Gregarious

1972 richard adams watership down rabbits are lively at nightfall and when evening rain drives them underground they still feel gregarious.

Gregarious. Synonyms antonyms of gregarious 1 likely to seek or enjoy the company of others a gregarious child who ran up to every person on the playground and wanted to be their friend. Pertaining to a flock or crowd. Growing in open clusters or colonies. Living in societies or communities.

An example of gregarious is the living habits of elephants. Gregarious comparative more gregarious superlative most gregarious of a person describing one who enjoys being in crowds and socializing. It is gregarious often many stems growing from one mass of mycelium. Living in flocks or herds as animals.

In fact the word grew out of the latin noun grex meaning herd or flock when it first began appearing in english texts in the 17th century gregarious was applied mainly to animals but by the 18th century it was being used for social human beings as well. Reserved withdrawn solitary antisocial unsociable standoffish collins thesaurus of the english language complete and unabridged 2nd edition. Times sunday times 2013. Times sunday times 2016 they are smarter enjoy sport and are naturally gregarious.

Gregarious adjective outgoing friendly social cordial sociable affable convivial companionable shes such a gregarious and outgoing person. Westray was of a gregarious temperament and missed his fellow lodger. Gregarious all these species are gregarious and commonly occur in small clumps or colonies. From the cambridge english corpus they form dense gregarious populations that are unable to gain new territories rapidly.

An example of gregarious is someone who talks with everyone at a party. A gregarious man he was a generous and jovial host. The dublin people were gregarious and garrulous and he was solitary and reflective. The etymology of gregarious reflects the social nature of the flock.

Yourdictionary definition and usage example. Of animals that travel in herds or packs.