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
Encouraged out to a party one night by his gregarious best friend (Shanti Masud), David accepts a pill from a stranger and, almost immediately afterwards, notices a young woman (Seydoux) across the room who is fixing him with a faintly predatory stare.
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Jessica Kiang, Variety, 18 May 2026
The San Francisco Bay Area teacher was loud and gregarious, a fixture on campus since the Fairfield school opened in 2001.
—Holly McDede, ProPublica, 12 May 2026
In the first film, the gregarious wizard is known as Gandalf the Grey, until he's (seemingly) killed by a Balrog in Moria.
—Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026
But her teacher, typically gregarious, seemed flustered.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2026
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Jessica Kiang, Variety, 18 May 2026
The San Francisco Bay Area teacher was loud and gregarious, a fixture on campus since the Fairfield school opened in 2001.
—Holly McDede, ProPublica, 12 May 2026
In the first film, the gregarious wizard is known as Gandalf the Grey, until he's (seemingly) killed by a Balrog in Moria.
—Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026
But her teacher, typically gregarious, seemed flustered.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gregarious
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Because no candidate won more than 50% of the vote, Pritchard and Vega will appear on the ballot again in November to determine who succeeds outgoing Supervisor Mary Vixie Sandy.—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
13 June 2026
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At a time when Maryland was being flooded with revenue due to inflation and bracket creep, increasing revenues from a progressive income tax enacted by the outgoing Mandel administration, Hughes proposed no major spending programs.—
George Liebmann,
Baltimore Sun,
13 June 2026
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The journey draws three generations of women together across contrasting urban landscapes – Beijing as megacity, Chengdu as major urban center, Luding as small town – against a backdrop of social and economic uncertainty.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
14 June 2026
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Like me, the children and families in the neighborhood surrounding the Obama center face social and economic inequities.—
Laura Washington,
Chicago Tribune,
14 June 2026
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“Gregarious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gregarious. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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