adj
Meaning 1
Turned or thrust outwards, especially
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
extroverted
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adj
Meaning 2
Turned or thrust outwards, especially:
Of or characteristic of the personality of an extrovert: outgoing, sociable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
Examples
- She's very extroverted. She's always out meeting new people and looking for new experiences.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Turned or thrust outwards, especially:
Synonym of inside-out.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
Examples
- ...an extroverted bladder...
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: inside-out
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
simple past and past participle of extrovert
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 5
not introspective; examining what is outside yourself
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: extrospective
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
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: extrovert, extravert, extraverted, extrovertive, extravertive
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
at ease in talking to others
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: forthcoming, outgoing
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
A variant spelling of extraverted. Popularized as a psychological term by Phyllis Blanchard's use of extrovert in her 1918 "Psycho-Analytic Study of August Comte", from extrovert + -ed.
Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: منبسط — psychology: of or related to an extrovert
- Arabic: اِنْبِسَاطِيّ (inbisāṭiyy) — psychology: of or related to an extrovert
- Arabic: العكس من خجول — psychology: of or related to an extrovert
- Belarusian: экстравертны (ekstravjertny) — psychology: of or related to an extrovert
- Catalan: extravertit — psychology: of or related to an extrovert
- Chinese Mandarin: 外向 (wàixiàng) — psychology: of or related to an extrovert
- Danish: ekstrovert — psychology: of or related to an extrovert
- Finnish: ulospäin suuntautunut — psychology: of or related to an extrovert
- Finnish: ulospäinsuuntautunut — psychology: of or related to an extrovert
- Finnish: ulospäinkääntynyt — psychology: of or related to an extrovert
- Finnish: sosiaalinen — psychology: of or related to an extrovert
- Finnish: ekstrovertti — psychology: of or related to an extrovert
- French: extraverti — psychology: of or related to an extrovert
- Galician: extrovertido — psychology: of or related to an extrovert
- German: extrovertiert — psychology: of or related to an extrovert
- Greek: εξωστρεφής (exostrefís) — psychology: of or related to an extrovert
- Hungarian: extrovertált — psychology: of or related to an extrovert
- Hungarian: kifelé forduló — psychology: of or related to an extrovert
- Italian: estroverso — psychology: of or related to an extrovert
- Middle English: felawely — psychology: of or related to an extrovert
- Norwegian: utadvendt — psychology: of or related to an extrovert
- Norwegian: ekstrovert — psychology: of or related to an extrovert
- Portuguese: extrovertido — psychology: of or related to an extrovert
- Punjabi: ਬਾਹਰਮੁਖੀ (bāhramukhī) — psychology: of or related to an extrovert
- Romanian: extrovertit — psychology: of or related to an extrovert
- Russian: экстраве́ртный (ekstravértnyj) — psychology: of or related to an extrovert
- Russian: экстраверти́рованный (ekstravertírovannyj) — psychology: of or related to an extrovert
- Spanish: extrovertido — psychology: of or related to an extrovert
- Tagalog: luwaswili — psychology: of or related to an extrovert
- Welsh: allblyg — psychology: of or related to an extrovert