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
The toast that the gregarious Marsch raised among family to end 2024 was undoubtedly a joyous one.
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Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
Chris Pula, the gregarious movie marketing executive who served stints at New Line, Warner Bros, Fox and Disney and created groundbreaking campaigns for movies from Se7en to The Mask, Dumb and Dumber and many others, has died according to numerous sources.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 31 Dec. 2024
Another great loss during the closure was that of Darla, a gregarious, 22-year-old cat who called the bar home for many years and was a favorite to hundreds of patrons.
—Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 18 Dec. 2024
Where to watch:Paramount+. 'Speak No Evil' In the remake of the super-duper bleak 2022 Danish horror movie, James McAvoy stars as a gregarious Englishman who befriends an American couple (Scoot McNairy and Mackenzie Davis) and invites them to his family's country estate.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
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Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
Chris Pula, the gregarious movie marketing executive who served stints at New Line, Warner Bros, Fox and Disney and created groundbreaking campaigns for movies from Se7en to The Mask, Dumb and Dumber and many others, has died according to numerous sources.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 31 Dec. 2024
Another great loss during the closure was that of Darla, a gregarious, 22-year-old cat who called the bar home for many years and was a favorite to hundreds of patrons.
—Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 18 Dec. 2024
Where to watch:Paramount+. 'Speak No Evil' In the remake of the super-duper bleak 2022 Danish horror movie, James McAvoy stars as a gregarious Englishman who befriends an American couple (Scoot McNairy and Mackenzie Davis) and invites them to his family's country estate.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gregarious
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The billionaire said the Treasury Department and DOGE had agreed to require all outgoing government payments to include a rationale in the form of a comment and to have a categorization code.—
Lauren Villagran,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2025
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The Mountain West is currently being sued by the Pac-12 and some of the outgoing Mountain West schools over the exit and poaching fees, which total almost $150 million.—
Chris Vannini,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
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Heaton acknowledged the series’ recent social media resurgence on TikTok.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
20 Feb. 2025
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Captured at the Paris home of Balmain creative director Olivier Rousteing, the unvarnished and spontaneous images break Thursday on Balmain’s social channels.—
Miles Socha,
WWD,
20 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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Norbert and many other beloved online dogs — all blissfully unaware of their internet fame, or the internet at all — cut through a digital landscape growing less hospitable by the day.—
Maya Salam,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2025
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“Gregarious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gregarious. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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