| SUBJECT | COLLECTIVE TERM | |
| academics? | A faculty of academics | |
| accountants | A balance of accountants | Uncertain |
| actors | A cast of actors | |
| actors | A company of actors | |
| anatomists | A corps of anatomists | Spurious |
| arsonists? | A conflagration of arsonists | |
| athletes? | A team of athletes | |
| automobile dealers | A lot of automobile dealers | Spurious |
| pipers? | A poverty of pipers | |
| barbers? | A babble of barbers | Spurious |
| barons? | A thought of barons | |
| beauties | A bevy of beauties | |
| bookkeepers? | An audit of bookkeepers | |
| bureaucrats? | A bloat of bureaucrats | Spurious |
| bureaucrats? | A shuffle of bureaucrats | |
| cardiologists | A flutter of cardiologists | Spurious |
| starlets | A galaxy of starlets | |
| cobblers | A drunken ship of cobblers | |
| courtiers? | A threatening of courtiers | |
| critics? | A pan of critics | Spurious |
| doctors | A doctrine of doctors | |
| pupils | A dilation of pupils | Spurious |
| employees? | A staff of employees | |
| engineers | A geek of engineers | Spurious |
| [secret agents]? | A bond of secret agents | Spurious |
| experts | A panel of experts | |
| fishermen? | An exaggeration of fishermen | Spurious |
| friars? | A scull of friars | |
| mourners | A cortege of mourners | |
| geologists | A conglomerate of geologists | Spurious |
| girls? | A giggle of girls | |
| grandparents? | A wisdom of grandparents | |
| hackers | A cruft of hackers | Spurious |
| harpers? | A melody of harpers | |
| hoodlums? | A gang of hoodlums | |
| horsemen | A cavalcade of horsemen | |
| husbands? | A multiply of husbands | |
| idiots | A thicket of idiots | Spurious |
| jugglers? | A neverthriving of jugglers | |
| knights | A banner of knights | |
| knights | A rout of knights | |
| ladies? | A bevy of ladies | |
| lawyers | A huddle of lawyers | |
| lepers? | A colony of lepers | |
| librarians | A catalogue of librarians | Spurious |
| men | A band of men | |
| mathematicians | A number of mathematicians | |
| mathematicians | A set of mathematicians | |
| matrons? | A riches of matrons | |
| mechanics? | A clutch of mechanics | Spurious |
| meteorologists | A shower of meteorologists | Spurious |
| misers? | A horde of misers | Spurious |
| monks | An abomination of monks (see note) | Spurious |
| natives? | A tribe of natives | |
| nudists | A hangout of nudists | Spurious |
| nuns? | A superfluity of nuns | |
| onlookers? | A crowd of onlookers | |
| orthodontists? | A brace of orthodontists | Spurious |
| painters | An illusion of painters | |
| pathologists? | A body of pathologists | Spurious |
| performers? | A troupe of performers | |
| philosophers | A ponder of philosophers | |
| physicists | A nucleus of physicists | Spurious |
| theoretical physicists | A field of theoretical physicists | Spurious |
| plumbers? | A flush of plumbers | Spurious |
| preachers? | A converting of preachers | |
| prelates? | A pontifica of prelates | |
| princes? | A state of princes | |
| programmers | An asylum of programmers | Spurious |
| harlots | A heard of harlots | |
| prostitutes | An anthology of prostitutes (see note) | Spurious |
| psychoanalysts | A complex of psychoanalysts | Spurious |
| relatives? | A descent of relatives | Spurious |
| scots? | A disworship of scots | |
| senators? | A house of senators | |
| servants? | An obesiance of servants | |
| sailors | A crew of sailors | |
| soldiers? | A brigade of soldiers | |
| soldiers? | A company of soldiers | |
| soldiers? | A division of soldiers | |
| soldiers? | A platoon of soldiers | |
| soldiers? | A squad of soldiers | |
| stockbrokers? | A portfolio of stockbrokers | Spurious |
| strumpets? | A blast of strumpets | Spurious |
| students? | A class of students | |
| tailors? | A disguising of tailors | |
| thieves? | A den of thieves | |
| toddlers? | A mine of toddlers | Spurious |
| tourists | A flock of tourists | |
| [tree surgeons]? | A graft of tree surgeons | Spurious |
| troops? | A parel of troops | |
| tubas (players) | A tumult of tubas (players) | Spurious |
| [vicaries (vicars)]? | A prudence of vicaries (vicars) | |
| waiters? | An indifference of waiters | Spurious |
| widows? | An ambush of widows | Spurious |
| witches | A coven of witches | |
| women | A gaggle of women | |
| worshipers? | A congregation of worshipers | |
| yeomen? | A fellowship of yeomen | |
Notes:
The phrase "An abomination of monks" is frequently cited as a legitimate collective noun for monks. It is actually a misinterpretation of the title of a protestant treatise written by Jan Hus around 1400.
An "anthology of prostitutes" is a pun on "anthology of prose", as "pro" is a common contraction for prostitute in Britain and elsewhere.
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