Collective nouns list
Subject | Collective noun |
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students | A crew of students |
students | A deck of students |
saints | A calendar of saints |
salesmen | A sample of salesmen |
salmon | A bind, school, shoal, draught of salmon |
salmon | A run, leap 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 |
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 plum, herd, team of seals |
seals | A pod, bob, colony, crash, harem, plump of seals |
seals | A rockery, rookery of seals |
seals | A spring of seals |
seamstresses | A scolding of seamstresses |
second thoughts | A clutch of second thoughts |
seismologists | A quake of seismologists |
senators | A compromise of senators |
senators | A house of senators |
senators | A 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 of servants |
shad | A shoal of shad |
sharks | A shiver, school, shoal of sharks |
sheep | A flock, mob, herd, drift, drove, fold, wing of sheep |
sheep | A trip, hurtle, down, meinie, parcel of sheep |
sheets (paper) | A pad of sheets |
sheldrakes | A doading, dopping of sheldrakes |
shells (sea) | A midden of shells |
shells, artillery | A broadside of (artillery) shells (on water) |
shells, artillery | A 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 |
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 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 of (chained) slaves |
slugs | A cornucopia of slugs |
smelt | A quantity of smelt |
smokers | A billow, hack of smokers |
snails | A rout, escargatoire, 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 walk of snipe (at rest) |
snipe | A wisp, leash, volley, whisper of snipe |
software | A crash of software |
soldiers | A boast of soldiers |
soldiers | A company of soldiers |
soldiers | A division of soldiers |
soldiers | A muster of soldiers |
soldiers | A platoon, troop of soldiers |
soldiers | A squad of soldiers |
soldiers | An army, brigade of soldiers |
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 |
squirrels | A dray of squirrels (a nest) |
squirrels | A scurry, colony of squirrels |
stage hands | A brace 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 clutter, chattering, constellation, filth, flight, vulgarity, cloud, congregation of starlings |
starlings | A murmuration of starlings |
stars | A constellation of stars |
stars | A galaxy of stars |
stars | A wonder of stars |
statesmen | A disagreement of statesmen |
statisticians | A number of statisticians |
sticklebacks | A shoal, spread of sticklebacks |
sticks | A 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 |
strumpets | A fanfare 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, team, whiting, squadron of swans |
swans | A bank, herd, sounder, drift, lamentation 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 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 of sycophants |
sycophants | A swarm of sycophants |