Synonyms of gregarious

gregarious

adjective

gri-ˈger-ē-əs 

1

as in outgoing

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• outgoing
• social
• friendly
• hospitable
• companionable
• gracious
• sociable
• extroverted
• convivial
• cheerful
• lively
• spirited
• talkative
• jolly
• clubby
• clubbable
• animated
• boon
• amiable
• communicative
• affable
• jovial
• gay
• bright
• expansive
• folksy
• congenial
• cordial
• vivacious
• kindly
• genial
• forthcoming
• neighborly
• garrulous
• sprightly
• agreeable
• perky
• exuberant
• effervescent
• bubbly
• peppy
• upbeat
• buoyant
• jaunty
• pert
• chipper
• high-spirited
• sprightful

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• antisocial
• introverted
• reclusive
• unsociable
• unsocial
• misanthropic
• aloof
• distant
• cold
• cool
• remote
• detached
• standoffish
• nongregarious
• insociable
• reserved
• silent
• frosty
• reticent
• mute
• mum
• taciturn

2

as in social

tending to group with others of the same kind

walruses are highly gregarious

Synonyms & Similar Words

• social
• colonial
• parasitic
• sociable
• dependent
• associational
• symbiotic
• consociational
• precocial
• subsocial

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• solitary
• nonsocial
• independent
• autonomous
• semiautonomous
• altricial
• self-sufficient
• reclusive
• unsociable
• self-contained
• lone
• semi-independent
• self-sustaining
• self-subsistent
• self-supporting
• recluse

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of gregarious

An intense competitor who was once said to have the makeup of a closer, the laidback, gregarious Lavender is able to dial it up on the mound. — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 22 Aug. 2026

While many may remember Cooter as a gregarious good ‘ol boy, the character had a wild, rebellious side in the first season of the show. — Tom Tapp, Deadline, 9 Aug. 2026

Scott Colom is a gregarious prosecutor who grew up in Mississippi with a Republican father who campaigned for Ronald Reagan and counted political titan Thad Cochran as a friend. — ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026

Shirseys would have been sold, gregarious postgame interviews would have been given, and good times would have been had at the ballpark. — Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

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