extrovert
UK/ˈɛkstɹəvəːt//ˈɛkstɹəˌvəɹt/
extrovert noun: an extroverted person: one who is outgoing, sociable, and concerned with outer affairs. Also the alternative form of extroverted.
Noun
extrovert (plural extroverts)
- An extroverted person: one who is outgoing, sociable, and concerned with outer affairs.
- In order to understand the marked contract between Comte's mental attitude during his early years and that of his later life, we must keep in mind Jung's hypothesis of the two psychological types, the introvert and extrovert,—the thinking type and the feeling type.1918 April, Phyllis Blanchard, “A Psycho-Analytic Study of August Comte”, in American Journal of Psychology, page 163
- He cannot find the fabled boatman, but he does come across the two stone images that belong to the boatman, and in rage and frustration, the great heroic extrovert, the man who is used to acting out whatever he feels inside, smashes the stones.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 201
Verb
extrovert (third-person singular simple present extroverts, present participle extroverting, simple past and past participle extroverted)
Also used as
extrovert is also the alternative form of extroverted.
extrovert meaning in Punjabi, Tagalog and Persian
extrovert in Punjabi
- one who is outgoing, sociable
- ਬਾਹਰਮੁਖੀ bāhramukhī
extrovert in Tagalog
- one who is outgoing, sociable
- luwaswili
extrovert in Persian
- one who is outgoing, sociable
- برونگرا borun-gerâ
Examples of extrovert in a sentence
- To see your identity in any single trait – introvert, extrovert, or neurotic – is to limit your life.2016 November 1, Drake Baer, “Are you an introvert or an extrovert? It’s more complicated than that”, in CNN, archived from the original on...
- If you’re an extrovert and the thought of weeks or months of social distancing has you jumping out of your skin, rest assured.2020 March 23, Ryan Prior, “The extrovert’s guide to social distancing”, in CNN, archived from the original on 21 Nov 2020:
- So if introverts look inwards, and extroverts outwards, where the hell do otroverts look?2025 August 20, “Are you an otrovert? Why this personality type could be your greatest gift”, in The Guardian, archived from the original...
Antonyms of extrovert
Forms of extrovert
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | extroverts |
| alternative form | extravert |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more extrovert |
| superlative | most extrovert |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | extroverts |
| present participle | extroverting |
| past participle | extroverted |
| past | extroverted |
Origin of extrovert
Alteration of earlier extravert (by influence of introvert), from German Extravert, popularized in psychology by Phyllis Blanchard's 1918 "Psycho-Analytic Study of August Comte". By surface analysis, extro- + -vert.
Words formed from extrovert
Words that rhyme with extrovert
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- pervert
- advert
- alert
- divert
- inert
- avert
- concert
- deconvert
- girt
- lirt
- shirt
- spurt
- subvert
- vert
- wort
- blurt
- chert
- curt
- desert
- dessert
- exert
- introvert
- Leaving Cert
- overt
- red alert
- sturt
- wert
- ambivert
- ambiverts
- apert
- Baie Verte
- begirt
- BERT
- birt
- dissert
- gert
- gurt
- insert
- Kurt
- pirate shirt
- poet shirt
- puffball skirt
- quirt
- reassert
- smirt
- unalert
- unhurt
- wedding shirt
Questions about extrovert
- What does extrovert mean?
- Extrovert means an extroverted person: one who is outgoing, sociable, and concerned with outer affairs.
- What is extrovert in Punjabi?
- Extrovert in Punjabi is ਬਾਹਰਮੁਖੀ (bāhramukhī). See Extrovert meaning in Punjabi.
- How do you use extrovert in a sentence?
- To see your identity in any single trait – introvert, extrovert, or neurotic – is to limit your life.
- What part of speech is extrovert?
- Extrovert can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce extrovert?
- Extrovert is pronounced /ˈɛkstɹəvəːt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of extrovert?
- The plural of extrovert is extroverts.
Words near extrovert in the dictionary
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