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gregarious

[ gri-gair-ee-uhs ]

adjective

  1. fond of the company of others; sociable.

    Synonyms: extrovert, friendly, companionable, convivial, outgoing, genial, social

  2. living in flocks or herds, as animals.
  3. Botany. growing in open clusters or colonies; not matted together.
  4. pertaining to a flock or crowd.


gregarious

/ ɡrɪˈɡɛərɪəs /

adjective

  1. enjoying the company of others
  2. (of animals) living together in herds or flocks Compare solitary
  3. (of plants) growing close together but not in dense clusters
  4. of, relating to, or characteristic of crowds or communities


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Derived Forms

  • greˈgariousness, noun
  • greˈgariously, adverb

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Other Words From

  • gre·gari·ous·ly adverb
  • gre·gari·ous·ness noun
  • nongre·gari·ous adjective
  • nongre·gari·ous·ly adverb
  • nongre·gari·ous·ness noun
  • ungre·gari·ous adjective
  • ungre·gari·ous·ly adverb
  • ungre·gari·ous·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of gregarious1

First recorded in 1660–70; from Latin gregārius “belonging to a flock,” from greg- (stem of grex ) “crowd, flock, herd” + -ārius -ary ( def )

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Word History and Origins

Origin of gregarious1

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

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Example Sentences

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.

Instead, Bond speculates that gregarious females might suffer less stress.

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.

Alexander is everything Turing is not—gregarious, flirty, and, you guessed it, charming.

Dubya, for all his manifest faults, is a very gregarious guy.

Onscreen, Teller is a bit like a young Vince Vaughn—gregarious, charming, and a tad suspicious.

In person, Reiner is gregarious and very chatty, regaling you with great anecdotes from his back catalogue.

He was gregarious and sociable, enjoying the company of entourages whenever he went to Cannes or some other film festival.

Less marked instances appear in the elephants, in some of the birds, and in certain other gregarious animals.

Mr. Bradlaugh had to hold together a different species, with leaping legs, butting horns, and a less gregarious tendency.

Such a lot of fuss is made in the world by ignoring the great fact that man is by nature both gregarious and polygamous.

There are immeasurable differences between the gregarious man and the man who lives closest to nature.

What do you understand Trotter to mean by the gregarious instinct as a mechanism controlling conduct?

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