Meaning of GREGARIOUS
| Pronunciation: | | gri'gehreeus
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- [adj] seeking and enjoying the company of others; "a gregarious person who avoids solitude"
- [adj] tending to form a group with others of the same kind; "gregarious bird species"; "man is a gregarious animal"
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| | Synonyms: | | caespitose, cespitose, clustered, herding(a), social, swarming(a), tufted |
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| | Antonyms: | | ungregarious | | |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Gre*ga"ri*ous\, a. [L. gregarius, fr. grex, gregis,
herd; cf. Gr. ? to assemble, Skr. jar to approach. Cf.
{Congregate}, {Egregious}.]
Habitually living or moving in flocks or herds; tending to
flock or herd together; not habitually solitary or living
alone. --Burke.
No birds of prey are gregarious. --Ray.
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| | Related Terms: | | affable, all jaw, amiable, candid, chatty, civil, clubbable, clubbish, clubby, communicative, companionable, companionate, compatible, congenial, conversational, courteous, effusive, expansive, fit for society, flip, fluent, fond of society, frank, friendly, gabby, garrulous, gassy, genial, glib, gossipy, gushy, hospitable, long-winded, loquacious, multiloquent, multiloquious, newsy, overtalkative, prolix, smooth, sociable, social, social-minded, talkative, talky, urbane, verbose, voluble, windy |
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