a band of gorillas
- Subject
- gorilla (gorillas)
- Category
- Animals → Mammals
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wikipedia-cited
Collective noun
band
What do you call a group of gorillas, horses, jays or 6 others?
- Used for
- 9 subjects
- Categories
- Animals, People
- Subcategories
- Birds, General, Mammals, Performers, Villains
- Type
- Generic
- Best confidence
- high
Definition
- A group of musicians who perform together as an ensemble; sometimes, such a group working for a professional recording artist.
- Humorous coinage from Wondermark #566, “Supernatural Collective Nouns” (Psychotic class).
Other senses of the word: band on Wiktionary
Usage as a collective noun
a band of horses
- Subject
- horse (horses)
- Category
- Animals → Mammals
- Context
- wild horses
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wikipedia-cited
a band of jays
- Subject
- jay (jays)
- Category
- Animals → Birds
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wikipedia-cited
a band of musicians
A group of musicians who perform together as an ensemble; sometimes, such a group working for a professional recording artist.
- Subject
- musician (musicians)
- Category
- People → Performers
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wiktionary-attested
a band of apes
- Subject
- ape (apes)
- Category
- Animals → Mammals
- Confidence
- low
- Attestation
- wikipedia-uncited
1 source
a band of hares
- Subject
- hare (hares)
- Category
- Animals → Mammals
- Confidence
- low
- Attestation
- wikipedia-uncited
1 source
a band of humans
- Subject
- human (humans)
- Category
- People → General
- Confidence
- low
- Attestation
- wikipedia-uncited
1 source
a band of murderers
Humorous coinage from Wondermark #566, “Supernatural Collective Nouns” (Psychotic class).
- Subject
- murderer (murderers)
- Category
- People → Villains
- Confidence
- low
- Attestation
- humor-source
a band of rabbits
- Subject
- rabbit (rabbits)
- Category
- Animals → Mammals
- Confidence
- low
- Attestation
- wikipedia-uncited