collective noun

1. 1.

   a noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things

   Broadernoun

Questions about collective noun

What does collective noun mean?

collective noun means "a noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things".

Is collective noun a common word?

collective noun is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.