Gregarious

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gregarious \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.


     [1913 Webster]
  
           No birds of prey are gregarious.         --Ray.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gregarious
       adj 1: tending to form a group with others of the same kind;
              "gregarious bird species"; "man is a gregarious
              animal" [ant: {ungregarious}]
       2: seeking and enjoying the company of others; "a gregarious
          person who avoids solitude"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  49 Moby Thesaurus words for "gregarious":
     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