gregarious

[ gri-gair-ee-uhs ]

/ grɪˈgɛər i əs /

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adjective

fond of the company of others; sociable.

living in flocks or herds, as animals.

Botany. growing in open clusters or colonies; not matted together.

pertaining to a flock or crowd.

OTHER WORDS FOR gregarious

1 social, genial, outgoing, convivial, companionable, friendly, extrovert.

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Origin of gregarious

1660–70; <Latin gregārius belonging to a flock, equivalent to greg- (stem of grex ) flock + -ārius -ary

OTHER WORDS FROM gregarious

gre·gar·i·ous·ly, adverbgre·gar·i·ous·ness, nounnon·gre·gar·i·ous, adjectivenon·gre·gar·i·ous·ly, adverb

non·gre·gar·i·ous·ness, nounun·gre·gar·i·ous, adjectiveun·gre·gar·i·ous·ly, adverbun·gre·gar·i·ous·ness, noun

Words nearby gregarious

greeting card, grefa, Greg, gregale, gregarine, gregarious, Gregg, grego, Gregorian, Gregorian calendar, Gregorian chant

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How to use gregarious in a sentence

The face of this gregarious, appealing world traveler had become familiar to almost everybody, even those who had never seen Parts Unknown or any of his other shows.
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His father Charles, a gregarious Cuban whose parents were Turkish and Polish transplants, owned a steel-wool factory and expected to lose it in Castro’s imminent nationalization of businesses.
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As a young girl, she looked up to Willie Wood, the gregarious, hard-hitting defensive back.
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Instead, Bond speculates that gregarious females might suffer less stress.
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He projected strength even while forced to follow orders, and was well liked and gregarious though in the end a mystery even to many who spent time with him.
The Murder Chicago Didn’t Want to Solve|by Mick Dumke|February 25, 2021|ProPublica
Alexander is everything Turing is not—gregarious, flirty, and, you guessed it, charming.
From ‘The Good Wife’ to ‘The Imitation Game’: Matthew Goode Wages His Charm Offensive|Kevin Fallon|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Dubya, for all his manifest faults, is a very gregarious guy.
Harry Shearer on Being Nixon, ‘The Simpsons Movie’ Sequel, and Why Obama Should Return His Nobel|Marlow Stern|October 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Onscreen, Teller is a bit like a young Vince Vaughn—gregarious, charming, and a tad suspicious.
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In person, Reiner is gregarious and very chatty, regaling you with great anecdotes from his back catalogue.
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He was gregarious and sociable, enjoying the company of entourages whenever he went to Cannes or some other film festival.
My Friend, Roger Ebert: Pulitzer Prize Winner Tom Shales on the Moving Documentary ‘Life Itself’|Tom Shales|July 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Less marked instances appear in the elephants, in some of the birds, and in certain other gregarious animals.
Man And His Ancestor|Charles Morris
Mr. Bradlaugh had to hold together a different species, with leaping legs, butting horns, and a less gregarious tendency.
Reminiscences of Charles Bradlaugh|George W. Foote
Such a lot of fuss is made in the world by ignoring the great fact that man is by nature both gregarious and polygamous.
The Way of a Man|Emerson Hough
There are immeasurable differences between the gregarious man and the man who lives closest to nature.
Z. Marcas|Honore de Balzac
What do you understand Trotter to mean by the gregarious instinct as a mechanism controlling conduct?
Introduction to the Science of Sociology|Robert E. Park

British Dictionary definitions for gregarious

gregarious

/ (ɡrɪˈɡɛərɪəs) /

adjective

enjoying the company of others

(of animals) living together in herds or flocksCompare solitary (def. 6)

(of plants) growing close together but not in dense clusters

of, relating to, or characteristic of crowds or communities

Derived forms of gregarious

gregariously, adverbgregariousness, noun

Word Origin for gregarious

C17: from Latin gregārius belonging to a flock, from grex flock

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