outgoing
adjective
out·go·ing
ˈau̇t-ˌgō-iŋ 
-ˌgȯ(-)iŋ
1
a
: going away : departing
an outgoing ship
b
: retiring or withdrawing from a place or position
the outgoing president
c
: directed to an intended recipient
outgoing mail
2
: openly friendly and responsive : extroverted
His outgoing personality made him popular at school.
outgoingness
noun
Synonyms of outgoing
Examples of outgoing in a Sentence
Outgoing mail goes in this box.
a salesman whose aggressively outgoing personality could sometimes be overbearing
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Evan Clark, Footwear News, 25 Nov. 2025
That’s according to Darren Walker, the outgoing CEO of the Ford Foundation, a nonprofit with an endowment of billions of dollars and a charge to reduce poverty and injustice.
—Harvard Business Review, 25 Nov. 2025
The transformation project, which is being pursued vigorously by outgoing director general Tim Davie, will shrink the BBC’s workforce so that the corporation can invest in digital resources and content.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 25 Nov. 2025
As speculation continues throughout the first month of the season, the NBA analyst Zach Lowe recently predicted what a potential outgoing package for Markkanen could look like.
—Justin Grasso, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
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“Outgoing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outgoing. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.
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outgoing
adjective
out·go·ing
ˈau̇t-ˌgō-iŋ
1
a
: going out : departing
outgoing tide
b
: retiring from a position
the outgoing governor
2
: being at ease and friendly when dealing with others
an outgoing person
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