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People

(alternatives in brackets)
A faculty of academics An eloquence of lawyers
A troupe of acrobats A colony of lepers
A cast of actors/players (company, cry) An audience of listeners
A bench of aldermen An illusion of magicians
A conflagration of arsonists A bench of magistrates
A troupe of artistes A riches of matrons
A team of athletes A morbidity of majors
A tabernacle of bakers A band of men
A babble of barbers A faith of merchants
A promise of barmen A diligence of messengers
A thought of barons A troupe of minstrels
A squad of beaters A side of morris dancers
A bevy of beauties (galaxy) A cortege of mourners
A bench of bishops (psalter) An orchestra of musicians
A blush of boys A tribe of natives
A troop of boy scouts A superfluity of nuns
A feast of brewers A crowd of onlookers
A pack of Brownies A curse of painters (illusion, misbelieving)
A shuffle of bureaucrats A malapertness of pedlars
A goring of butchers A crowd of people (audience, congregation,
A sneer of butlers mob)
A slate of candidates A troupe of performers (troup)
A chapter of canons (dignity) A skirl of pipers (poverty)
A company of capitalists (syndicate) A posse of police
A congregation of churchgoers A converting of preachers
A school of clerks A pity of prisoners (gang)
A cutting of cobblers (drunkship) A band of robbers
A hastiness of cooks A crew of sailors
A shrivel of critics A scolding of seamstresses
A cowardice of curs A house of senators
A troupe of dancers A subtlety of sergeants at law
A decanter of deans (decorum) An obeisance of servants
A caravan of desert travelers A posse of sheriffs
A board of directors A blackening of shoemakers
An obstruction of dons A choir of singers
A staff of employees A squad of soldiers (army, brigade, company,
A panel of experts division, muster, platoon, troop)
A stalk of foresters A picket of strikers
A talent of gamblers A class of students
A company of girl guides A simplicity of subalterns
A galaxy of governesses A disguising of tailors
A conjunction of grammarians A glozing of taverners
A herd of harlots A den of thieves (gang)
A melody of harpists A board of trustees
An observance of hermits A flock of tourists
A gang of hoodlums An unction of undertakers
A cavalcade of horsemen A prudence of vicars
A blast of hunters An ambush of widows
A bench of judges (sentence) A coven of witches
A neverthriving of jugglers
A banner of knights (rout)
A gang of labourers
A bevy of ladies
A gaggle of women
A gang of workmen
A congregation of worshippers
A worship of writers
A fellowship of yeomen

Miscellaneous
(alternatives in brackets)
A wing of aircraft (flight) A rouleau of coins
A host of angels (chorus) A collective of nouns
A quiver of arrows A bank of monitors
A bundle of asparagus A range of mountains
A belt of asteroids A troop of mushrooms
A bunch of bananas (hand) A rope of onions
A grove of bayonets A coterie of orchids
A carillon of bells (change, peal) A ream of paper
A library of books A budget of papers
A batch of bread (caste) A string of pearls (rope)
A bavin of brushwood A pod of peas
A fleet of cars A phantasmagoria of phantoms
A pack of cards (deck, hand) An anthology of poems
A network of computers A rosary of quotations (mellificium)
A dossier of documents A clump of reeds
A clutch of eggs A rabble of remedies
A bundle of firewood A nest of rumours
A bed of flowers (bouquet, bunch, patch) A fleet of ships (armada, flotilla)
A colony of fungi A pair of shoes
A pantheon of gods A shrubbery of shrubs
A bunch of grapes (cluster) A flight of stairs
A battery of guns A galaxy of stars (constellation)
A budget of inventions An anthology of stories
A chain of islands (archipelago) An arcana of tarot cards
A cache of jewels
A ring of keys
A fleet of lorries (convoy)

(alternatives in brackets)
A cluster of antelopes (herd, tribe) A husk of jackrabbits
A shrewdness of apes (troop) A mob of kangaroos (troop)
A pace of asses (drove, coffle, herd) A kindle of kittens (litter)
A congress of baboons (flange, troop) A fall of lambs
A cete of badgers (colony) A leap of leopards (lepe)
A cloud of bats (colony) A kindle of leverets
A sloth of bears (sleuth) A pride of lions (flock, sault, sawt, sowse, troop)
A colony of beavers (family, lodge) A herd of llamas
A herd of bisons (gang) A stud of mares
A sute of bloodhounds A richness of martens (richesse)
A herd of boars (singular) A mischief of mice (horde, nest, trip)
A sounder of (wild) boars [12+] A labour of moles (company, movement)
A herd of bucks (leash) A band of mongooses (pack)
A gang of buffalos (herd, obstinacy) A troop of monkeys (cartload, mission, tribe,
A drove of bullocks wilderness)
A flock of camels (caravan, herd, train) A herd of moose
A herd of caribous A barren of mules (pack, rake, span)
A clowder of cats (glaring, cluster, clutter) A family of otters (bevy, raft, romp)
A destruction of (wild) cats (dout, dowt) A team of oxen (drove, herd, meinie, span,
A herd of cattle (drift, drove, mob) yoke)
A herd of chamois A pomp of pekingese
A coalition of cheetahs A drove of pigs (drift, flock, herd)
A colony of chinchillas A doylt of (tame) pigs
A rake of colts (rack, rag) A sounder of (wild) pigs
A bury of conies (game) A farrow of piglets (litter)
A flink of cows [12+] An aurora of polar bears (pack)
A pack of coyotes (band, rout) A chine of polecats
A litter of cubs A string of ponies (herd)
A cowardice of curs A prickle of porcupines
A herd of deers (bunch, leash, mob, parcel, A school of porpoises (herd, pod)
rangale) A coterie of prairie dogs (town)
A pack of dogs (kennel) A litter of pups
A pod of dolphins (flock, school, team) A colony of rabbits (bury, drove, flick, kindle,
A herd of donkeys (drove) leash, nest, trace, warren, wrack)
A herd of elands A field of racehorses (string)
A herd of elephants (parade) A nursery of raccoons (gaze)
A gang of elks (herd) A colony of rats (horde, mischief, swarm)
A business of ferrets (cast, fesnying) A crash of rhinoceroses (herd, stubbornness)
A skulk of foxes (earth, lead, leash, troop) A bevy of roe deers
A brace of geldings A colony of seals (harem, herd, pod, rookery,
A horde of gerbils spring)
A journey of giraffes (corps, group, herd, tower) A flock of sheep (down, drift, drove, fold, herd,
A herd of gnus (implausibility) meinie, mob, parcel, trip)
A trip of goats (flock, herd, trip, tribe) A surfeit of skunks
A band of gorillas (whoop) A dray of squirrels (colony)
A leash of greyhounds A pack of stoats (trip)
A group of guinea pigs A drove of swine (herd)
A horde of hamsters A doylt of (tame) swine (drift, trip)
A drove of hares (down, flick, herd, husk, kindle, A sounder of (wild) swine [12+]
leash, trace, trip) An ambush of tigers (streak)
A herd of harts A blessing of unicorns
A herd of hartebeests A colony of voles
A array of hedgehogs (prickle) A huddle of walruses (herd, ugly)
A parcel of hinds A mob of wallabyies
A bloat of hippopotami (crash, herd, pod, school, A sneak of weasels (gang, pack)
thunder) A grind of bottle-nosed whales
A drift of hogs (drove, parcel) A school of whales (float, gam, herd, mob, pod,
A stable of horses (drove, harras, herd, remuda, run, shoal, troup)
string, stud, team) A destruction of wildcats (dout)
A pack of hounds (cry, hunt, kennel, leash, meet, A herd of wildebeests
mute, stable, sute) A pack of wolves (herd, rout)
A clan of hyenas A mob of wombats
A herd of ibexes A herd of yaks
A couple of impalas A cohort of zebras (herd, zeal)

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