Collective Nouns for People

This article explores examples of collective nouns for people, providing a detailed list to expand your English vocabulary. You’ll find useful example sentences and printable worksheets to help reinforce learning.

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List of Collective Nouns for People

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Here are some interesting collective nouns for groups of people. Some might be familiar, while others could be entirely new.

1. A babble of barbers
2. A band of men
3. A band of musicians
4. A band of robbers
5. A band of soldiers
6. A banner/A rout of knights
7. A battalion of soldiers
8. A bench of aldermen
9. A bench of bishops
10. A bench/A sentence of judges
11. A bench of magistrates
12. A bevy/A galaxy of beauties
13. A bevy of girls
14. A bevy of writers
15. A billow/A hack of smokers
16. A blackening of shoemakers
17. A blast of hunters
18. A blaze/A conflagration of pyromaniacs
19. A blur of Impressionists
20. A blush of boys
21. A board of directors
22. A board of trustees
23. A board/A brood of chess players
24. A boast of barristers
25. A body of men
26. A body of pathologists
27. A bunch of crooks
28. A caravan of gypsies
29. A caravan of travelers
30. A cast/A company/A cry of actors/players
31. A stack/A shush of librarians
32. A cavalcade of horsemen
33. A chapter/A dignity of canons
34. A choir of singers
35. A circle of friends
36. A class of pupils
37. A class of students
38. A clutch/A crunch of wrestlers
39. A college of cardinals
40. A colony of lepers
41. A colony of microbiologists
42. A company/A syndicate of capitalists
43. A company of girl guides
44. A company of soldiers
45. A complex of psychologists
46. A conflagration of arsonists
47. A confusion/A ponder of philosophers
48. A conglomerate/A formation of geologists
49. A congregation of churchgoers
50. A conjunction of grammarians
51. A consternation of mothers
52. A converting of preachers
53. A cortege of mourners
54. A coven of witches
55. A crew of sailors
56. A crowd of onlookers
57. A crowd of people/spectators/audience
58. A crush of shoppers
59. A curse/An illusion of painters
60. A cutting of cobblers
61. A damning of jurors
62. A debauchery of hedonists
63. A decanter/A decorum of deans
64. A gang/A den of thieves
65. A density of meatheads
66. A diligence of messengers
67. A discord/A panel of experts
68. A discretion of priests
69. A disguising of tailors
70. A disguising/A proud showing of tailors
71. A disputation/An eloquence/A greed/A huddle/A quarrel of lawyers
72. A doctrine of doctors
73. A drift of lecturers
74. A dynasty of kings
75. A faculty of academics
76. A faith of merchants
77. A feast of brewers
78. A fellowship of yeomen
79. A fighting of beggars
80. A flight of refugees
81. A flock of tourists
82. A flood/A flush of plumbers
83. A freeze of Northerners
84. A gaggle of censors
85. A gaggle of women
86. A gaggle/A riot of comedians
87. A galaxy of governesses
88. A gang of criminals
89. A gang of crooks
90. A gang of hoodlums
91. A gang of prisoners
92. A gang of robbers
93. A gang of thieves
94. A gang of workmen
95. A gang/A pity of prisoners
96. A giggle of girls
97. A glitter of generals
98. A glozing of taverners
99. A goring of butchers
100. A graft of tree surgeons
101. A grope of groupies
102. A group of dancers
103. A group of singers
104. A hastiness of cooks
105. A helix of geneticists
106. A herd of harlots
107. A horde of nomads
108. A horde of savages
109. A host of angels
110. A house of senators
111. A joint of osteopaths
112. A lie/An equivocation of politicians
113. A line of kings/rulers
114. A melody of harpists
115. A mess/An execution of officers
116. A meter of percussionists
117. A mob of rioters
118. A morbidity of majors
119. A mug/A reflection of narcissists
120. A multiply/An unhappiness of husbands
121. A mutter of mothers-in-law
122. A wisdom of grandparents
123. A number/A set of mathematicians
124. A pack of Brownies
125. A pack of thieves
126. A pan of reviewers
127. A panel of experts
128. A party of friends
129. A patrol of policemen
130. A peck of Frenchmen
131. A picket of strikers
132. A pint of Irishmen
133. A plush/A rascal of boys
134. A pomposity of professors
135. A posse of police
136. A posse of sheriffs
137. A pound of Englishmen
138. A prance of equestrians
139. A promise of barmen
140. A prudence of vicars
141. A quiz of teachers
142. A rage of maidens
143. A rash of dermatologists
144. A regiment of soldiers
145. A rookery/A school of clerks
146. A rout of schoolboys
147. A sample of salesmen
148. A scolding of seamstresses
149. A scoop/A slant of journalists
150. A sentence of judges
151. A series of radiologists
152. A set/A subtlety of designers
153. A set/A swish of hairdressers
154. A shower of bastards
155. A shower of meteorologists
156. A shrivel of critics
157. A shuffle of bureaucrats
158. A side of dancers
159. A simplicity of subalterns
160. A poverty of pipers
161. A slate of candidates
162. A slither of gossip columnists
163. A slouch of models
164. A sneer of butlers
165. A sprig of vegetarians
166. A squad of beaters
167. A squad of soldiers
168. A squat of daubers
169. A squeal of nieces
170. A staff of employees
171. A staff of servants
172. A staff of teachers
173. A stalk of foresters
174. A subtlety of sergeants at law
175. A superfluity of nuns
176. A tabernacle of bakers
177. A talent of gamblers
178. A tantrum of decorators
179. A team of athletes
180. A team of players
181. A thought of barons
182. A tribe of Indians
183. A tribe of natives
184. A trip of hippies
185. A troop of boy scouts
186. A troupe of acrobats
187. A troupe of artistes
188. A troupe of dancers
189. A troupe of minstrels
190. A troupe of performers
191. A wandering of tinkers
192. An alley/A pratfall of clowns
193. An amalgamation of metallurgists
194. An amble of walkers
195. An army of soldiers
196. A roll of drummers
197. An attitude/A grunt of teenagers
198. An audience of listeners
199. An embarrassment /A persistence of parents
200. An entrance of actresses
201. An expectation of heirs
202. An expectation of midwives
203. An obscurity/A rhyme of poets
204. An illusion of magicians
205. An impatience of wives
206. An imposition of in-laws
207. An obeisance of servants
208. An observance of hermits
209. An obstruction of dons
210. An orchestra of musicians

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Collective Nouns for People Examples

A band of men

• A band of men, known as the Islamists, took matters into their own hands last fall.

A band of musicians

• A band of musicians has made this function romantic.

A band of soldiers

• A few minutes later, a band of soldiers came up, and an officer, hearing the priests speaking a foreign language, drew his sword and hysterically asked who they were.

A bench of judges

• After all, she got the job after leading a bench of judges in 2010 that handedly backed Mr. Rajapaksa’s reworking of the constitution.

A bench of magistrates

• Within a few years, settlers numbers increased greatly and before 1850 a local bench of magistrates and a place for holding petty sessions was established.

A bevy of beauties

• Flanked by a bevy of beauties and cheered by thousands of fans, Stern and his retinue of strippers handed out free boom boxes and satellite radio subscriptions.

A bevy of girls

• A bevy of girls were picking tea on the hillside.

A bevy of writers

• She was one of a bevy of writers singing at the celebration.

A board of directors

• The company is run by a board of directors.

A board of trustees

• The management of the foundation is vested in a board of trustees.

A body of men

• I can command a body of men in a rough way, but I am not fit to be President.

A bunch of crooks

• These politicians are just a bunch of crooks.

A caravan of travelers

• One night a caravan of travelers from a distant land arrives and passes through the village.

A choir of singers

• At the opening of the museum last week, Queen Sofia of Spain was greeted by a choir of singers and folkloric Basque music.

A circle of friends

• She had a circle of friends in whom she confided sparingly.

A class of students

• He was the first to appoint a faculty and admit a class of students.

A crew of sailors

• He usually preferred to train up a crew of sailors from scratch.

A crowd of people

• There was a crowd of people in front of the town hall.

A flock of tourists

• A flock of tourists come to India every year to see the India heritages.

A gang of criminals

• I know the leader of well-known gang of criminals.

A gang of laborers

• In the silver mines at Laurium, in ancient Greece, the master miner commanded three gangs of laborers.

A gang of thieves

• How did they know that the council was not a gang of thieves, the brigade demanded?

A group of dancers

• A group of dancers are dancing in the park.

A pack of thieves

• How did they know that the council was not a pack of thieves, the brigade demanded?

A panel of experts

• The competition will be judged by a panel of experts.

A regiment of soldiers

• Probably they will force a regiment of soldiers to attend, or students and schoolchildren.

A staff of employees

• Management has acknowledged that a staff of 800 employees will put limits on the repertory or result in employees and players returning on private contracts.

A team of players

• It should be about picking a team of players that offer Hodgson different tactical choices.

A tribe of Indians

• At one time this land was inhabited by the Siwanoy tribe of Indians.

A troupe of dancers

• A troupe of dancers from Beijing is one of the leading attractions in the festival.

An army of soldiers

• Imagine an army of soldiers holding a line that is between you and the entity.

An audience of listeners

• Your audience of listeners will need to relate to whatever topic you pick to rap about.

An orchestra of musicians

• Mr. Thomas and his players again showed what can happen when an invigorating music director cultivates an orchestra of musicians eager for a challenge.

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