| 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 | |
| goths | A pretense of goths | |
| 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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