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100 Examples of Individual and Collective Nouns
Miscellanea / / July 04, 2021
Individual and collective nouns
A noun is a word that designates fixed entities, that is, beings animatedbeings inanimate or concepts.
Depending on which is the referent of the noun, there are:
Not just any group of elements is a collective noun. For example, if we say “children” we are talking about a group, but the word is in plural. Collective nouns are those that designate a group of elements or individuals without being plural words.
Examples of individual and collective nouns
| Individual | Collective |
| Lyrics | Alphabet / Alphabet |
| Poplar | Mall |
| Student | Student body |
| Organ | Apparatus |
| Organ | Organism |
| Tree | Grove |
| Tree | Forest |
| Island | Archipelago |
| Document | File |
| Musician | Band |
| Musician | Orchestra |
| Book | library |
| Relative | Clan |
| Relative | Family |
| Official | Camera |
| Fish | Shoal |
| Home | Hamlet |
| Priest | Clergy |
| Director / President | directory |
| Unit | Group |
| Condition | Confederacy |
| Singer | Chorus |
| Tooth | Teeth |
| Soldier | army |
| Soldier | Squadron |
| Soldier | Troop |
| Bee | Swarm |
| Sports player | Team |
| Animal | Fauna |
| Film | Film library |
| Vegetable | Flora |
| Ship | Fleet |
| Aircraft | Fleet |
| Leaf | Foliage |
| Cow | Cattle |
| Sheep | Sheep cattle |
| Goat | Goat cattle |
| Pig | Pig cattle |
| Person | People |
| Person | Crowd |
| Parishioner | Flock |
| Corn | Cornfield |
| Cattle animal | Flock |
| Cattle animal | Herd |
| Armed person | Horde |
| Newspaper | Newspaper library |
| Dog | Pack |
| Voter | Census |
| Feather | plumage |
| Pine tree | Pinewood |
| Habitant | Population |
| Foal | Potrada |
| rose | Rosebush |
| Bird | Flock |
| Viewer | Public |
| Key | Keyboard |
| Plate / cup | Crockery |
| Vine (grape plant) | Vineyard |
| Word | Vocabulary |
They can serve you:
Other types of nouns can be:
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