a cast of actors
The collective group of actors performing a play or production together.
- Subject
- actor (actors)
- Category
- People → Performers
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wiktionary-attested
Collective noun
cast
What do you call a group of actors, bees, crabs or 2 others?
- Used for
- 5 subjects
- Categories
- Animals, People
- Subcategories
- Birds, Insects & arachnids, Other invertebrates, Performers
- Type
- Specific
- Best confidence
- high
Definition
- The collective group of actors performing a play or production together.
- A group of crabs. Two crabs.
- The number of hawks (or occasionally other birds) cast off at one time; a pair of hawks.
Other senses of the word: cast on Wiktionary
Usage as a collective noun
a cast of bees
- Subject
- bee (bees)
- Category
- Animals → Insects & arachnids
- Context
- a second swarm
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wikipedia-cited
a cast of crabs
A group of crabs. Two crabs.
- Subject
- crab (crabs)
- Category
- Animals → Other invertebrates
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wiktionary-attested
a cast of falcons
- Subject
- falcon (falcons)
- Category
- Animals → Birds
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- wikipedia-cited
a cast of hawks
The number of hawks (or occasionally other birds) cast off at one time; a pair of hawks.
- Subject
- hawk (hawks)
- Category
- Animals → Birds
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- historical-source, wikipedia-cited, wiktionary-attested