gregarious

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gregarious
American 

[gri-gair-ee-uhs]
/ gr;;g;;r i ;s /
adjective
fond of the company of others; sociable.

Synonyms:
extrovert, friendly, companionable, convivial, outgoing, genial, social
living in flocks or herds, as animals.

Botany. growing in open clusters or colonies; not matted together.

pertaining to a flock or crowd.

gregarious
British 
/ ;r;;;;;r;;s /
adjective
enjoying the company of others

(of animals) living together in herds or flocks Compare solitary

(of plants) growing close together but not in dense clusters

of, relating to, or characteristic of crowds or communities

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Other Word Forms
gregariousness
noun
nongregariousness
noun
ungregariousness
noun
nongregarious
adjective
ungregarious
adjective
gregariously
adverb
nongregariously
adverb
ungregariously
adverb
Etymology
Origin of gregarious
First recorded in 1660–70; from Latin greg;rius “belonging to a flock,” from greg- (stem of grex ) “crowd, flock, herd” + -;rius -