Collective nouns list
Subject | Collective noun |
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cadets | A corps of cadets |
camels | A caravan, flock, herd, 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 of cards |
caribou | A herd of caribou |
carpenters | A pound of carpenters |
cars | A fleet, mayhem, or stack of cars |
cat houses | A mews of cat houses |
caterpillars | An army of caterpillars |
Catholics | A mass of Catholics |
cats | A clowder, cluster, clutter, destruction, dout, dowt, glaring, kindle, litter, or pounce of cats |
cats and dogs | A rain of cats and dogs |
cattle | A drift, drove, kine, mob, herd, team of cattle |
cattle, two | A yoke of cattle |
cavalry | A troop of cavalry |
cavalry | A squadron of cavalry |
cellists | A parenthesis of cellists |
censors | A gaggle of censors |
chairs | A fold of chairs |
chamois | A herd of chamois |
cheerleaders | An array of cheerleaders |
cheetahs | A coalition of cheetahs |
chess players | A board, or brood of chess players |
chickens | A brood, chattering, cletch, clutch, flock, or peep of chickens |
children | An ingratitude of children |
chimpanzees | A whoop, family, cartload of chimpanzees |
chinchillas | A colony, herd of chinchillas |
choughs | A chattering of choughs |
churchgoers | A congregation of churchgoers |
churls | A cluster of churls |
circuits | A bank of circuits |
clams | A bed of clams |
claques | A shriek of claques |
clerks | A school, rookery of clerks |
clothes (old/soiled) | A bundle of clothes |
clothes | An outfit of clothes |
clouds | A soufflé of clouds |
clowns | A shudder, an alley, or pratfall 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 |
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) |
condiments | An accompaniment of condiments |
conges | A congerie of conges |
conies | A bury, or game of conies |
convicts | A gang of convicts |
convicts | A chain 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 |
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 |
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 head, herd, salon, skein, or wedge of curlews |
curs | A cowardice of curs |
cymbals | A sign of cymbals |