Social

3 definitions found

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

  Social \So"cial\, a. [L. socialis, from socius a companion; akin
     to sequi to follow: cf. F. social. See {Sue} to follow.]
     1. Of or pertaining to society; relating to men living in
        society, or to the public as an aggregate body; as, social
        interest or concerns; social pleasure; social benefits;
        social happiness; social duties. "Social phenomena." --J.


        S. Mill.
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     2. Ready or disposed to mix in friendly converse;
        companionable; sociable; as, a social person.
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     3. Consisting in union or mutual intercourse.
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              Best with thyself accompanied, seek'st not
              Social communication.                 --Milton.
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     4. (Bot.) Naturally growing in groups or masses; -- said of
        many individual plants of the same species.
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     5. (Zool.)
        (a) Living in communities consisting of males, females,
            and neuters, as do ants and most bees.
        (b) Forming compound groups or colonies by budding from
            basal processes or stolons; as, the social ascidians.
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     {Social science}, the science of all that relates to the
        social condition, the relations and institutions which are
        involved in man's existence and his well-being as a member
        of an organized community; sociology. It concerns itself
        with questions of the public health, education, labor,
        punishment of crime, reformation of criminals, and the
        like.
  
     {Social whale} (Zool.), the blackfish.
  
     {The social evil}, prostitution.
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     Syn: Sociable; companionable; conversible; friendly;
          familiar; communicative; convival; festive.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  social
       adj 1: relating to human society and its members; "social
              institutions"; "societal evolution"; "societal
              forces"; "social legislation" [syn: {societal}]
       2: living together or enjoying life in communities or organized
          groups; "human beings are social animals"; "spent a
          relaxed social evening"; "immature social behavior" [ant:
          {unsocial}]
       3: relating to or belonging to or characteristic of high
          society; "made fun of her being so social and high-toned";
          "a social gossip colum"; "the society page"
       4: composed of sociable people or formed for the purpose of
          sociability; "a purely social club"; "the church has a
          large social hall"; "a social director"
       5: (of birds and animals) tending to move or live together in
          groups or colonies of the same kind; "ants are social
          insects"; "the herding instinct in sheep or cattle";
          "swarming behavior in bees" [syn: {herding(a)}, {swarming(a)}]
       6: marked by friendly companionship with others; "a social cup
          of coffee"
       n : a party of people assembled to promote sociability and
           communal activity [syn: {sociable}, {mixer}]

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

  73 Moby Thesaurus words for "social":
     affable, affair, amiable, amusing, associated, associational,
     at home, civic, civil, clubbable, clubbish, clubby, coalitional,
     collective, collectivistic, common, communal, communicative,
     communistic, community, commutual, companionable, companionate,
     compatible, congenial, conjoint, convivial, cooperative, cordial,
     cosmopolitan, courteous, entertaining, fit for society,
     fond of society, friendly, gathering, general, genial,
     get-together, gracious, gregarious, group, hospitable, in common,
     international, joint, levee, matinee, mutual, national,
     organizational, pleasant, pleasurable, popular, public, reception,
     reciprocal, reunion, salon, sexual, sociable, social affair,
     social gathering, social-minded, socialistic, societal, society,
     soiree, state, supranational, urbane, venereal, wake