as in social
likely to seek or enjoy the company of others
a salesman whose aggressively outgoing personality could sometimes be overbearing
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Recent Examples of outgoing
Mercury joins the sun in your friendship zone on May 10, making the middle of the month a much more outgoing and exciting period.
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Nina Kahn, StyleCaster, 28 Apr. 2025
The announcement, later shared widely on social media, sparked an outpouring of support for both the outgoing and incoming leaders.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 27 Apr. 2025
Two others expected to be in the outgoing column are Disasi and Veiga.
—Simon Johnson, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
Once an outgoing student who enjoyed school and an active social life, Ruma said the incident had completely changed her life.
—Yoonjung Seo and Mike Valerio, CNN Money, 25 Apr. 2025
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Nina Kahn, StyleCaster, 28 Apr. 2025
The announcement, later shared widely on social media, sparked an outpouring of support for both the outgoing and incoming leaders.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 27 Apr. 2025
Two others expected to be in the outgoing column are Disasi and Veiga.
—Simon Johnson, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
Once an outgoing student who enjoyed school and an active social life, Ruma said the incident had completely changed her life.
—Yoonjung Seo and Mike Valerio, CNN Money, 25 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for outgoing
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outgoing
Adjective
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Ana de Armas and Cruise were seen strolling through a park in a video and photo captured by a social media user.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
4 May 2025
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This region is home to the greatest share of women having children at 40 and older — a trend that experts chalk up to a combination of economic opportunity, progressive social norms and access to reproductive technology.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
3 May 2025
Adjective
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Outside, life bustles with the familiar sounds of rickshaws and friendly neighborhood chatter.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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Trump remarked on the friendly reception he's gotten from many in the billionaire class, including Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, during his second term.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Within the church, Francis shifted the pastoral practice toward a more hospitable, welcoming attitude toward those who had long felt excluded.—
John Bacon,
USA Today,
2 May 2025
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This genetic isolation, the authors of the study reasoned, suggested the region likely wasn’t a migration corridor that linked sub-Saharan Africa to Northern Africa despite the Sahara’s hospitable conditions at the time.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Here’s what makes this personality type so underrated and more successful than their extroverted and introverted peers.—
Stefan Falk, Contributor,
CNBC,
21 Feb. 2025
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Jack was tall, handsome and extroverted.—
Eva Koelzer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Feb. 2025
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“Outgoing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outgoing. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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