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
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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
Plenty of players come through New York that can’t wait to get out, but Alonso’s gregarious nature, his desire to be part of the community and, of course, his game-breaking home runs, have endeared him to the fanbase.
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Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 4 Apr. 2025
Not every umpire to work a Padres game this season has failed to engage the gregarious Arraez, but this series is not an isolated occurrence.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2025
Plenty of players come through New York that can’t wait to get out, but Alonso’s gregarious nature, his desire to be part of the community and, of course, his game-breaking home runs, have endeared him to the fanbase.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 4 Apr. 2025
Chavez is gregarious, positive and encouraging.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 23 Mar. 2025
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Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 4 Apr. 2025
Not every umpire to work a Padres game this season has failed to engage the gregarious Arraez, but this series is not an isolated occurrence.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2025
Plenty of players come through New York that can’t wait to get out, but Alonso’s gregarious nature, his desire to be part of the community and, of course, his game-breaking home runs, have endeared him to the fanbase.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 4 Apr. 2025
Chavez is gregarious, positive and encouraging.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 23 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for gregarious
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gregarious
Adjective
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Lindsay first joined the city of Aurora alongside outgoing Mayor Richard Irvin when he was first elected in 2017.—
R. Christian Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
10 May 2025
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The story starts in 1908, when outgoing President Theodore Roosevelt handpicked a successor, the lawyerly Taft.—
Amity Shlaes,
National Review,
8 May 2025
Adjective
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Since the ’60s, ’70s, there’s been a lot of interest in social history.—
Ari Daniel,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 May 2025
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More Than a Hotel Stay There’s no bad time to go see for yourself; November through April is Palm Beach’s busy social season, while summer is a quieter (and hotter) time to visit.—
Skye Sherman,
Southern Living,
15 May 2025
Adjective
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Those proteins—called effectors—attack specific targets that collectively disable the host's defense responses and make the host more hospitable for its bacterial conqueror.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
14 May 2025
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There must be a penalty until the campus is shown to be hospitable to Jewish students.—
Betsy McCaughey,
Boston Herald,
11 May 2025
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“Gregarious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gregarious. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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