Gregarious

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Seeking and enjoying the company of others; sociable. See Synonyms at social.
  • adj. Tending to move in or form a group with others of the same kind: gregarious bird species.
  • adj. Botany Growing in groups that are close together but not densely clustered or matted.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Describing one who enjoys being in crowds and socializing.
  • adj. Of animals that travel in herds or packs.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Habitually living or moving in flocks or herds; tending to flock or herd together; not habitually solitary or living alone.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Disposed to live in flocks or herds; inclined to gather in companies; not preferring solitude or restricted companionship: as, cattle and sheep are gregarious animals; men are naturally gregarious.
  • In botany, growing in open clusters, not matted together.
  • By Drude and subsequent writers gregarious plants are further determined as growing in patches among other vegetation, thus contrasting with social species, which dominate the whole ground.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. instinctively or temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others
  • adj. (of plants) growing in groups that are close together
  • adj. (of animals) tending to form a group with others of the same species
  • Equivalent
    social    clustered   
    Antonym
    nongregarious    l    en    ungregarious   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    social    sociable    outgoing   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Aquarius    Marius    Stradivarius    hilarious    nefarious    precarious    various    vicarious   
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