1
as in outgoing
likely to seek or enjoy the company of others
a gregarious child who ran up to every person on the playground and wanted to be their friend
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as in social
tending to group with others of the same kind
walruses are highly gregarious
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Recent Examples of gregarious
Soon, one of them, a gregarious red-headed senior at Shawnee Mission East High School, began to rock back and forth.
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Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
Although gregarious by nature, some bottlenose dolphins are quite adventurous, and can set off on their own to live in foreign waters.
—Grrlscientist, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
Huddleston brings a gregarious energy to the role — a sort of Santa-as-Kenny Rogers down-home father figure with a raspy voice and a sincere love of children.
—Katie Rife, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024
Working with songwriters Isaac Hayes and David Porter and often with Booker T. and the MG’s as their backup band, Sam and Dave soon became one of Stax’s powerhouses; Moore was the gregarious showman, while Prater took a secondary, low-key role.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2025
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Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
Although gregarious by nature, some bottlenose dolphins are quite adventurous, and can set off on their own to live in foreign waters.
—Grrlscientist, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
Huddleston brings a gregarious energy to the role — a sort of Santa-as-Kenny Rogers down-home father figure with a raspy voice and a sincere love of children.
—Katie Rife, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024
Working with songwriters Isaac Hayes and David Porter and often with Booker T. and the MG’s as their backup band, Sam and Dave soon became one of Stax’s powerhouses; Moore was the gregarious showman, while Prater took a secondary, low-key role.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gregarious
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Carney is slated to take over from outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the coming weeks.—
Kevin Breuninger,
CNBC,
12 Mar. 2025
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Both Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Greenland's outgoing Prime Minister Múte Bourup Egede have repeatedly rejected Trump's suggestions.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
12 Mar. 2025
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So, as a solution to over 20 years of the industry’s spending addiction, Elba turned her social initiative addressing beauty’s excess, Beauty Access, into a donation drive.—
India Espy-Jones,
Essence,
4 Mar. 2025
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The falsehoods spread on social include everything from using SPF as a contouring technique to suggestions sun protection causes rather than prevents cancer.—
Faye Brookman,
WWD,
4 Mar. 2025
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The revelations add to the increasing evidence that the red planet once had a warmer, wetter climate as well as an ocean that covered one-third of the Martian surface — conditions that might have created a hospitable environment for life.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
28 Feb. 2025
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These adaptations can include constructing flood-resistant infrastructure, developing technological innovations, or even migrating to more hospitable regions.—
Jenny Lehmann,
Discover Magazine,
13 Feb. 2025
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“Gregarious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gregarious. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.
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