| Collective Noun | Usage |
| glint | A glint of goldfish |
| troubling | A troubling of goldfish |
| List of all collective nouns |
| collective noun | subject |
|---|---|
| abandonment | orphans |
| abominable sight | monks |
| absence | waiters |
| accompaniment | condiments |
| acne | adolescents |
| advance | authors |
| agenda | tasks |
| album | photographs |
| album | stamps |
| amalgam | dentists |
| amalgamation | metallurgists |
| amble | walkers |
| ambush | widows |
| annoyance | neighbours |
| anthology | poems |
| anthology | prose |
| archive | programmers |
| argument | advocates |
| argumentation | historians |
| armada | newts |
| armada | warships |
| armoury | aardvarks |
| army | ants |
| army | caterpillars |
| army | frogs |
| army | soldiers |
| aroma | bakers |
| array | luminaries |
| assembly | ministers |
| assembly | toys |
| assortment | yogurt |
| asylum | managers |
| atlas | maps |
| attack | aliens (extraterrestrial) |
| attitude | seniors |
| attitude | teenagers |
| audience | listeners |
| audit | bookkeepers |
| aurora | polar bears |
| autumn | leaves |
| axel | figure skaters |
| babble | barbers |
| babble | linguists |
| babel | cellphones |
| balance | accountants |
| bale | cotton |
| bale | turtles |
| bale | wool |
| band | coyotes |
| band | gorillas |
| band | jackdaws |
| band | jays |
| band | men |
| band | mongooses |
| band | musicians |
| band | pirates |
| band | robbers |
| bank | circuits |
| bank | monitors |
| banner | knights |
| baptism | fire |
| bark | cynics |
| barren | mules |
| bask | crocodiles |
| basket | fruits |
| basket | plums |
| basket | vegetables |
| batch | bread |
| batch | loaves |
| battery | artillery |
| battery | barracuda |
| battery | guns |
| battery | rams |
| battery | tests |
| bazaar | guillemots |
| bed | clams |
| bed | mussels |
| bed | oysters |
| bellowing | bullfinches |
| belt | asteroids |
| bench | bishops |
| bench | judges |
| bench | magistrates |
| bend | willows |
| bestiary | monsters |
| bevy | beauties |
| bevy | beautiful ladies |
| bevy | doves |
| bevy | dowagers |
| bevy | ladies |
| bevy | otters |
| bevy | quail |
| bevy | roe deer |
| bevy | swans |
| billow | smokers |
| bind | salmon |
| bite | midges |
| blackening | shoemakers |
| blanket | snow |
| blast | hunters |
| blaze | pyromaniacs |
| blessing | unicorns |
| bloat | hippopotamuses |
| block | apartments |
| block | flats |
| blur | impressionists |
| blush | boys |
| blush | embarrassments |
| board | chess players |
| board | directors |
| board | executives |
| board | trustees |
| boatload | aliens (noncitizens) |
| body | pathologists |
| boo | surprises |
| book | matches |
| book | Mormons |
| book | wagers |
| bouquet | florists |
| bouquet | flowers |
| bouquet | pheasants |
| bouquet | roses |
| bouquet | wine tasters |
| bout | estimations |
| bowl | ice cream |
| bowl | keglers |
| brace | orthodontists |
| branle | diplomats |
| bridge | admirals |
| bridge | lyricists |
| broadband | telecom workers |
| bromide | greeting cards |
| brood | chickens |
| brood | hens |
| brood | nestlings |
| brow | scholars |
| budget | letters |
| buffoonery | orangutans |
| building | rooks |
| bunch | grapes |
| bunch | things |
| bundle | asparagus |
| bundle | clothes |
| bundle | nerves |
| bundle | rags |
| bunting | flags |
| bury | conies |
| bushel | apples |
| business | ferrets |
| buttonhole | lobbyists |
| byte | computer operators |
| cache | ammunition |
| cache | arms |
| cache | jewelery |
| cache | weapons |
| cadge | peregrines |
| calendar | saints |
| candle | tapirs |
| caper | kids |
| cast | actors |
| cast | falcons |
| cast | hawks |
| cast | merlins |
| cast | orthopaedists |
| catalogue | librarians |
| catch | anglers |
| catch | collective nouns |
| cavalcade | horsemen |
| cete | badgers |
| chain | bobolinks |
| chain | events |
| chain | islands |
| chain | lynx |
| chain | surveyors |
| charge | curates |
| charge | taxis |
| charm | finches |
| charm | goldfinches |
| charm | hummingbirds |
| charm | words |
| chattering | choughs |
| chattering | cockatoos |
| chattering | coughs |
| chest | drawers |
| chime | ice cream carts |
| chine | polecats |
| choir | singers |
| chorus | composers |
| circle | friends |
| clan | hyenas |
| clan | meerkats |
| clan | Scots |
| clank | tanks |
| class | students |
| clew | worms |
| clipping | geldings |
| cloud | gnats |
| cloud | grasshoppers |
| clowder | cats |
| clump | reeds |
| clump | trees |
| cluster | bombs |
| cluster | churls |
| cluster | computers |
| cluster | diamonds |
| cluster | knots |
| cluster | spiders |
| clutch | eggs |
| clutch | families |
| clutch | kleptomaniacs |
| clutch | mechanics |
| clutch | motorcyclists |
| clutch | testicles |
| clutch | wrestlers |
| coalition | cheetahs |
| cocktail | drugs |
| coffle | slaves |
| cog | robots |
| collection | objects |
| collective | nouns |
| college | electors |
| college | physicians |
| colloid | chemists |
| colony | avocets |
| colony | bats |
| colony | beavers |
| colony | fungi |
| colony | gulls |
| colony | ibises |
| colony | lepers |
| colony | lice |
| colony | microbiologists |
| colony | pelicans |
| colony | penguins |
| colony | rabbits |
| colony | termites |
| colony | voles |
| column | armoured cars |
| comedy | errors |
| commotion | coots |
| company | archer fish |
| company | archers |
| company | fools |
| company | moles |
| company | parrots |
| company | widgeon |
| complex | psychoanalysts |
| complex | psychologists |
| compromise | mediators |
| concatenation | orgiasts |
| conclave | cardinals |
| confederacy | dunces |
| conflagration | fireflies |
| congeries | wizards |
| conglomerate | geologists |
| congregation | alligators |
| congregation | churchgoers |
| congregation | plovers |
| congregation | worshipers |
| conjunction | grammarians |
| consortium | octopuses |
| consternation | mothers |
| constituency | voters |
| converting | preachers |
| convocation | eagles |
| convoy | trucks |
| convoy | vehicles |
| cord | wood |
| cord | woodwinds |
| cornucopia | slugs |
| corps | anatomists |
| cortege | mourners |
| coterie | orchids |
| coterie | prairie dogs |
| council | members |
| countryside | cousins |
| couple | bottles |
| couple | impalas |
| coven | vampires |
| coven | witches |
| covey | grouse |
| covey | partridges |
| cowardice | curs |
| crash | glaziers |
| crash | rhinoceroses |
| crash | software |
| crèche | infantry |
| credence | stewards |
| creep | tortoises |
| crew | sailors |
| crowd | onlookers |
| crowd | people |
| crowd | redwing |
| cruft | hackers |
| crush | shoppers |
| culture | bacteria |
| curse | creditors |
| cutting | cobblers |
| damning | jurors |
| dash | commuters |
| dawn | morning glories |
| deal | agents |
| dearth | nurses |
| deceit | lapwings |
| deck | cards |
| deck | playing cards |
| decorum | deans |
| deficit | economists |
| delegation | ambassadors |
| delicatessen | gourmands |
| delicatessen | gourmets |
| den | snakes |
| descent | relatives |
| descent | woodpeckers |
| design | engineers |
| desperation | divorcees |
| destruction | wildcats |
| dicker | hides |
| diffidence | debutantes |
| diligence | messengers |
| disguising | tailors |
| dish | gossips |
| distraction | fathers |
| doctrine | doctors |
| dopping | sheldrakes |
| down | hares |
| draught | butlers |
| drift | fishermen |
| drift | icebergs |
| drift | lecturers |
| drove | bullocks |
| drove | elves |
| duplicity | spies |
| durante | toucans |
| eleven | cricketers |
| elicat | gloves |
| embarrassment | pandas |
| embarrassment | riches |
| ensemble | homosexuals |
| entourage | attendants |
| entrance | actresses |
| equanimity | tranquilizers |
| equivocation | politicians |
| erudition | editors |
| exaltation | larks |
| example | masters |
| expectation | heirs |
| expectation | midwives |
| explosion | Italians |
| extinction | dodos |
| exultation | fireworks |
| eyesore | graffiti |
| faculty | academics |
| fagot | firewood |
| fagot | sticks |
| faith | merchants |
| fall | lambs |
| fall | woodcocks |
| falling | dominoes |
| family | sardines |
| fellowship | yeomen |
| festival | balloons |
| fever | stingrays |
| fidget | suspects |
| field | runners |
| fighting | beggars |
| file | manicurists |
| fistful | dollars |
| fistful | grasses |
| flash | paparazzi |
| fleet | ambulances |
| fleet | bass |
| fleet | boats |
| fleet | buses |
| fleet | cars |
| fleet | chartered planes |
| fleet | coaches |
| fleet | ducklings |
| fleet | jets |
| fleet | lorries |
| fleet | mud hens |
| fleet | ships |
| fleet | vans |
| fleet | vessels |
| fleet | yachts |
| flight | aeroplanes |
| flight | aircraft |
| flight | butterflies |
| flight | cormorants |
| flight | dragons |
| flight | dunbirds |
| flight | golf balls |
| flight | goshawks |
| flight | planes |
| flight | refugees |
| flight | stairs |
| flight | steps |
| flight | swallows |
| flight | yesterdays |
| fling | dunlins |
| fling | oxbirds |
| fling | sandpipers |
| float | tuna |
| flock | auks |
| flock | birds |
| flock | budgerigars |
| flock | bustards |
| flock | camels |
| flock | ducks |
| flock | geese |
| flock | ostriches |
| flock | pigeons |
| flock | seagulls |
| flock | swifts |
| flock | tourists |
| floe | ice |
| floodlight | ideas |
| flotilla | swordfish |
| flourish | blossoms |
| flourish | strumpets |
| flourish | trumpets |
| flush | plumbers |
| flush | wing commanders |
| fluther | jellyfish |
| flutter | flutists |
| fold | chairs |
| following | stalkers |
| foresight | housekeepers |
| fortitude | graduate students |
| freeze | northerners |
| frenzy | cheerleaders |
| frenzy | contestants |
| fret | guitarists |
| fright | ghosts |
| gaggle | comedians |
| gaggle | women |
| galaxy | astronomers |
| galaxy | governesses |
| galaxy | starfish |
| galaxy | starlets |
| galaxy | stars |
| gallimaufry | noises |
| gamut | professions |
| gang | bison |
| gang | convicts |
| gang | laborers |
| gang | thieves |
| gaze | raccoons |
| giggle | girls |
| glacier | freezers |
| glean | herrings |
| glint | goldfish |
| glitter | generals |
| glorifying | liars |
| glut | commercials |
| goring | butchers |
| grandiosity | operas |
| gratitude | juniors |
| great deal | used car salesmen |
| greed | attorneys |
| grid | electricians |
| grip | porters |
| groan | puns |
| gross | Germans |
| group | guinea pigs |
| grumble | Pugs |
| gush | sycophants |
| haggle | vendors |
| hail | gunfire |
| hailstorm | gunships |
| hammer | auctioneers |
| hand | bananas |
| handful | gynaecologists |
| handful | palm readers |
| harem | concubines |
| harem | courtesans |
| hassle | errands |
| hastiness | cooks |
| head | curlews |
| heap | ruins |
| heap | sand |
| heap | trash |
| hedge | bushes |
| helix | geneticists |
| herd | alpacas |
| herd | animals |
| herd | antelopes |
| herd | asses |
| herd | boars |
| herd | bucks |
| herd | buffaloes |
| herd | caribou |
| herd | cattle |
| herd | chamois |
| herd | chinchillas |
| herd | cows |
| herd | cranes |
| herd | deer |
| herd | dinosaurs |
| herd | donkeys |
| herd | eland |
| herd | elephants |
| herd | elk |
| herd | fairies |
| herd | giraffes |
| herd | gnus |
| herd | goats |
| herd | harlots |
| herd | harts |
| herd | horses |
| herd | ibex |
| herd | llamas |
| herd | moose |
| herd | otologists |
| herd | oxen |
| herd | pigs |
| herd | reindeer |
| herd | Sea horses |
| herd | seals |
| herd | sheep |
| herd | walruses |
| herd | wildebeest |
| herd | wrens |
| herd | yaks |
| herd | zebras |
| hill | beans |
| hill | ruffs |
| hoard | gold |
| horde | gerbils |
| horde | hamsters |
| horde | misers |
| horde | savages |
| host | angels |
| host | sparrows |
| hotbed | quilts |
| house | senators |
| hover | helicopters |
| hover | kestrels |
| hover | trout |
| huddle | houses |
| huddle | lawyers |
| hug | teddy bears |
| iamb | poets |
| illusion | magicians |
| illusion | painters |
| immersion | baptists |
| impatience | wives |
| imposition | in-laws |
| impression | mockingbirds |
| incision | surgeons |
| incredibility | cuckolds |
| ingratitude | children |
| intrusion | cockroaches |
| jam | tarts |
| jangle | hangers |
| joint | osteopaths |
| kettle | drums |
| kindle | kittens |
| kindle | leverets |
| kneeling | parishioners |
| knob | pintails |
| knot | astrologers |
| knot | toads |
| labyrinth | magazines |
| laches | landlords |
| lack | principals |
| lap | cod |
| laughter | hostlers |
| league | nations |
| leap | leopards |
| leaping | lords |
| leash | greyhounds |
| legion | devils |
| library | books |
| lie | golfers |
| line | kings |
| litany | lutists |
| litter | cubs |
| litter | piglets |
| litter | puppies |
| litter | whelps |
| load | diapers |
| load | dirty clothes |
| load | drunks |
| lock | hair |
| lot | parking attendants |
| lot | realtors |
| lot | salt |
| lounge | lizards |
| loveliness | ladybirds |
| luck | dice |
| lump | oncologists |
| lying | pardoners |
| malapertness | peddlers |
| march | museums |
| mass | Catholics |
| mass | priests |
| maze | canyons |
| meaning | dictionaries |
| meeting | Quakers |
| megabyte | computer programmers |
| melee | rioters |
| melody | harpists |
| ménage | mongrels |
| mess | grits |
| mess | iguanas |
| mess | officers |
| mess | pottage |
| meter | percussionists |
| mint | candies |
| mob | emus |
| mob | gangsters |
| mob | kangaroos |
| mob | Texans |
| mob | wallabies |
| mob | wombats |
| month | sundays |
| mountain | debt |
| movement | gastroenterologists |
| multiplication | loafers |
| multiplying | husbands |
| murder | crows |
| murmuration | starlings |
| muscle | marines |
| museum | art |
| muster | peacocks |
| muster | storks |
| mutation | thrushes |
| mutter | mothers-in-law |
| nest | hornets |
| nest | machine guns |
| nest | mice |
| nest | vipers |
| nest | wasps |
| network | administrators |
| neverthriving | jugglers |
| nucleus | physicists |
| number | mathematicians |
| number | questions |
| number | statisticians |
| nursery | plants |
| obeisance | servants |
| observance | hermits |
| odyssey | luggage |
| ogle | office boys |
| omitting | censors |
| ooze | amoebas |
| opera | canaries |
| optimism | youths |
| orbit | satellites |
| orchard | apple trees |
| orchard | fruittrees |
| orchestra | crickets |
| orgy | swingers |
| outback | Aussies |
| overcharge | repairmen |
| pack | dogs |
| pack | hounds |
| pack | juice |
| pack | perch |
| pack | rats |
| pack | stoats |
| pack | submarines |
| pack | suitcases |
| pack | wolves |
| packet | lollies |
| pair | lovebirds |
| pallor | night watchmen |
| pan | critics |
| pan | reviewers |
| panel | experts |
| panel | umpires |
| panic | producers |
| pantheon | gods |
| pantry | food |
| parcel | hinds |
| parcel | postal workers |
| parel | troops |
| parenthesis | cellists |
| parley | instruments |
| parliament | owls |
| parliament | ptarmigans |
| parliament | whores |
| passel | brats |
| passel | possums |
| pavanne | matadors |
| peal | bells |
| peck | Frenchmen |
| peel | vacationers |
| pencil | lines |
| persistence | parents |
| phalanx | umbrellas |
| pile | accidents |
| pile | dung |
| pile | dust |
| pile | garbage |
| piling | construction workers |
| pint | Irishmen |
| pithy | truths |
| pity | prisoners |
| pitying | turtledoves |
| plague | locals |
| plague | locusts |
| plain | farmers |
| plaint | oboists |
| platitude | sophomores |
| plenitude | freshmen |
| pluck | firefighters |
| plump | moorhens |
| plump | waterfowl |
| plump | wildfowl |
| plunder | goons |
| oranges | |
| pod | dolphins |
| pod | peas |
| pod | whiting |
| podium | orators |
| poke | fencers |
| ponder | philosophers |
| portfolio | pictures |
| portfolio | stockbrokers |
| posse | police |
| posse | posers |
| posse | sheriffs |
| postponement | trains |
| pot | dieters |
| pouf | hairdressers |
| pound | carpenters |
| pound | Englishmen |
| pound | pianists |
| poverty | pipers |
| prance | equestrians |
| pratfall | clowns |
| preserve | jam |
| prickle | hedgehogs |
| prickle | porcupines |
| pride | griffins |
| pride | lions |
| profit | gurus |
| promise | bartenders |
| promise | tapsters |
| promise | tomorrows |
| prowl | jaguars |
| prowl | puma |
| prudence | vicars |
| pull | silk-screens |
| pummel | masseurs |
| pumphouse | egos |
| punnet | strawberries |
| purse | winnings |
| quake | seismologists |
| quicksand | credit cards |
| quiver | arrows |
| quiver | cobras |
| quiver | rebuttals |
| race | jockeys |
| rack | gears |
| raffle | turkeys |
| raft | puffins |
| raft | swimmers |
| rag | colts |
| rage | maidens |
| rage | teeth |
| rainbow | reasons |
| range | hills |
| range | mountains |
| range | ovens |
| rash | dermatologists |
| rasp | lawnmowers |
| realm | kingfishers |
| ream | paper |
| reflection | narcissists |
| regiment | hypocrites |
| rendering | architects |
| retinue | ophthalmologists |
| rhumba | rattlesnakes |
| riches | matrons |
| richess | martins |
| richness | martens |
| richness | minks |
| riffraff | knaves |
| ring | boxers |
| ring | jewellers |
| ring | keys |
| risk | lobsters |
| roll | armadillos |
| roll | coins |
| roll | drummers |
| roll | gamblers |
| rookery | albatrosses |
| roost | fowl |
| rope | onions |
| round | drinks |
| round | mailmen |
| rout | schoolboys |
| rout | snails |
| row | oarsmen |
| royalty | princesses |
| run | poultry |
| rush | pochard |
| sack | quarterbacks |
| salon | Poodles |
| salvo | shells |
| samba | shopping carts |
| sample | salesmen |
| saunter | cowboys |
| scale | ichthyologists |
| scam | con artists |
| scandal | shoes |
| schedule | activities |
| scheme | swindlers |
| school | butterfly fish |
| school | clerks |
| school | fish |
| school | porpoises |
| school | sharks |
| school | whales |
| scolding | seamstresses |
| scoop | journalists |
| scoop | reporters |
| score | bachelors |
| score | years |
| scourge | mosquitoes |
| scream | newsboys |
| scurry | squirrels |
| scuttle | crabs |
| sea | troubles |
| seat | ushers |
| sedge | bitterns |
| series | exams |
| series | radiologists |
| sesame | locksmiths |
| set | bowls |
| set | golf clubs |
| set | numbers |
| set | tools |
| set | utensils |
| sheaf | corn |
| sheaf | wheat |
| shield | icons |
| shoal | mackerel |
| shoal | pilchards |
| shoal | shad |
| shortage | dwarves |
| shot | pediatricians |
| shout | winners |
| shower | bullets |
| shower | meteorologists |
| shrewdness | apes |
| shudder | washing machines |
| shuffle | bureaucrats |
| shuttle | weavers |
| siege | herons |
| sign | cymbals |
| skein | goslings |
| skein | silk |
| skitter | golf carts |
| skulk | foxes |
| skulk | friars |
| slab | morticians |
| slate | candidates |
| slaver | gluttons |
| sleuth | bears |
| slew | exterminators |
| slew | homework |
| slouch | models |
| slumber | sloths |
| snap | photographers |
| sneak | weasels |
| soar | kites |
| Sodom | shepherds |
| sord | mallards |
| soufflé | clouds |
| sounder | hogs |
| sounder | swine |
| sounder | warthogs |
| sounder | wild boars |
| soupçon | chefs |
| spill | busboys |
| spite | prima donnas |
| splash | puddles |
| split | debtors |
| splurge | sponsors |
| sprawl | malls |
| spread | nymphomaniacs |
| spread | sticklebacks |
| sprig | vegetarians |
| spring | teals |
| sprinkling | gardeners |
| squadron | cavalry |
| squash | sermons |
| squeal | nieces |
| squint | proofreaders |
| stable | prostitutes |
| stack | newspapers |
| staff | employees |
| staff | teachers |
| stalk | foresters |
| stampede | philatelists |
| stand | flamingos |
| state | princes |
| steam | turds |
| stench | skunks |
| stench | zombies |
| stock | portfolio managers |
| store | gypsies |
| storm | paratroopers |
| streak | tigers |
| stream | minnows |
| string | beads |
| string | jobs |
| string | pearls |
| string | ponies |
| string | racehorses |
| string | violinists |
| stud | mares |
| stud | poker players |
| subtlety | designers |
| subtlety | sergeants |
| suffocation | aunts |
| suite | furniture |
| suite | rooms |
| sum | adders |
| superfluity | nuns |
| superfluity | similes |
| sute | bloodhounds |
| swarm | bees |
| swarm | earthquakes |
| swarm | eels |
| swarm | flies |
| swarm | insects |
| swarm | suitors |
| sweetness | sopranos |
| swelter | blankets |
| swirl | paisleys |
| syndicate | capitalists |
| table | actuaries |
| tantrum | decorators |
| team | athletes |
| team | footballers |
| team | players |
| team | workers |
| tenet | palindromes |
| tenure | professors |
| terror | terriers |
| thicket | idiots |
| thought | barons |
| thrall | bridegrooms |
| threatening | courtiers |
| thrill | brides |
| thrill | fans |
| tiding | magpies |
| tilt | windmills |
| tincture | pharmacists |
| tissue | lies |
| toil | peasants |
| torment | trainers |
| tough | lesbians |
| trajectory | astronauts |
| trance | lovers |
| travesty | transvestites |
| tray | dieticians |
| tree | genealogists |
| tribe | natives |
| trip | dotterels |
| trip | hippies |
| troop | baboons |
| troop | monkeys |
| troop | mushrooms |
| troup | shrimps |
| troupe | acrobats |
| troupe | artistes |
| troupe | dancers |
| troupe | performers |
| trove | treasure |
| truss | hay |
| tumbler | gymnasts |
| tumult | tuba players |
| twaddle | public speakers |
| twangle | harps |
| tyranny | dictators |
| unction | undertakers |
| unemployment | graduates |
| unkindness | ravens |
| untruth | summoners |
| uprising | mountaineers |
| vane | directions |
| veneer | newscasters |
| vigilance | environmentalists |
| village | gays |
| virtue | patients |
| vision | optometrists |
| wad | bills |
| wad | money |
| wad | notes |
| wail | sirens |
| wake | buzzards |
| wake | vultures |
| wash | emotions |
| watch | nightingales |
| watch | Swiss |
| wave | surfers |
| wealth | documents |
| wealth | information |
| wealth | millionaires |
| wheel | potters |
| wheeze | joggers |
| whiplash | potholes |
| whisper | snipe |
| whoop | chimpanzees |
| wisdom | grandparents |
| worm | robins |
| worship | writers |
| wunch | bankers |
| yoke | pilots |