Standard Lemma guide

extrovert

adj · noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈɛkstɹəvəːt/
  • US: /ˈɛkstɹəˌvəɹt/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • UK: /ɛkstɹəʊˈvəːt/
  • US: /ɛkstɹoʊˈvəɹt/
  • rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)t
  • CMU ARPABET: EH1 K S T R AH0 V ER2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Alternative form of extroverted: outgoing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative, informal

Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An extroverted person: one who is outgoing, sociable, and concerned with outer affairs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To turn or thrust outwards.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

being concerned with the social and physical environment

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: extravert, extroverted, extraverted, extrovertive, extravertive

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

(psychology) a person concerned more with practical realities than with inner thoughts and feelings

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: extravert

Antonyms: introvert

Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul

History

Etymology

Alteration of earlier extravert (by influence of introvert), from German Extravert, popularized in psychology by Phyllis Blanchard's 1918 "Psycho-Analytic Study of August Comte". By surface analysis, extro- + -vert.

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: extravertit — one who is outgoing, sociable
  • Chinese: 外向的人 (wàixiàng de rén) — one who is outgoing, sociable
  • Czech: extrovert — one who is outgoing, sociable
  • Finnish: ulospäinsuuntautunut henkilö — one who is outgoing, sociable
  • Finnish: ekstrovertti — one who is outgoing, sociable
  • French: extraverti — one who is outgoing, sociable
  • French: extroverti — one who is outgoing, sociable
  • Georgian: ექსტრავერტი (eksṭraverṭi) — one who is outgoing, sociable
  • Irish: eisdíritheach — one who is outgoing, sociable
  • Italian: estroverso — one who is outgoing, sociable
  • Japanese: 外向的な人 (gaikōtekinahito) — one who is outgoing, sociable
  • Persian: برونگرا (borun-gerâ) — one who is outgoing, sociable
  • Portuguese: extrovertido — one who is outgoing, sociable
  • Punjabi: ਬਾਹਰਮੁਖੀ (bāhramukhī) — one who is outgoing, sociable
  • Russian: экстраве́рт (ekstravért) — one who is outgoing, sociable
  • Spanish: extravertido — one who is outgoing, sociable
  • Spanish: extrovertido — one who is outgoing, sociable
  • Tagalog: luwaswili — one who is outgoing, sociable