gregarious

C2+ Topic:Describing People
US /ɡrɪˈɡɛriəs/ UK /ɡrɪˈɡeəriəs/
adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    fond of company; sociable; living in flocks or groups

    Her gregarious nature made her the center of every party.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · fond of company; sociable;... sociableoutgoingconvivialcompanionableaffableextroverted
Opposites
unsociablesolitaryreclusiveintrovertedantisocial
Word family
Forms gregariousness
Derived forms gregariouslygregariousness

Etymology

From Latin gregarius ('belonging to a flock'), from grex (genitive gregis) ('flock, herd').

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