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| Noun | Collective Noun (most usual first) | |
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| Aircraft | Wing | |
| Arrows | Quiver | |
| Asteroids | Belt | |
| Bananas | Hand | |
| Beans | Hill | |
| Books | Library, Pile | |
| Borg | Collective, Hive | |
| Bread | Batch | |
| Brushwood | Bavin | |
| Cards | Deck | |
| Circles | Crop | |
| Classics | Praise | |
| Collective Nouns | Catch | |
| Computers | Network | |
| Dissertations | Angst | |
| Eggs | Clutch | |
| Fallacies | Vicious Circle | |
| Flowers | Bed, Patch, Bouquet | |
| Fluorescent Tubes | Dementor (suggested by Chris Francis) | |
| Grapes | Bunch, Cluster | |
| Hair | Lock | |
| Homework | Slew | |
| Information | Wealth | |
| Islands | Chain, Archipelago | |
| Jewels | Cache | |
| Keys | Ring | |
| Libraries | Trove | |
| Lorries | Convoy, Fleet | |
| Money | Rouleau | |
| Mountains | Range | |
| Nouns | Collective | |
| Pearls or Beads | String | |
| Peas | Pod | |
| Poems | Anthology | |
| Reeds | Clump | |
| Satellites | Constellation | |
| Ships | Fleet, Armada, Flotilla | |
| Stairs | Flight | |
| Stars | Galaxy, Constellation | |
| Sundays | Month | |
| Tasks | Agenda | |
| Trees | Stand, Clump, Forest | |
| Total: 42 |
Database updated on 10th Apr 2016 at 2:00pm
| Noun | Collective Noun (most usual first) | |
|---|---|---|
| Academics | Faculty | |
| Actors | Cast, Company | |
| Alumni | Pursestring | |
| Angels | Chorus, host | |
| Aristotelians | Category | |
| Assistant Professors | Clamber | |
| Associate Professors | Tenure | |
| Athletes | Team | |
| Athletic Scholarships | Oxymoron | |
| Bankers | Wunch | |
| Beauties | Bevy | |
| Bureaucrats | Shuffle | |
| Car Dealers | Lot | |
| Car Mechanics | Clutch | |
| Classicists | Shelf | |
| Cryptologists | Conspiracy | |
| Cynics | Bark | |
| Deans | Oversight | |
| Directors | Board | |
| Doctorial Candidates | Doggedness | |
| Employees | Staff | |
| Empiricists | Tabula Rasa | |
| Epicureans | Culture | |
| Existentialists | Essence | |
| Experts | Panel,Discord | |
| Freshman | Plenitude | |
| Full Professors | Entropy | |
| Graduate Students | Fortitude | |
| Graduates | Vale | |
| Grammarians | Conjunction | |
| Homecoming Queens | Cuddle | |
| Hoodlums | Gang | |
| Idiots | Thicket | |
| Judges | Bevy | |
| Juniors | Gratitude | |
| Knights | Banner | |
| Lawyers | Huddle | |
| Lecturers | Drift | |
| Lepers | Colony | |
| Lexicographers | Logorrhea | |
| Librarians | Shush | |
| Lichenologists | Huddle | |
| Linguists | Lapsus | |
| Logicians | Premise | |
| Magistrates | Bench | |
| Mathematicians | Number | |
| Men | Band | |
| Metaphysicians | Transcendance | |
| Microsoft Programmers | Asylum, Bloat | |
| Monks | Abomination | |
| Musicians | Orchestra, Band, Ensemble | |
| Natives | Tribe | |
| Night Students | Pallor | |
| Nihilists | Nullity | |
| Nudists | Hangout | |
| Onlookers | Crowd | |
| Overachievers | Leap | |
| Patent Examiners | Plurality | |
| Pathologists | Body | |
| People | Crowd | |
| Performers | Troupe | |
| Peripatetics | Walk | |
| Phi Beta Kappas | Key | |
| Philologists | Gloss | |
| Philosophers | Ponder,Wrangle | |
| Platonists | Form | |
| Principals | Lack | |
| Professors Emeriti | Ex Cathedra | |
| Relatives | Descent | |
| Researchers | Brood | |
| Sailors | Crew | |
| Senators | House | |
| Seniors | Attitude | |
| Soldiers | Squad | |
| Solipsists | Introspection | |
| Sophomores | Platitude | |
| Stoics | Porch | |
| Students | Class | |
| Thieves | Den | |
| Thomists | Summa | |
| Tourists | Flock | |
| Troops | Parel | |
| Trustees | Bored | |
| Underachievers | Drowse | |
| Widows | Ambush | |
| Witches | Coven | |
| Worshippers | Congregation | |
| Total: 87 |
Database updated on 10th Apr 2016 at 2:00pm
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