Meaning & use

gregarious

adjective·Advanced

Enjoying the company of other people.

See it in a sentence

Our gregarious host introduced every guest to someone new.

Nadia is gregarious and rarely eats lunch alone.

A note on using this word

For people, gregarious describes sociability. In biology, it can describe animals that gather or live in groups.

Words with a similar meaning

sociableoutgoing

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Words with an opposite meaning

unsociablereserved

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