Appendix:English collective nouns

Here is a list of collective nouns by subject.

A collective noun is a special kind of noun that refers to a collection of objects—often animals—such as a flock of birds, or a pride of lions.

In the lists which follow, terms marked with a + belong to the 15th-century list of "proper terms" contained in the Book of St Albans. Many of these are fanciful or humorous terms which have never had any real currency, but have been taken up by various antiquarian writers.