## Meanings
1. Relating to society and the way people live together.
2. Relating to activities where people meet and enjoy each other's company.
3. Friendly and enjoying being with other people.
4. Living together in groups or communities.

## Examples
- The government promised to fix several pressing social problems.
- She has a busy social life and goes out almost every night.
- James is very social and knows lots of people.
- Ants are social insects that live in large colonies.

## Antonyms
- antisocial
- asocial
- unsocial

## Derived Forms
- anti-social
- biosocial
- chronosocial
- cybersocial
- dissocial
- dissocialize
- ecosocial
- ethnosocial
- eusocial
- extrasocial
- geosocial
- heterosocial

## Related Forms
- sociality
- societal

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *sekʷ-
- Root: social
- Root: sociālis
- Affix: -ial - relating to

## Etymology
From Middle French social, from Latin sociālis (“of or belonging to a companion or companionship or association, social”), from socius (“a companion, fellow, partner, associate, ally”), from sequor (“follow”). Cognate with English seg (“man, companion, fellow”). More at seg.

## AI Etymology
Social is from Middle French social, from Latin sociālis (“of or belonging to a companion or companionship or association, social”), from socius (“a companion, fellow, partner, associate, ally”), from sequor (“follow”). Cognate with English seg (“man, companion, fellow”). More at seg. Important forms in the word's history include Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-, Middle French social, Latin sociālis. In current use it includes senses such as Relating to society and the way people live together and Relating to activities where people meet and enjoy each other's company.

## Topics
- People & Society

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