adj
Meaning 1
Who enjoys being in crowds and socializing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
gregarious
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adj
Meaning 2
Of animals that travel in herds or packs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Growing in open clusters or colonies; not matted together.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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adj
Meaning 4
Pertaining to a flock or crowd.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective
Meaning 5
(of animals) tending to form a group with others of the same species
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- gregarious bird species
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: ungregarious
adjective
Meaning 6
(of plants) growing in groups that are close together
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: ungregarious
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
instinctively or temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he is a gregarious person who avoids solitude
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Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
First attested in 1688; borrowed from Latin gregārius, see -ious.
Across languages
Translations
66 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: اِجْتِمَاعِيّ (ijtimāʕiyy) — of a person who enjoys being in crowds
- Bulgarian: общителен (obštitelen) — of a person who enjoys being in crowds
- Catalan: gregari — of a person who enjoys being in crowds
- Chinese Mandarin: 社交的 (shèjiāo de) — of a person who enjoys being in crowds
- Chinese Mandarin: 喜爱社交的 — of a person who enjoys being in crowds
- Czech: družný — of a person who enjoys being in crowds
- Czech: společenský — of a person who enjoys being in crowds
- Danish: selskabelig — of a person who enjoys being in crowds
- Dutch: gezellig — of a person who enjoys being in crowds
- Dutch: sociaal — of a person who enjoys being in crowds
- Dutch: gregarieus — of a person who enjoys being in crowds
- Dutch: uitgaand — of a person who enjoys being in crowds
- Esperanto: grega — of a person who enjoys being in crowds
- Finnish: seurallinen — of a person who enjoys being in crowds
- French: sociable — of a person who enjoys being in crowds
- Galician: social — of a person who enjoys being in crowds
- German: gesellig — of a person who enjoys being in crowds
- Greek: κοινωνικός (koinonikós) — of a person who enjoys being in crowds
- Hungarian: társaságot kedvelő — of a person who enjoys being in crowds
- Indonesian: suka bergaul — of a person who enjoys being in crowds
- Italian: socievole — of a person who enjoys being in crowds
- Japanese: 社交的な (shakōteki na) — of a person who enjoys being in crowds
- Korean: 사교적인 (sagyojeog-in) — of a person who enjoys being in crowds
- Norwegian Bokmål: selskapelig — of a person who enjoys being in crowds
- Norwegian Nynorsk: selskapeleg — of a person who enjoys being in crowds
- Norwegian Nynorsk: selskapleg — of a person who enjoys being in crowds
- Persian: معاشرتی (mo'âšerati) — of a person who enjoys being in crowds
- Portuguese: gregário — of a person who enjoys being in crowds
- Romanian: sociabil — of a person who enjoys being in crowds
- Russian: общи́тельный (obščítelʹnyj) — of a person who enjoys being in crowds
- Russian: коммуника́бельный (kommunikábelʹnyj) — of a person who enjoys being in crowds
- Russian: конта́ктный (kontáktnyj) — of a person who enjoys being in crowds
- Scottish Gaelic: greigheach — of a person who enjoys being in crowds
- Serbo-Croatian: друштвен — of a person who enjoys being in crowds
- Serbo-Croatian: društven — of a person who enjoys being in crowds
- Spanish: sociable — of a person who enjoys being in crowds
- Swedish: sällskaplig — of a person who enjoys being in crowds
- Turkish: sosyal — of a person who enjoys being in crowds
- Turkish: girişken — of a person who enjoys being in crowds
- Turkish: girgin — of a person who enjoys being in crowds
- Welsh: cymdeithasgar — of a person who enjoys being in crowds
- Bulgarian: събиращ се на ята (sǎbirašt se na jata) — of animals that travel in herds
- Catalan: gregari — of animals that travel in herds
- Czech: stádní — of animals that travel in herds
- Dutch: in kudde levend — of animals that travel in herds
- Dutch: kudde- — of animals that travel in herds
- Finnish: lauma- — of animals that travel in herds
- Finnish: laumassa elävä — of animals that travel in herds
- French: grégaire — of animals that travel in herds
- Galician: gregario — of animals that travel in herds
- German: Herden- — of animals that travel in herds
- Greek: αγελαίος (agelaíos) — of animals that travel in herds
- Māori: noho rōpū — of animals that travel in herds
- Norwegian Bokmål: flokk- — of animals that travel in herds
- Portuguese: gregário — of animals that travel in herds
- Romanian: gregar — of animals that travel in herds
- Russian: ста́дный (stádnyj) — of animals that travel in herds
- Scottish Gaelic: greigheach — of animals that travel in herds
- Serbo-Croatian: čoporski — of animals that travel in herds
- Serbo-Croatian: друштвен — of animals that travel in herds
- Serbo-Croatian: društven — of animals that travel in herds
- Spanish: gregario — of animals that travel in herds
- Turkish: sürü hâlinde — of animals that travel in herds
- Turkish: sürücül — of animals that travel in herds
- Ukrainian: ста́дний (stádnyj) — of animals that travel in herds
- Welsh: heidiol — of animals that travel in herds