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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
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as in social
tending to group with others of the same kind
walruses are highly gregarious
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Recent Examples of gregarious
Auken, a gregarious forty-seven-year-old, visited America for the first time as a teen-ager, attending school for a semester in Charlotte, North Carolina, while living with a local family.
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Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2026
The service From the servers in the fine dining restaurants to the folks operating the waterpark rides, from the attendants in the poolside cabanas to the housekeepers, the service is consistently professional but with oodles of gregarious Bahamian warmth.
—Jesse Ashlock, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Jan. 2026
The bearded and gregarious Walker expressed happiness for his players, the school and its town.
—Tris Wykes, Twin Cities, 20 Dec. 2025
For the next four decades, Reiner, a warm and gregarious presence on screen and an outspoken liberal advocate off it, remained a constant fixture in Hollywood.
—Jake Coyle, Fortune, 15 Dec. 2025
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Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2026
The service From the servers in the fine dining restaurants to the folks operating the waterpark rides, from the attendants in the poolside cabanas to the housekeepers, the service is consistently professional but with oodles of gregarious Bahamian warmth.
—Jesse Ashlock, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Jan. 2026
The bearded and gregarious Walker expressed happiness for his players, the school and its town.
—Tris Wykes, Twin Cities, 20 Dec. 2025
For the next four decades, Reiner, a warm and gregarious presence on screen and an outspoken liberal advocate off it, remained a constant fixture in Hollywood.
—Jake Coyle, Fortune, 15 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gregarious
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Her name is Minnie, but her shyness leans toward the mousy, though no one would ever say that to her, least of all her beloved and extremely outgoing best friend, Callie (Chloe Coleman).—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
13 Feb. 2026
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Andrey Fedyaev were originally going to overlap in space with the outgoing crew, a mission known as Crew-11.—
Denise Chow,
NBC news,
13 Feb. 2026
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Steele’s particular courtship of Epstein was also emblematic of a specific social culture at the time, inseparable from the broader context of New York science publishing.—
Brendan Ruberry,
semafor.com,
16 Feb. 2026
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Last year was the deadliest on record for the community, with 252 killed – the vast majority by gunfire – according to a report published by Abraham Initiatives, a group that advances social inclusion and equal rights for Israel’s Palestinian citizens.—
Zeena Saifi,
CNN Money,
15 Feb. 2026
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“Gregarious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gregarious. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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