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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2
as in social
tending to group with others of the same kind
walruses are highly gregarious
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Recent Examples of gregarious
In conversation, Lee is grizzled and gregarious, quick to cackle, and prone to starry-eyed digressions about music’s overwhelming power and his partner’s formidable songwriting chops.
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Elias Leight, Billboard, 1 May 2025
Brown plays Medwin Harris, a gregarious, larger-than-life type who traveled the world after a traumatic childhood as a Black refugee in Nova Scotia and takes Wash on as his protégé.
—Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 20 May 2025
Most of the story involves the daylong city odysseys of Lamia, Bibi, Lamia’s classmate and neighbor Saeed (Sajad Mohamad Qasem), and Lamia’s gregarious rooster, Hindi (a sure contender should someone present an inaugural Palm Bird — or Palme Coq — at Cannes).
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2025
Duffy was a gregarious, party-happy cast member who, even then, showed a passion for transportation.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
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Elias Leight, Billboard, 1 May 2025
Brown plays Medwin Harris, a gregarious, larger-than-life type who traveled the world after a traumatic childhood as a Black refugee in Nova Scotia and takes Wash on as his protégé.
—Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 20 May 2025
Most of the story involves the daylong city odysseys of Lamia, Bibi, Lamia’s classmate and neighbor Saeed (Sajad Mohamad Qasem), and Lamia’s gregarious rooster, Hindi (a sure contender should someone present an inaugural Palm Bird — or Palme Coq — at Cannes).
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2025
Duffy was a gregarious, party-happy cast member who, even then, showed a passion for transportation.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gregarious
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For the first 30 to 40 years after Social Security was established, incoming taxes equaled or exceeded outgoing benefits.—
Chad Waddoups,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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More recently, when Edwards and Hughes teamed up at Liverpool last year, their most urgent task was to find a successor for outgoing manager Jurgen Klopp.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
25 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Their reasons are practical and emotional: 76% cited concern for LGBTQ rights in general, while 71% cited hostile social and political environments.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
19 Aug. 2025
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Moore founded Urban Underground, a Milwaukee nonprofit focused on youth leadership development and social justice.—
Drake Bentley,
jsonline.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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The staff is highly hospitable on and off the greens.—
Katie Sweeney,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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And rats, definitely a group that shouldn’t find our neighborhoods hospitable.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
22 July 2025
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“Gregarious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gregarious. Accessed 30 Aug. 2025.
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