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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
Barnum-Dann is gregarious, happily chatting with us and cracking jokes while his hands continue prep, as if independently governed.
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Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 27 Feb. 2026
Koong sees Gu as just Eileen, her gregarious friend who loves scary movies and the Chinese dish Beijing Kao Ya.
—Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2026
Vast numbers of gregarious Central Texas grackles — the separate common and great-tailed species — assemble by the thousands at night, especially during the winter.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 18 Feb. 2026
But Vernon, a documentarian and a longtime friend of Nico’s parents, is not drawn as a satirical figure; rather, we are intended to see him as bombastic but appealing—warm, gregarious, freethinking, and probably correct in his concern about Western decline.
—Adelle Waldman, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
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Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 27 Feb. 2026
Koong sees Gu as just Eileen, her gregarious friend who loves scary movies and the Chinese dish Beijing Kao Ya.
—Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2026
Vast numbers of gregarious Central Texas grackles — the separate common and great-tailed species — assemble by the thousands at night, especially during the winter.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 18 Feb. 2026
But Vernon, a documentarian and a longtime friend of Nico’s parents, is not drawn as a satirical figure; rather, we are intended to see him as bombastic but appealing—warm, gregarious, freethinking, and probably correct in his concern about Western decline.
—Adelle Waldman, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gregarious
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The man known for playing with his heart on his sleeve joins a defensive-minded head coach in a city known for its legendarily outgoing defensive stars.—
Devon Henderson,
New York Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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From videos showing concert footage of Elvis Presley and Willie Nelson to a live band playing renditions of songs by the Beastie Boys and Marvin Gaye, Friday’s meeting served as a send-off for both the arena and Visit Fort Worth’s outgoing CEO Bob Jameson.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Mar. 2026
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With messenger Mercury trining Jupiter, the Greater Benefic — with Mercury in your communication quadrant and Jupiter in your amicable 7th house — social exchanges carry extra goodwill.—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
9 Mar. 2026
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The company announced the news via a video and an official blog post on its social media handles.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Gregarious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gregarious. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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