gregarious
UK/ɡɹɪˈɡɛə.ɹɪ.əs//ɡɹɪˈɡɛɚ.i.əs/
gregarious adjective: who enjoys being in crowds and socializing.
Adjective
gregarious (comparative more gregarious, superlative most gregarious)
- Who enjoys being in crowds and socializing.
- Of animals that travel in herds or packs.
- The Fin-Back is not gregarious. He seems a whale-hater, as some men are man-haters.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 32, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 151
- Rabbits are lively at nightfall, and when evening rain drives them underground they still feel gregarious.1972, Richard Adams, Watership Down
- Growing in open clusters or colonies; not matted together.
- Pertaining to a flock or crowd.
gregarious meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
gregarious in Tamil
- பிறருடன் பழகி வாழ விழையும், சமூக, குழுமி வாழும், கூடிவாழ்கின்ற
gregarious in Urdu
- غلہ پسند, ریوڑ پسند
gregarious in Bengali
- মিশুক
gregarious in Malayalam
- convivial, sociable, company-loving
- സംഘപ്രിയനായ, സഹവാസമിച്ഛിക്കുന്ന, സമൂഹത്തിൽ ചേരുന്ന, സാമൂഹികമായി ഇടപഴകാൻ കൊള്ളാവുന്ന, ഇണക്കമുള്ള, സൗഹൃദത്തിനു പറ്റിയ
- social, living in groups
- കൂട്ടംകൂട്ടമായി സഞ്ചരിക്കുന്ന, യൂഥചാരിയായ, സമൂഹമായി ജീവിക്കുന്ന, പറ്റമായി ജീവിക്കുന്ന, ഒന്നുചേർന്നു കഴിയുന്ന
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- gregarious in Kannada
- ಸಂಘಜೀವಿಯಾದ, ಸಮುದಾಯಪ್ರಿಯ, ಸಹವಾಸಪ್ರಿಯ, ಮಂದೆಯ
- gregarious in Arabic
- اِجْتِمَاعِيّ ijtimāʕiyy
- gregarious in Indonesian
- suka bergaul
- gregarious in Persian
- معاشرتی mo'âšerati
Examples of gregarious in a sentence
- An ambivert can move into a social situation and be a hearty, outgoing, gregarious participant.
- Gregarious, suntanned and ponytailed — as if he had just come in from the beach.
- He was gregarious, outwardly charming, and presented himself as an affable jokester.
Synonyms of gregarious
Antonyms
Forms of gregarious
| comparative | more gregarious |
|---|---|
| superlative | most gregarious |
Origin of gregarious
First attested in 1688; borrowed from Latin gregārius, see -ious.
Words formed from gregarious
Questions about gregarious
- What does gregarious mean?
- Gregarious means who enjoys being in crowds and socializing.
- What is gregarious in Tamil?
- Gregarious in Tamil is பிறருடன் பழகி வாழ விழையும், சமூக, குழுமி வாழும். See Gregarious meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is gregarious?
- Gregarious is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce gregarious?
- Gregarious is pronounced /ɡɹɪˈɡɛə.ɹɪ.əs/ (UK).
Words near gregarious in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: gregarious (page history and authors); gregarious (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gregarious (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gregarious (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gregarious (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); gregarious (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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