of batteries |
| bayonets | A grove of bayonets |
| beakers | A nest of beakers |
| beans | A hill of beans |
| bears | A maul, pack, sloth,[4] or sleuth of bears |
| beasts | A nobility of beasts |
| beauties | A bevy, or harmony of beauties |
| beavers | A colony, family, or lodge of beavers |
| bed bugs | A infestation of bed bugs |
| bees | A bike, bike cast, byke, cast (secondary swarm), cluster, colony, commonwealth, erst, flight, drift, game, grist, hive, hum, rabble, stand, or swarm of bees |
| beers | A brew of beer |
| beggar | A coster, guild, parliament of beggars |
| bells | A peal, change, or carillon of bells |
| bikers | A gang of bikers |
| bills | A wad of bills |
| birds | A congregation, dissimulation (small birds), fleet, flight, flock, parcel, pod, roost, volary / volery (in an aviary) of birds |
| birds, large group | A colony of birds (roosting in large numbers) |
| birds, small | A dissimulation of birds (small birds) |
| birds, in flight | A drift, or flight of birds (in flight) |
| birds, migrating | A rush of birds (migrating) |
| birds, aviary | A volery of birds (in an aviary) |
| bishops | A sea, bench, or psalter of bishops |
| bison | A herd, gang of bison |
| bitterns | A pretence, sedge or siege of bitterns |
| blackbirds | A cloud, flock, grind, merl of blackbirds |
| blackfish | A grind of blackfish |
| blankets | A swelter of blankets |
| bloodhounds | A sute of bloodhounds |
| blossoms | A flourish of blossoms |
| boars | A drift (herded), herd, singular, singularity, sounder of boars |
| boars, wild | A sounder[5] of wild boars |
| boats | A fleet, flotilla of boats |
| bobolinks | A chain of bobolinks (polygamous bird, Ricebird) |
| bombs | A cluster, stick (air-dropped) of bombs |
| bomblets | A cluster of bomblets |
| bonobos | A box of bonobos |
| books | A library, pile, compendium of books |
| boors | A rood of boors |
| borg | A collective, hive of borg |
| bother | A spot of bother |
| bowlers | A keg of bowlers |
| bowls | A nest, set of bowls |
| boys | A blush, boister, leer, passel or rascal of boys |
| brats | A passel of brats |
| bread | A batch of bread |
| brumbies | A band, mob of brumbies |
| brush, wood | A bavin of brush (wood) |
| bucks | A brace, clash, herd, leash of bucks |
| budgerigars | A chatter, flock of budgerigars |
| buffalo | A gang, herd, or obstinacy of buffalo |
| bullfinches | A bellowing, lowing of bullfinches |
| bullocks | A drove of bullocks |
| bureaucrats | A shuffle of bureaucrats |
| burritos | A pace of burritos |
| businessmen | A stock of businessmen |
| business angels | A bevy of business angels |
| bustards | A flock, wake of bustards |
| butlers | A draught of butlers |
| butterflies | A flight, flutter, kaleidoscope, rabble, rainbow, school fish, swarm, or wing of butterflies |
| butterfly fish | A school of butterfly fish |
| buzzards | A wake, kettle, pack of buzzards |
| cadets | A corps of cadets |
| camels | A caravan, flock, herd, scorn, train of camels |
| (canal) lock | A flight of locks |
| candidates | A slate of candidates |
| candies | A mint of candies |
| canons | A dignity, chapter of canons |
| canyons | A maze of canyons |
| capercaillies | A tok of capercaillies (i.e. Old World grouse) |
| capons | A mews, muse of capons |
| cardinals | A conclave, or radiance of cardinals |
| cards | A deck, pack, hand, house (specially arranged), tower (specially arranged) of cards |
| caribou | A herd of caribou |
| carpenters | A pound of carpenters |
| cars | A fleet, mayhem, park, or stack of cars |
| cat houses | A mews of cat houses |
| caterpillars | An army of caterpillars |
| Catholics | A mass of Catholics |
| cats | A clowder,[6] cluster, clutter, destruction (wild cats), dout, dowt, glaring, kindle, litter, nuisance (house cats) or pounce of cats |
| cats and dogs | A rain of cats and dogs |
| cattle | A drift, drove, fold, kine, herd, mob, team of cattle |
| cattle, two | A yoke of cattle |
| cavalry | A squadron, troop of cavalry |
| cellists | A parenthesis of cellists |
| censors | A gaggle of censors |
| chairs | A fold of chairs |
| chamois | A herd of chamois |
| check controllers | A stab of check controllers (Air Traffic Control) |
| cheerleaders | An array of cheerleaders |
| cheetahs | A coalition of cheetahs |
| chess players | A board, or brood of chess players |
| chicks | A brood, chattering, clutch of chicks |
| chickens | A brood, chattering, cletch, clutch, flock, or peep of chickens |
| children | An ingratitude of children |
| chimpanzees | A troop, whoop, family, cartload of chimpanzees |
| chihuahuas | A yap of chihuahuas |
| chinchillas | A colony, herd of chinchillas |
| choughs | A chattering, clattering of choughs |
| churchgoers | A congregation of churchgoers |
| churls | A cluster of churls |
| circuits | A bank of circuits |
| clams | A bed of clams |
| clans | A gathering of clans |
| claques | A shriek of claques |
| classicists | A codex of classicists |
| clerks | A school, rookery of clerks |
| clergy | An assembly, convocation of clergy |
| clouds | A soufflé of clouds |
| clowns | A (an) alley, bunch, mutiny, nest, pratfall, shudder, trunkload of clowns |
| cobblers | A cutting, drunken ship, drunkship, or load of cobblers |
| cobras | A quiver of cobras |
| cocides | A bed of cocides |
| cockatoos | A chattering, clattering, cluttering, crackle, or family of cockatoos |
| cockles | A bed of cockles |
| cockroaches | An intrusion, or swarm of cockroaches |
| cock-turkeys | A posse of cock-turkeys |
| cod | A lap, school of cod |
| coins | A roll, or roleau of coins |
| collective nouns | A catch of collective nouns |
| coloraturas | A quaver of coloraturas |
| colts | A rack, rag, or rake of colts |
| comedians | A gaggle, or riot of comedians |
| communists | A colhose of communists |
| computers | A cluster of computers |
| computers, linked | A network of computers (linked together) |
| concretors | A slurrie of concretors |
| condiments | An accompaniment of condiments |
| conges | A congerie of conges |
| conies | A bury, or game of conies |
| convicts | A chain, gang of convicts |
| cooks | A temperance, hastiness of cooks |
| coots | A commotion, cover, covert, fleet, flock, pod, raft, rasp, or swarm of coots |
| corgi | A consort of corgi |
| cormorants | A flight, gulp of cormorants |
| corn | A sheaf, shock of corn (pile of stalks) |
| coughs | A chattering of coughs |
| courtesans | A harem of courtesans |
| courtiers | A threatening of courtiers |
| cowboy mounts, extra | A cavvy, or remuda of extra cowboy mounts |
| cowboys | A saunter of cowboys |
| cows | A drift, drove, flink, herd, kine, or mob of cows |
| coyotes | A band, pack, rout, or run of coyotes |
| cranes | A herd, sedge, siege, or flock of cranes |
| crickets | An orchestra of crickets |
| cricketers | An eleven of cricketers |
| crocodiles | A bask, congregation, float, or nest of crocodiles |
| crows | A cauldron, caucus, congress, cowardice, hover, murder, muster, parcel, or storytelling of crows |
| cubs | A litter of cubs |
| curates | A charge of curates |
| curlews | A buff, head, herd, salon, skein, or wedge of curlews |
| curs | A cowardice of curs |
| cutlery | A canteen of cutlery |
| cyclists | A pack, peloton of cyclists |
| cymbals | A sign of cymbals |
| dachshunds | A moxie of doxies |
| dancers | A gambol, troop / troupe of dancers |
| dancers, female | A float of dancers |
| dancers, male | A flight of dancers |
| daubers | A squat of daubers |
| deans | A decanter, or decorum of deans |
| debtors | A split of debtors |
| debutants | A delirium of debutants |
| decorators | A tantrum of decorators |
| deer | A bunch, herd, leash, parcel, mob, or rangale of deer |
| deer, roe | A bevy of roe deer |
| deer, two/three | A brace (2), or leash (3) of deer |
| dentists | An amalgam, brace, or wince of dentists |
| dermatologists | A rash of dermatologists |
| designers | A set, or subtlety of designers |
| diagnosticians | A guess of diagnosticians |
| dice | A luck of dice |
| dictators | A tyranny of dictators |
| dictionaries | A meaning of dictionaries |
| dieters | A pot of dieters |
| dilation | A dilation of pupils |
| dinosaurs | A herd, or pack of dinosaurs |
| directions | A vane of directions |
| directors | A gild, drove, or board of directors |
| barstaff | A disappearance of barstaff |
| divers | A bubble of divers |
| divorcees | A desperation of divorcees |
| DIYers | A bodge of DIYers |
| doctors | A confab, doctrine, dose, field of doctors |
| documents | A wealth, or dossier of documents |
| dodos | An extinction of dodos |
| dogfish | A troop of dogfish |
| dogs, two/three | A brace (2), or leash (3) of dogs |
| dogs | A cry, kennel, litter (puppies), pack[7] of dogs |
| dollars | A fistful of dollars |
| dolphins | A herd, flock, pod,[8] school, or team of dolphins |
| dominoes | A falling of dominoes |
| donkeys | A herd, drove, or pace of donkeys |
| dons | An obstruction of dons |
| donuts | A holiness of donuts |
| doorkeepers | A safeguard of doorkeepers |
| dotterel | A trip of dotterel |
| doves | A bevy, cote, dole, dule, exaltation, flight, piteousness, pitying, or prettying of doves |
| dowagers | A bevy, or frost of dowagers |
| dragonet fish | A swarm of dragonet fish |
| dragons | A blaze, doom, drive, flight, horde, thunder, weyr, or wing of dragons |
| drawers | A chest of drawers |
| dray | A dray of squirrels |
| drinks | A round of drinks |
| drones, literary | A swarm of literary drones |
| drongos | A bunch of drongos |
| drugs | A cocktail of drugs |
| drummers | An asylum, fagot, or roll of drummers |
| drums | A kettle of drums |
| drunks | A load, or stone of drunks |
| ducks | A brace, bunch, flush, flock, fleet (ducklings), paddling, skein, sord, string, team (on the wing) of ducks |
| ducks, diving | A dopping of ducks (diving) |
| ducks, flying | A flight, plump, pump, or team of ducks (while flying) |
| ducks, idle in water | A raft of ducks (while idle in water) |
| ducks, on ground | A badelynge of ducks (on the ground) |
| ducks, swimming | A paddling of ducks (while swimming) |
| dunbirds | A rush, or flight of dunbirds |
| dung | A pile of dung |
| dunlin | A fling of dunlin |
| dwarves | A shortage of dwarves |
| eagles | An aerie, army, convocation, jubilee, soar, or spread of eagles |
| earth ware, broken | A fragment of broken earth ware |
| ecdysiasts | A strip of ecdysiasts (striptease artists) |
| economists | A clashing, deficit, or recession of economists |
| editors | An erudition of editors |
| eels | A bind, fry, swarm of eels |
| eggs | A clutch, nest, setting of eggs |
| egos | A pumphouse of egos |
| eland | A herd of eland |
| electors | A college of electors |
| electricians | A grid or ohm of electricians |
| elephants | A herd, memory, or parade of elephants |
| elk | A gang or herd of elk |
| Elvis impersonators | A wiggle of Elvis impersonators |
| embarrassments | A blush of embarrassments |
| emos | An embarrassment of emos |
| emotions | A wash of emotions |
| empiricists | A tabula rasa of empiricists |
| employees | A staff of employees |
| emus | A mob of emus |
| engineers | An awkward, design or geek of engineers |
| Englishmen | A pound of Englishmen |
| epidemiologists | A host of epidemiologists |
| Episcopalians | A government of Episcopalians |
| equestrians | A prance of equestrians |
| errands | A hassle of errands |
| Esperantists | A congress, constellation of Esperantists |
| estimations | A bout of estimations |
| events | A chain of events |
| experts | A panel, discord of experts |
| exterminators | A slew of exterminators |
| fairies | A charm, herd, fantasy of fairies |
| falcons, pair | A cast of falcons |
| falcons | A soar or tower of falcons |
| fans | A thrill of fans |
| farts | A gross of farts |
| Fence builders | An encroachment of fence-builders |
| fencers | A poke of fencers |
| ferrets | A business, cast, fesnying / fesnyng of ferrets |
| finches | A charm, chirm, company, flock, trembling, or trimming of finches |
| fine print | A pitfall of fine print |
| firewood | A faggot of firewood |
| fish | A catch, draught, drift, fray, fun, haul, kettle, run, scale, school, or shoal of fish |
| fishermen | A drift, exaggeration, grumble or sulk of fishermen |
| flags | A flutter of flags |
| flamingos | A flamboyance, flurry, regiment, skein, or stand of flamingos |
| flashers | A phalanx or revelation of flashers |
| flautists | A phalanx of flautists |
| flies | A business, cloud, grist, hatch or swarm of flies |
| florists | A bed, bouquet, bunch, garden, or patch of florists |
| flour | A boll of flour |
| flowers | A bed, bouquet, bunch, nosegay of flowers |
| flower pots | A caste of flower pots |
| flying fish | A glide of flying fish |
| footballers | A coach, eleven, squad, team of footballers |
| footsteps | A patter of footsteps |
| foresters | A stalk, coop of foresters |
| fowl | A plump, roost, skein, trip, (in flight) of fowl |
| foxes | An earth, fleet, lead, skulk,[9] or troop of foxes |
| foxes, three | A leash (3) of foxes |
| freezers | A glacier of freezers |
| Frenchmen | A peck of Frenchmen |
| freshmen | A clump, plentitude of freshman |
| friars | A scull, skulk of friars |
| friends | A clique of friends |
| frogs | A army, colony, knot, froggery of frogs |
| front end loaders | A heap of front-end loaders |
| fry | A nursery of fry |
| fungi | A colony of fungi |
| fur seals | A harem of seals (belonging to one male) |
| furniture | A suite of furniture |
| game | A bag of game |
| gamblers | A talent of gamblers |
| gangsters | A knuckle of gangsters |
| gardeners | A sprinkling of gardeners |
| gays | A village of gays |
| gears | A rack of gears |
| geese | A flock, gaggle, nide, skein, team, trip, wedge (flying in a "V") of geese |
| geldings | A clipping, brace of geldings |
| generals | A glitter of generals |
| geneticists | A helix of geneticists |
| geologists | A conglomerate, formation of geologists |
| geometrists | A plane of geometrists |
| gerbils | A horde of gerbils |
| Germans | A gross of Germans |
| ghosts | A fraid, fright of ghosts |
| giraffes | A caravan, corps, herd, journey, stretch, totter, tower of giraffes |
| girls | A bevy, giggle of girls |
| girls, tanked sorority | A bevy of tanked sorority girls |
| glass | Panes of glass |
| gluttons | A slaver of gluttons |
| gnats | A cloud, clout, horde, swarm of gnats |
| gnus | An implausibility, herd of gnus |
| goats | A drove, flock, herd, tribe,[10] trip of goats |
| gods | A conception, pantheon of gods |
| goldfinches | A drum, charm, glister, chattering, troubling, vein of goldfinches |
| goldfish | A glint, troubling[11] of goldfish |
| golf balls | A flight of golf balls |
| golf clubs | A set of golf clubs |
| golfers | A lie, tedium of golfers |
| goons | A plunder of goons |
| goosanders | A dopping of goosanders |
| gophers | A garrison of gophers |
| gorillas | A band, woop of gorillas |
| goshawks | A flight of goshawks |
| goslings | A shoal, skein of goslings |
| gossip columnists | A slither of gossip columnists |
| gossips | A dish of gossips |
| gourmands | A delicatessen of gourmands |
| gourmets | A delicatessen of gourmets |
| governesses | A galaxy of governesses |
| graduate students | A fortitude of graduate students |
| graduates | An unemployment of graduates |
| grammarians | A conjunction of grammarians |
| grandparents | A nag, wisdom of grandparents |
| grapes | A bunch, cluster, vineyard of grapes |
| grass | A tuft of grass |
| grasses | A fistful of grasses |
| grasshoppers | A cloud, cluster, swarm of grasshoppers |
| greyhounds | A gallop, leash of greyhounds |
| griffins | A pryde of griffins |
| grits | A mess of grits |
| groupies | A grope of groupies |
| grouse | A brace (2), brood (large group), covey (single family), drumming, flight, lek, pack of grouse |
| guillemots | A bazaar of guillemots |
| guinea pigs | A group of guinea pigs |
| gulls | A colony, pack, screech of gulls |
| guns | An arsenal, battery of guns |
| gunfire | A salvo of gunfire |
| gunships | A hailstorm of gunships |
| gurus | A profit of gurus |
| gym instructors | A set of gym instructors |
| gymnasts | A tumbler of gymnasts |
| gynaecologists | A smear of gynaecologists |
| gypsies | A store of gypsies |
| hackers | A cruft of hackers |
| hair | A tuz, lock, wig of hair |
| hairdressers | A set, swish of hairdressers |
| hammers | A morning of hammers |
| hamsters | A horde of hamsters |
| hand tools | A grip of hand tools |
| hares | A down, drove, flick, herd, husk, huske, kindle, leap, leash (3), trace, trip, warren of hares |
| haries | A swarm of haries |
| harlots | A heard / herd of harlots |
| harpers | A melody of harpers |
| harps | A twangle of harps |
| hartebeest | A herd of hartebeest |
| harts | A herd of harts |
| haute bourgeoisie | An ennui of haute bourgeoisie |
| hawks | A aerie, boil, cast, kettle, leash (3), mews, moulting, schizophrenia, screw, stream of hawks |
| hay | A truss of hay |
| hedgehogs | A prickle, array of hedgehogs |
| hedonists | A debauchery of Hedonists |
| heirs | An expectation of heirs |
| helicopters | A hover of helicopters |
| helpers | A hamper of helpers |
| hens | A brood, run of hens |
| herdsmen | A waywardness of herdsmen |
| hermits | An observance of hermits |
| herons | A hedge, siege, sedge, sege, station, rookery, flight, colony of herons |
| herrings | A cran, glean, shoal, army of herrings |
| hides | A dicker of hides |
| hills | An undulation of hills |
| hinds | A parcel of hinds |
| hippies | A trip of hippies |
| hippopotamuses | A bloat, crash, herd, huddle, pod, school, thunder of hippopotamuses |
| hipsters | A fixie of hipsters |
| historians | An argumentation of historians |
| hit men, retired | A slew of retired hit men |
| hitmen | A magnum of hitmen |
| hobos | A bindle of hobos, A flagon of hobos |
| hogs | A drift, drove, parcel, passel, sounder of hogs |
| homework | A slew of homework |
| homosexuals | An ensemble of homosexuals |
| hoodlums | A gang of hoodlums |
| hops | A pocket of hops |
| hornets | A bike, nest, swarm of hornets |
| horsemen | A cavalcade, troop of horsemen |
| horseplayers | A parlay of horseplayers |
| horses | A drove, harass / harras (breeding), herd, pair, remuda (large group), span (2), stable,[12] string, stud, team,[13] troop of horses |
| hoses | A sprinkle of hoses |
| hostlers | A laughter of hostlers |
| hounds | A brace (2), cry, hunt, kennel, leash (3), meet, mute, pack,[14] stable, sute of hounds |
| housekeepers | A foresight of housekeepers |
| houses | A huddle of houses |
| humming birds | A charm, hover, shimmer of hummingbirds |
| hummingbirds | A charm, shimmer, glittering, bouquet, chattering, drum, troubling of hummingbirds |
| hunters | A blast of hunters |
| husbands | A multiply, unhappiness of husbands |
| hybrids | A vigour of hybrids |
| hyenas | A cackle, clan of hyenas |
| ibex | A herd of ibex |
| ibises | A colony of ibises |
| icebergs | A crush, drift of icebergs |
| ichthyologists | A scale of ichthyologists |
| icons | A shield of icons |
| idiots | A thicket of idiots |
| iguanas | A mess of iguanas |
| impalas | A couple of impalas |
| impediments | A vagary of impediments |
| impressionists | A blur of impressionists |
| infantry | A crèche of infantry |
| information | A bit, wealth of information |
| ingénues | A spate of ingénues |
| in-laws | An imposition of in-laws |
| insects | A cloud, flight, horde, plague, rabble, swarm of insects |
| instruments, musical | A parley of musical instruments |
| intellects | A pretension of intellects |
| interpreters | A tongue lashing of interpreters |
| Irishmen | A pint of Irishmen |
| islands | A archipelago, chain, cluster, group of islands |
| Italians | An explosion of Italians |
| jackdaws | A train, pair, band of jackdaws |
| jackrabbits | A husk of jackrabbits |
| jays | A band, cast, party, scold of jays |
| jellyfish | A brood, fluther, jive, smack, smuck, smuth, stuck, studk, swarm of jellyfish |
| jewellers | A ring of jewellers |
| jewels | A cache of jewels |
| Jews | A minyan of Jews (the quorum for a congregation) |
| Jezebels | A peel of Jezebels |
| jigsaw puzzlers | An assemblage of jigsaw puzzlers |
| jockeys | A race of jockeys |
| joggers | A wheeze of joggers |
| journalists | A scoop, slant of journalists |
| judges | A bench, sentence, bevy of judges |
| jugglers | A neverthriving of jugglers |
| juniors | A gratitude of juniors |
| kangaroo | A flock, troop of kangaroo |
| kangaroos | A court, mob, troop of kangaroos |
| keglers | A bowl of keglers |
| kestrels | A flight, soar of kestrels |
| keys | A ring of keys (linked physically) |
| kids | A caper of kids |
| kingfishers | A concentration, realm, rattle, clique of kingfishers |
| kites (birds) | A kettle, soar, roost of kites |
| kittens | A claw, kendle / kindle[15] of kittens |
| kittens (cats) | A litter of kittens (cats) |
| kittens (rabbits) | A wrack of kittens (rabbits) |
| kleptomaniacs | A clutch of kleptomaniacs |
| knaves | A rayful, riff raff of knaves |
| knights | A banner, rout / route of knights |
| knots | A medusa, cluster of knots |
| labourers | A gang of labourers |
| ladies | A bevy of ladies |
| ladybirds / ladybugs | A loveliness of ladybirds |
| lambs | A fall, leap, rack of lambs |
| lamentations | A moan of lamentations |
| languages | A group of languages |
| lapwings | A deceit, desert of lapwings |
| larks | A ascension, bevy, exaltation, flight, happiness, springful of larks |
| larks | An exaltation, exalting of larks |
| lavatories | A flush of lavatories |
| laws, bad | A strangle of bad laws |
| lasers / lazers | A zap of lasers |
| lawyers | A disputation, eloquence, escheat, greed, huddle, quarrel of lawyers |
| leaves | An autumn, pile of leaves |
| lecturers | A drift of lecturers |
| leopards | A leap, lepe, snarl of leopards |
| lepers | A colony of lepers |
| lesbians | A tough of lesbians |
| leverets | A kindle of leverets |
| liberals | A pink of liberals |
| librarians | A catalogue, stack, shush of librarians |
| lice | A colony, infestation, flock of lice |
| lies | A pack, web of lies |
| lifts / elevators | A bank of lifts / elevators |
| lines | A pencil of lines (proper contemporary group term in mathematics) |
| linguists | A babble of linguists |
| linnets | A parcel of linnets |
| lions | A flock, pride,[16] sault, sowse, troop of lions |
| lispers | A plethora of lispers |
| listeners | A fascination, audience of listeners |
| lizards | A lounge of lizards |
| llamas | A herd of llamas |
| loafers | A multiplication of loafers |
| locals | A plague of locals |
| locusts | A plague, cloud, swarm of locusts |
| logicians | A sequitur of logicians |
| lollies | A packet of lollies |
| loopholes | A ho ho of loopholes |
| lorries | A fleet, convoy of lorries |
| lovebirds | A pair, orgy of lovebirds |
| lovers | A trance of lovers |
| luddites | A smashing of luddites |
| luminaries | An array of luminaries |
| lutists | A litany of lutists |
| lynx | A chain of lynx |
| machines | An invention of machines |
| machine guns | A nest of machine guns |
| mackerel | A shoal of mackerel |
| magicians | An illusion of magicians |
| magistrates | A bench of magistrates |
| magpies | A congregation, charm, flock, gulp, murder, tiding, tittering, tribe of magpies |
| maidens | A bevy, rage of maidens |
| mallards | A battling, flush, lute, puddling, sord, sute (on water) of mallards |
| managers | An asylum, cost of managers |
| maps | An atlas of maps |
| marching bands | A Sousa of marching bands |
| mares | A stud of mares |
| mares, brood | An overbearance of brood mares |
| marines | A muscle of marines |
| martens | A richness, richesse of martens |
| masseurs | A pummel of masseurs |
| masters | An example of masters |
| matadors | A pavanne of matadors |
| matches | A chain of matches |
| mathematicians | A addition, number, set of mathematicians |
| matrons | A riches of matrons |
| meanderings | A confusion of meanderings |
| meatheads | A density of meatheads |
| mechanics | A clutch, torque of mechanics |
| mediators | A compromise, caucus of mediators |
| meerkats | A mob of meerkats |
| men | A band (merry), host of men |
| merchants | A faith of merchants |
| messengers | A diligence of messengers |
| metallurgists | An amalgamation of metallurgists |
| meteorologists | A shower of meteorologists |
| mice | A click, horde, mischief, nest, punnet,[17] trip of mice |
| microbiologists | A colony of microbiologists |
| midges | A bite of midges |
| midwives | An expectation of midwives |
| millers | A fraunch of millers |
| minks | A richness of minks |
| minnows | A shoal, steam, stream, swarm of minnows |
| minstrels | A troupe of minstrels |
| misers | A horde of misers |
| mistakes | A catalogue of mistakes |
| mites | A mite of mites |
| mockingbirds | An impression, plagiary, exactness, echo, precision, ridicule of mockingbirds |
| models | A slouch of models |
| moles | A [[[arbour]], [company]], movement, labour of moles |
| money | A wad, rouleau, cache of money |
| mongooses | A band, pack of mongooses |
| mongrels | A ménage of mongrels |
| monitors | A bank of monitors |
| monkeys | A barrel, cartload, machination, mission, tribe, troop, troupe, wilderness of monkeys |
| monks | An abomination of monks (see note) |
| moorhens | A plump of moorhens |
| moose | A herd of moose |
| Mormons | A book, branch of Mormons |
| morning glories | A dawn of morning glories |
| morticians | A slab of morticians |
| mosquitoes | A scourge, swarm of mosquitoes |
| mothers | A consternation of mothers |
| mothers-in-law | A mutter of mothers-in-law |
| motorcyclists | A clutch of motorcyclists |
| mountains | A range of mountains |
| mourners | A cortege, pathos of mourners |
| moving men | A truculence of moving men |
| mudhen | A fleet of mudhen |
| mules | A barren, pack, rake, string of mules |
| mules | A span (team of 2) mules |
| munchkins | A phalanx, throng of munchkins |
| mushrooms | A troop, sproutness of mushrooms |
| musicians | An band, orchestra of musicians |
| mussels | A bed, pint of mussels |
| mythological creatures | A bestiary of mythological creatures |
| names | An index of names |
| narcissists | A mug of narcissists |
| narcissists | A reflection of narcissists |
| natives | A tribe of natives |
| Nazis | A jungle of Nazis |
| neighbours | An annoyance, nerve of neighbours |
| newsboys | A scream of newsboys |
| newscasters | A veneer of newscasters |
| newspapers | A quire of newspapers |
| niccolos | A nonsense of niccolos |
| nieces | A squeal of nieces |
| night students | A pallor of night students |
| nightingales | A match, pray, kettle, watch, of nightingales |
| nightwatchmen | A pallor of nightwatchmen |
| Northerners | A freeze of Northerners |
| nouns | A collective of nouns |
| nouns | A propriety, rump roast of nouns |
| nuns | A murmur of nuns (as of their sound) |
| nuns | A prey, flap, convent of nuns |
| nuns | A superfluity of nuns |
| nymphomaniacs | A spread of nymphomaniacs |
| oarsmen | A row of oarsmen |
| objectivists | A Rand of Objectivists |
| objects | A collection of objects |
| office boys | An ogle of office boys |
| officers | A mess, execution, gaggle (military) of officers |
| old guard | A slumber of old guard |
| on-lookers | A fascination of on-lookers |
| onions | A rope of onions |
| onlookers | A crowd of onlookers |
| optometrists | A vision of optometrists |
| oranges | A pocket of oranges |
| orangutans | A buffoonery of orangutans |
| orchids | A coterie of orchids |
| orgiasts | A concatenation of orgiasts |
| orphans | An abandonment of orphans |
| orthodontists | A brace of orthodontists |
| orthopaedists | A cast, brace of orthopaedists |
| osteopaths | A joint of osteopaths |
| ostriches | A wobble, pride, flock of ostriches |
| otologists | A herd of otologists (a physician who specializes in the study of the anatomy and diseases of the ear) |
| otters | A bevy, family, raft, ramp, romp of otters |
| otters, sea | A raft of sea otters |
| over achievers | A leap of over achievers |
| ovoids | A metamorphosis of ovoids |
| owls | A parliament of owls |
| owls | A stare of owls |
| owls | A wisdom, sagaciousness of owls |
| oxbirds | A fling of oxbirds |
| oxen | A drove, herd, meinie, span, team,[18] yoke (2) of oxen |
| oysters | A bed, hive of oysters |
| oysters, young | A set of young oysters |
| Pacificans | A troop of Pacificans |
| padres | A host of padres |
| painters | An illusion, madder, curse, misbelieving of painters |
| paisleys | A swirl of paisleys |
| palindrome | A tenet of palindromes |
| palm readers | A handful of palm readers |
| paparazzi | A flash of paparazzi |
| paper | A pad, ream of (sheets of) paper |
| papers | A budget of papers |
| paratroops | A storm of paratroops |
| paratroopers | A stick of paratroopers |
| pardoners | A lying of pardoners |
| parents | A persistence of parents |
| parents | An embarrassment of parents(for use by teenagers) |
| parishioners | A kneeling of parishioners |
| parking attendants / parking wardens | A fine, lot of parking attendants |
| parrots | A company, flock, prattle of parrots |
| parrots | A pandemonium of parrots |
| parrots | A prattle, psittacosis of parrots |
| parrs | A glut of parrs |
| particulars | A bill of particulars |
| partridges | A bevy, bew, brace, cover, covey of partridges |
| partridges | A warren, clutch of partridges |
| pathologists | A body of pathologists |
| patients | A virtue of patients |
| Patrick | A bungle of Patricks |
| peacocks | A muster of peacocks |
| peacocks | A pride, pulchritude of peacocks |
| peacocks | An ostentation of peacocks |
| pearls | A rope, string of pearls |
| peas | A pod of peas |
| peasants | A toil of peasants |
| pedants | A parliament of pedants |
| peddlers / pedlers | A malapertness (= impertinence) of peddlers |
| pekinese | A pomp of pekinese |
| pelicans | A brief, rookery, scoop, colony, raft, squadron, pod |
| penguins | A colony, rookery of penguins |
| penguins | A crèche of penguins |
| penguins | A formality of penguins |
| penguins | A huddle of penguins |
| penguins | A parade, waddle (on dry land) of penguins |
| penguins | A parcel of penguins |
| Pentecostals | A glossolalia of Pentecostals |
| people | A clique, community, congregation, crowd, group of people |
| perch | A pack of perch |
| percussionist | A meter of percussionists |
| peregrines | A cadge of peregrines |
| performers | A troupe of performers |
| phantoms | A phantasmagoria of phantoms |
| pharmacists | A mixture of pharmacists |
| pheasants | A bouquet (flushed), brace, fesynes, head, nest, nye, warren of pheasants |
| pheasants, on the ground | A covey, nide of pheasants |
| philatelists | A stampede of philatelists |
| philosophers | A ponder, confusion, wrangle of philosophers |
| photographers | A clique, snap of photographers |
| photons | An enlightenment of photons |
| physicians | A college of physicians |
| physicists | A nucleus of physicists |
| pianists | A pound of pianists |
| pickpockets | A snatch of pickpockets |
| pigeons | A bunch, dropping, roost of pigeons |
| pigeons | A kit, flight of pigeons (flying together) |
| pigeons | A loft, flock of pigeons |
| piglets | A farrow, passel of piglets |
| piglets | A litter, farrow of piglets[19] |
| pigs | A drove of pigs |
| pigs | A fleet of pigs |
| pigs | A herd of pigs |
| pigs | A litter of pigs |
| pigs | A sounder of pigs |
| pilchards | A shoal, school of pilchards |
| pill-poppers | A gaggle of pill poppers |
| pilots | A yoke of pilots |
| pineapples | A prickle of pineapples |
| pintail | A knob of pintail |
| pipers | A poverty of pipers |
| pipers | A skirl of pipers |
| pistols | A brace of pistols |
| planes | A stack of planes |
| planets | A quincunx of planets |
| plankton | A cloud of plankton |
| plans | A breakdown of plans |
| players | A cry, squad, team of players |
| players | A huddle, retinue of players |
| playingcards | A pack, deck of playingcards |
| playwrights | A plot of playwrights |
| pleasure | A glut of pleasure |
| pleasures | A guilt of pleasures |
| plovers | A congregation of plovers |
| plovers | A stand, band, leash of plovers |
| plovers | A wing, flight of plovers |
| plums | A basket of plums |
| plumbers | A flood of plumbers |
| plumbers | A flush of plumbers |
| pochard | A rush, flight, knob (small number) of pochard |
| poems | An anthology of poems |
| poets | A rhyme of poets |
| poets | An iamb of poets |
| poets | An obscurity of poets |
| poker players | A stud of poker players |
| polar bears | An aurora, celebration, pack of polar bears |
| polecats | A chine of polecats |
| police | A posse, squad, troop of police |
| politicians | An equivocation, lie, odium, windsock or windbag of politicians |
| ponies | A herd, string of ponies[20] |
| poodles | A salon of Poodles |
| porcupine fish | A cluster of porcupine fish |
| porcupines | A prickle of porcupines |
| porpoises | A gam, herd, pod[8], school, turmoil of porpoises |
| porters | A grip, safeguard of porters |
| portfolio managers | A stock of portfolio managers |
| posers | A posse of posers |
| possum | A passel of possum |
| posties | A parcel of posties |
| potato chips | A salt substrate of potato chips |
| pottage | A mess of pottage |
| poultry | A run of poultry |
| prairie dogs | A coterie, town of prairie dogs |
| preachers | A converting, pontification of preachers |
| prelates | A pontifica, pontificality of prelates |
| premises | A breach of premises |
| Presbyterians | A membership of Presbyterians |
| Press Officers | An Alancrockford of Press Officers |
| pretzels | A salt substrate of pretzels |
| priests | A discretion, lechery, mass, pontification, superfluity of priests |
| prima donnas | A spite of prima donnas |
| princes | A state of princes |
| princesses | A royalty of princesses |
| prisoners | A pity of prisoners |
| proctologists | A buttload, pile of proctologists |
| professors | A pomposity of professors |
| professors emeriti | An ex cathedra of professors emeriti |
| professors, assistant | A clamber of assistant professors |
| professors, associate | A tenure of associate professors |
| professors, full | An entrenchment of professors |
| programmers | An archive of programmers |
| programmers, Microsoft computer | An asylum, bloat of Microsoft computer programmers |
| proofreaders | A squint of proofreaders |
| prose | An anthology of prose |
| prostitutes | A stable of prostitutes |
| prostitutes | A whored of prostitutes |
| prostitutes | An anthology of pros (prostitutes) (see note), A firm of solicitors, A jam of tarts, A flourish of strumpets |
| psychoanalysts | A complex of psychoanalysts |
| psychologists | A complex of psychologists |
| ptarmigans | A covey, parliament of ptarmigans |
| public speakers | A twaddle of public speakers |
| puddles | A splash of puddles |
| puffins | A circus, colony (on land), improbability, loomery, raft, wheel (flying) of puffins |
| pugilists | A box of pugilists |
| pugs | A grumble of Pugs |
| puns | A groan of puns |
| pupils | A dilation of pupils |
| puppies | A litter[21] of puppies |
| puppies | A piddle of puppies |
| pyromaniacs | A blaze of pyromaniacs |
| pyromaniacs | A conflagration of pyromaniacs |
| quail | A bevy, covey, drift, flight, flush, knob, rout, shake of quail |
| Quakers | A meeting of Quakers |
| queers | A brace, camp of queers |
| quilts | A hotbed of quilts |
| rabbits | A bury, berry, colony, down, drove, flick, herd, husk, leash, nest, trace, trip, warren, wrack of rabbits |
| raccoons | A mask, gaze, nursery of raccoons |
| racehorses | A field, meet, string of racehorses |
| radio announcers | A herd of radio announcers |
| radiologists | A series of radiologists |
| railroad schedules | A tragedy of railroad schedules |
| rainbow fish | A party of rainbow fish |
| rats | A colony, horde, kingdom, mischief, pack, plague, rabble, swarm of rats |
| rattle snakes | A rhumba of rattle snakes |
| ravens | A conspiracy, parliament, storytelling, tower, unkindness of ravens |
| ravers | A scatter of ravers |
| realtors | A lot of realtors |
| reasons | A rainbow of reasons |
| rebuttals | A quiver of rebuttals |
| redwing | A crowd of redwing |
| reeds | A clump of reeds |
| refugees | A flight of refugees |
| relatives | A descent of relatives |
| relatives | A gossip of relatives |
| renters | A knot of renters |
| repairmen | An overcharge of repairmen |
| reporters | A scoop of reporters |
| reviewers | A pan of reviewers |
| rhinoceroses | A crash, herd, stubbornness of rhinoceroses |
| ribs | A rack of ribs |
| riches | An embarrassment of riches |
| rioters | A melee of rioters |
| roach | A shoal of roach |
| road ragers | A stack of road ragers |
| robbers | A band of robbers |
| robins | A worm of robins |
| robots | A cog of robots |
| roe deer | A bevy of roe deer |
| roebucks | A bevy of roebucks |
| roes | A bevy of roes |
| rooks | A building, clamour, congregation, parliament, shoal, storytelling, wing of rooks |
| rooms | A suite, tenement of rooms |
| ruffs | A bill, hill of ruffs |
| runners | A field of runners |
| sails | A fitting, outfit, set of sails |
| sailors | A crew, perversion, watch of sailors |
| sailors | A deck of sailors |
| saints | A calendar, communion of saints |
| salesmen | A sample of salesmen |
| salmon | A bind, draught, leap, run, school, shoal of salmon |
| salt | A lot of salt |
| saltines | A salt substrate of saltines |
| sandpipers | A fling of sandpipers |
| sardines | A family of sardines |
| satellites | A constellation of satellites |
| sausages | A sizzle of sausages |
| savages | A horde of savages |
| scholars | A brow of scholars |
| schoolboys | A rout of schoolboys |
| schoolies | A chalk of schoolies |
| Scots | A disworship, clan of Scots |
| Scots | A fifth of Scots |
| scouts | A woggle of scouts |
| sea fowl | A cloud of sea fowl |
| seagulls | A flock, flotilla, screech, squabble, scavenging of seagulls |
| seahorses | A herd of seahorses |
| seals | A bob, bunch, colony, crash, harem, herd, knob, plum, plump, pod[8], rockery, rookery, spring, team of seals |
| seamstresses | A scolding of seamstresses |
| second thoughts | A clutch of second thoughts |
| seismologists | A quake of seismologists |
| senators | A compromise, house, pomposity of senators |
| seniors | An attitude of seniors |
| sergeants at law | A subtlety of sergeants at law |
| sermons | A squash of sermons |
| servants | An obeisance, staff of servants |
| shad | A shoal of shad |
| sharks | A pack, shiver, school, shoal of sharks |
| sheep | A down, drift, drove, flock, fold, herd, hurtle, meinie, mob, parcel, trip, wing of sheep |
| sheldrakes | A doading, dopping of sheldrakes |
| shells (sea) | A midden of shells |
| shells, artillery | A broadside (on water), salvo of (artillery) shells |
| shepherds | A Sodom of shepherds |
| sheriffs | A posse of sheriffs |
| ships | A fleet of ships |
| ships | A flotilla of ships |
| ships | An armada of ships |
| shrimp | A troup of shrimp |
| shoelaces | A knot of shoelaces |
| shoemakers | A blackening of shoemakers |
| shoes | A scandal, pair of shoes |
| shoppers | A crush of shoppers |
| show dogs | A bench of show dogs |
| shrimps | A troup of shrimps |
| silk | A skein of silk |
| silk screens | A pull of silk-screens |
| silks (QCs) | A purse of silks |
| silver foxes | A richness of silver foxes |
| similes | A superfluity of similes |
| singers | A choir, harmony of singers |
| Sirens | A wail of sirens |
| skunks | A stench, surfeit of skunks |
| slaves | A coffle (chained), gang of slaves |
| slugs | A cornucopia of slugs |
| smelt | A quantity of smelt |
| smokers | A billow, confraternity, hack of smokers |
| snails | A escargatoire, rout, suit, walk of snails |
| snakes | A bed, knot, trogle of snakes |
| snakes | A den of snakes |
| snakes | A nest of snakes |
| snakes | A pit of snakes |
| snakes | A slither of snakes |
| snipe | A leash, volley, walk (at rest), whisper, wisp of snipe |
| software | A bunch, crash of software |
| soldiers | An army, boast, brigade, company, division, draft, muster, platoon, squad, troop of soldiers |
| sonnets | A garland of sonnets |
| sophomores | A platitude of sophomores |
| sopranos | A sweetness of sopranos |
| source code | A bottle of source code |
| sparrows | A host, tribe of sparrows |
| sparrows | A meinie of sparrows |
| sparrows | A quarrel of sparrows |
| sparrows | A ubiquity of sparrows |
| spatulas | A beautification of spatulas |
| speed cameras | A tyranny of speed cameras |
| sphincters | A clench of sphincters |
| spiders | A cluster of spiders |
| spiders | A clutter of spiders |
| spies | A treachery of spies |
| sponsors | A splurge of sponsors |
| spoons | A serving, stir of spoons |
| sportsmen | A team of sportsmen |
| squirrels | A church, dray of squirrels (a nest) |
| squirrels | A scurry, colony of squirrels |
| stage hands | A brace, sarcasm of stage hands |
| stage mothers | A pride of stage mothers |
| stairs | A flight of stairs |
| stalkers | A following of stalkers |
| starlets | A cupful of starlets |
| starlets | A galaxy of starlets |
| starlets | A wiggle of starlets |
| starlings | A cloud, chattering, clutter, congregation, constellation, filth, flight, vulgarity of starlings |
| starlings | A murmuration of starlings |
| stars | A cluster, constellation of stars |
| stars | A galaxy of stars |
| stars | A wonder of stars |
| statesmen | A disagreement of statesmen |
| statisticians | A number of statisticians |
| steps | A flight of steps |
| sticklebacks | A shoal, spread of sticklebacks |
| sticks | A faggot / fagot of sticks |
| stoats | A pack, trip of stoats |
| stockbrokers | A portfolio of stockbrokers |
| storks | A muster of storks |
| storks | A mustering of storks |
| storks | A phalanx of storks |
| storks | A silence, swoop, flight of storks |
| straphangers | A puree of straphangers |
| strawberries | A punnet of strawberries |
| strippers | A tassel of strippers |
| strumpets | A fanfare, flourish of strumpets |
| students | A class of students |
| students | A failing of students |
| students | A flunk of students |
| sub-atomic particles | A minuscule of sub-atomic particles |
| submarines | A pack of submarines |
| submarines | A wolfpack of submarines |
| suburbanites | A transplant of suburbanites |
| suitcases | A pack of suitcases |
| suitors | A bleach of suitors (another name for cobblers) |
| suitors | A swarm of suitors |
| summoners | An untruth of summoners |
| surfers | A wave of surfers |
| surfers | A whale of surfers |
| surgeons | An incision of surgeons |
| surprises | A boo of surprises |
| surveyors | A chain of surveyors |
| suspects | A fidget of suspects |
| swallows | A flight of swallows |
| swallows | A gulp, kettle, swoop, richness of swallows |
| swans | A ballet, bank, drift, herd, lamentation, ponce, sounder, squadron, team, whiting of swans |
| swans | A game, herd, bevy of swans |
| swans | A regatta of swans (on water) |
| swans | A whiteness of swans |
| swans | An eyrar of swans |
| swans, flying | A wedge of swans (flying in a "V") |
| swedish | A bork of swedish |
| swifts | A flock, drift of swifts |
| swimmers | A raft of swimmers |
| swimmers, long distance | A league of long distance swimmers |
| swine | A doyft, drift of swine (wild) |
| swine | A drove of swine |
| swine | A herd of swine |
| swine | A sounder of swine (tame) |
| swine | A trip of swine (tame) |
| swingers | A bed of swingers |
| Swiss | A watch of Swiss |
| swordfish | A flotilla of swordfish |
| sycophants | A gush, swarm of sycophants |
| tailors | A disguising of tailors |
| tailors | A proud showing of tailors |
| tanks | A clank of tanks |
| tanks | A clatter of tanks |
| tapirs | A candle of tapirs |
| tapsters | A promise of tapsters |
| TARDISes | A manor of TARDISes |
| tarts | A jam of tarts |
| tasks | An agenda of tasks |
| taverners | A cajolery of taverners |
| taverners | A glazing (= fawning) of taverners |
| taxis | A charge of taxis |
| teachers | A quiz of teachers |
| teal | A diving of teal |
| teal | A spring, string, raft, knob, bunch, coil of teal |
| teddy bears | A hug of teddy bears |
| teenagers | A grunt of teenagers |
| teenagers | An attitude of teenagers |
| telephones | A bank of telephones |
| tennis games | A set of tennis games |
| termites | A colony, swarm of termites |
| terriers | A mess, terror of terriers |
| testicles | A clutch of testicles |
| tests | A battery of tests |
| Texans | A mob of Texans |
| theoretical physicists | A field of theoretical physicists |
| thieves | A den, gang, mob, skulk of thieves |
| things | A bunch, cluster of things |
| threshers | A thrave of threshers |
| thrushes | A mutation of thrushes |
| thugs | A gang of thugs |
| tigers | A hide of tigers |
| tigers | A streak of tigers |
| tigers | An ambush of tigers |
| tinkers | A wandering of tinkers |
| toadies | A pander of toadies |
| toads | A knab, knot of toads (derivation: appearance) |
| toads | A lump, nest, knob of toads |
| todays | A twinkling of todays |
| tomorrows | A promise of tomorrows |
| tongues | A convention of tongues |
| tongues | A jagger of tongues |
| tortoises | A creep of tortoises |
| toucans | A durante of toucans |
| tourists | A flock, glaze of tourists |
| toys | An assembly of toys |
| trainers, personal | A torment of trainers |
| trains | A postponement, cancellation of trains |
| tranquilizers | An equanimity of tranquilizers |
| transvestites | A camp, travesty of transvestites |
| trash | A heap of trash |
| tree surgeons | A graft of tree surgeons |
| trees | A clump, copse, coupe, forest, grove, spinney, stand of trees |
| trees | A grove of trees |
| trees | A stand of trees |
| trees | A thicket of trees |
| trees | A stillness of trees |
| tricksters | A tangle of tricksters |
| troops | A parel of troops |
| troubles | A shitload of troubles |
| trout | A hover, shoal of trout |
| trucks | A convoy, fleet of trucks |
| trumpets | A flourish of trumpets |
| trustees | A board of trustees |
| truths | A pithy of truths |
| tubas | A tumult of tubas |
| tuna | A float, troup of tuna |
| turds | A steam of turds |
| turkeys | A brood of turkeys (immature) |
| turkeys | A death-row of turkeys |
| turkeys | A flock, dole, dule, gang, posse of turkeys |
| turkeys | A raffle of turkeys |
| turkeys | A rafter, raft of turkeys |
| turtledoves | A pitying, dule, peerage of turtledoves |
| turtles | A bale, dole of turtles |
| turtles | A dule of turtles |
| turtles | A turn of turtles |
| twitches | An embarrassment of twitches |
| two-up players | A stoop of two-up players |
| typists | A pool of typists |
| umbrellas | A phalanx, spawn of umbrellas |
| under achievers | A drowse of under achievers |
| undertakers | An unction (or extreme unction) of undertakers |
| unicorns | A blessing, glory, or marvel of unicorns |
| urologists | A void of urologists |
| used car salesmen | A great deal of used car salesmen |
| ushers | A set of ushers |
| utensils | A set of utensils |
| vacationers | A peel of vacationers |
| vases, broken | A mingling of broken vases |
| vegetarians | A sprig of vegetarians |
| vehicles | A fleet of vehicles |
| vellum | A cutch of vellum |
| vendors | A haggle of vendors |
| vessels | A fleet of vessels |
| vicaries (vicars) | A prudence of vicaries (vicars) |
| violinists | A string of violinists |
| vipers | A nest, generation of vipers |
| voles | A colony of voles |
| voters | A constituency of voters |
| voters | A desperation of voters |
| vultures | A wake, nest, colony, looming, meal, venue, vortex of vultures |
| wagers | A book of wagers |
| waiters | An absence of waiters |
| waiters | An indifference of waiters |
| waiters | An order of waiters, absence of waiters |
| walkers | An amble of walkers |
| wallabies | A mob of wallabies |
| walruses | A herd, pod, huddle of walruses |
| walruses | An ugly of walruses |
| wankers | A palm of wankers |
| wardrobe ladies | A measure of wardrobe ladies |
| warlocks | An incantation of warlocks |
| washing | A load of washing |
| wasps | A nest, destruction, bike, colony of wasps |
| wasps | A pail of wasps |
| waterfowl | A bunch of waterfowl |
| waterfowl | A knob of waterfowl (less than 30) |
| waterfowl | A plump of waterfowl |
| waterfowl | A raft of waterfowl (on water) |
| weapons | A cache of weapons |
| weasels | A sneak of weasels (derivation: behaviour) |
| weasels | A sneak, pack, gang of weasels |
| webmasters | A linkage of webmasters |
| webmasters | A net of webmasters |
| webpages | A charlotte of webpages |
| weed | A stash of weed (when hidden) |
| Weight Watchers | A wailing of Weight Watchers |
| whales | A gam, plump, shard of whales |
| whales | A grind of whales (bottle-nosed) |
| whales | A herd, mob of whales |
| whales | A pod[8] of whales |
| whales | A school,[22] float, shoal, run, troupe of whales |
| whales (bottle-nosed) | A grind of whales |
| whalers | A gam of whalers |
| wheat | A sheaf of wheat (stalks) of grain tied together) |
| whelps | A litter of whelps |
| whiting | A pod of whiting |
| whores | A congress, miller, parliament of whores |
| widgeon | A coil, company, trip, flight, bunch, knob of widgeon |
| widgeon | A raft of widgeon (wild duck) |
| widows | An ambush of widows |
| wikipedians | A page of wikipedians |
| wildcats | A destruction, dout of wild cats |
| wildebeest | A herd of wildebeest |
| wildfowl | A bunch, know (less than 30) of wildfowl |
| wildfowl | A plump, bunch, trip, knob, lute, scry, skein, sord of wildfowl |
| willows | A bend of willows |
| windmills | A tilt of windmills |
| wine tasters | A bouquet of wine tasters |
| wing-commanders | A flush of wing commanders (aka "WCs") |
| winners | A shout of winners |
| winnings | A purse of winnings |
| winter fishermen | A chill of winter fishermen |
| witches | A cackle, coven, incantation of witches |
| wives | An impatience of wives |
| wizards | An argument of wizards |
| wolves | A herd, rout[23] of wolves |
| wolves | A pack[24] of wolves |
| wolves | A route of wolves |
| wombats | A mob, snear, warren of wombats |
| women | A bond, gaggle of women |
| women, leering | A clutch of leering women |
| woodcocks | A fall, covey, plump, flight of woodcocks |
| woodlice | A quabble of woodlice |
| woodpeckers | A descent, descension of woodpeckers |
| woodpeckers | A gatling of woodpeckers |
| woodwinds | A cord of woodwinds |
| words | A babel of words |
| worms | A clew, mouthful of worms |
| worms | A wriggle of worms |
| worshipers | A congregation, sect of worshipers |
| wrens | A herd, flock of wrens |
| wrestlers | A clutch, crunch of wrestlers |
| writers | A worship of writers |
| yaks (both animal and conversation) | A herd of yaks |
| yeomen | A fellowship of yeomen |
| yes men | A concert of yes men |
| yesterdays | A flight of yesterdays |
| yesterdays | A yearning of yesterdays |
| yolks | A burden of yolks |
| youths | An optimism of youths |
| zebra | A cohort, dazzle, herd, stripe, zeal of zebra |
| zines | A staple of zines |
| zombies | A stagger, stench of zombies |
See also
References
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