gregarious
English
WOTD – 28 October 2008
Pronunciation
Adjective
gregarious (comparative more gregarious, superlative most gregarious)
- (of a person) Describing one who enjoys being in crowds and socializing.
- (zoology) Of animals that travel in herds or packs.
- 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 32, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 151:
- The Fin-Back is not gregarious. He seems a whale-hater, as some men are man-haters.
- 1972, Richard Adams, Watership Down:
- Rabbits are lively at nightfall, and when evening rain drives them underground they still feel gregarious.
- (botany) Growing in open clusters or colonies; not matted together.
- Pertaining to a flock or crowd.
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “of a person”): ungregarious
- (antonym(s) of “zoology”): nongregarious
Derived terms
Translations
of a person who enjoys being in crowds
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of animals that travel in herds
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