extroverted

also adj.
Marked by interest in and behavior directed toward others or the environment as opposed to or to the exclusion of self; gregarious or outgoing: "the hearty and extroverted types who dominated public life in Boston" (Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr.).

adjective

Disposed to be open, sociable, and talkative: communicable, communicative, expansive, extraverted, gregarious, outgoing, unreserved. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude.

IN BRIEF: The actions or personality of one who is interested only or mostly in things outside the self.

Someone who is extroverted is often very actively interested in other people.

Tutor's tip: Another spelling of this word is "extraverted"

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The adjective has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: not introspective; examining what is outside yourself
  Synonym: extrospective

Meaning #2: at ease in talking to others
  Synonyms: forthcoming, outgoing

Meaning #3: characterized by extroversion
  Synonyms: extrovert, extravert, extraverted, extrovertive, extravertive

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