100 Collective Nouns Every Educated Adult Should Know

No.	Item	Definition
1.	administration	Officials managing a government or institution.
2.	archipelago	A group or chain of islands.
3.	army	Soldiers organized to fight on land.
4.	assembly	People gathered for a shared purpose.
5.	association	People organized around a shared purpose.
6.	audience	People watching or listening to a performance.
7.	band	Musicians who play together.
8.	batch	Items produced or handled together.
9.	battalion	Soldiers organized into several companies.
10.	bevy	A group of birds or people.
11.	board	People directing or overseeing an organization.
12.	brood	Young birds hatched or cared for together.
13.	bunch	Things fastened, growing, or gathered together.
14.	bundle	Things tied or wrapped together.
15.	caravan	Travelers or vehicles journeying together.
16.	cast	Actors performing in a production.
17.	choir	Singers who perform together.
18.	citizenry	The citizens of a place collectively.
19.	clan	Families sharing ancestry or strong connections.
20.	class	Students taught together.
21.	clergy	Ordained religious leaders collectively.
22.	club	People meeting for shared interests or activities.
23.	coalition	Groups temporarily united for a common purpose.
24.	collective	People working together and sharing control.
25.	colony	Animals or organisms living closely together.
26.	committee	People appointed to consider or manage matters.
27.	community	People sharing a place or common interests.
28.	company	Soldiers organized into a military unit.
29.	congregation	People gathered for religious worship.
30.	consortium	Organizations cooperating on a shared undertaking.
31.	constituency	Voters represented by an elected official.
32.	convoy	Vehicles or ships traveling together.
33.	council	People elected or appointed to govern.
34.	crew	People working together aboard a vessel.
35.	crowd	People gathered together in one place.
36.	delegation	People chosen to represent a larger group.
37.	electorate	All people entitled to vote.
38.	ensemble	Musicians, actors, or dancers performing together.
39.	entourage	People accompanying an important person.
40.	faculty	The teaching staff of an educational institution.
41.	family	People related by birth, marriage, or adoption.
42.	fleet	Ships or vehicles operating together.
43.	flight	Birds or aircraft flying together.
44.	flock	Birds, sheep, or goats gathered together.
45.	flotilla	Small boats or warships grouped together.
46.	fraternity	People united by shared interests or occupation.
47.	gaggle	Geese gathered together, especially on the ground.
48.	gang	People associating closely, often for criminal purposes.
49.	garrison	Troops stationed to defend a place.
50.	gathering	People brought together for an occasion.
51.	group	People or things considered together.
52.	grove	A small group of trees.
53.	guild	People united by a trade or craft.
54.	heap	Things piled together without orderly arrangement.
55.	herd	Large grazing animals living or moving together.
56.	household	People living together in one home.
57.	intelligentsia	Educated people engaged in intellectual or cultural work.
58.	judiciary	The judges of a legal system collectively.
59.	jury	People selected to decide a legal case.
60.	laity	Religious members who are not clergy.
61.	league	Teams or organizations united for common purposes.
62.	legislature	People empowered to make laws.
63.	litter	Young animals born together to one mother.
64.	membership	All members of an organization.
65.	militia	Citizens organized for military service.
66.	mob	A disorderly or potentially violent crowd.
67.	murder	A traditional name for a crow group.
68.	navy	A country’s warships and naval personnel.
69.	nobility	People holding noble titles collectively.
70.	orchestra	Musicians playing various instruments together.
71.	pack	Dogs or wolves hunting or living together.
72.	panel	People chosen to discuss, judge, or advise.
73.	parliament	Representatives forming a country’s lawmaking body.
74.	party	People assembled for a shared activity.
75.	platoon	Soldiers organized into several squads.
76.	police	Officers responsible for enforcing the law.
77.	population	All inhabitants of a particular area.
78.	posse	People assembled to help enforce the law.
79.	pride	Lions living together.
80.	public	The people of a community collectively.
81.	range	Mountains forming a connected group.
82.	readership	The readers of a publication.
83.	regiment	Soldiers organized into a major military unit.
84.	school	Fish swimming together.
85.	set	People or things considered as one group.
86.	shoal	Fish gathered together.
87.	sorority	Women belonging to a college social organization.
88.	squad	A small organized group of soldiers.
89.	squadron	Aircraft, ships, or soldiers organized together.
90.	stack	Objects arranged neatly one above another.
91.	staff	People employed by an organization.
92.	swarm	Insects moving or gathering together.
93.	synod	Church officials assembled to discuss religious matters.
94.	team	People working or playing together.
95.	throng	A large, densely packed crowd.
96.	tribe	People sharing ancestry, culture, and social organization.
97.	troop	Soldiers or monkeys gathered together.
98.	troupe	Performers who work and travel together.
99.	union	Workers organized to protect their shared interests.
100.	workforce	All workers in an organization or region.