gregarious

adj.

1. Seeking and enjoying the company of others; sociable. See synonyms at social.
2. Tending to move in or form a group with others of the same kind: gregarious bird species.
3. Botany. Growing in groups that are close together but not densely clustered or matted.

[Latin gregārius, belonging to a flock, from grex, greg-, flock.]

gregariously gre·gar'i·ous·ly adv.
gregariousness gre·gar'i·ous·ness n.

(gri-GAIR-ee-uhs)

adjective
1. Enjoying the company of others; sociable.
2. (Of plants) growing together in clusters, but not matted.
3. (Of animals) living in groups.

Etymology
From Latin gregarius (belonging to a flock), from greg- (stem of grex-). Ultimately from Indo-European root ger- (to gather) which is also the source of such words as aggregate, congregation, egregious, and segregate.

Usage
"Gregarious to the point of effervescence, at one point he (Gary Shteyngart) even tries to talk this reporter into moving to Vietnam, or possibly Moscow." — Evan Rail; Return of the Emigre; The Prague Post (Czech Republic); Apr 1, 2004.

"Also when you see masses of animals get together, it's impressive -- whether you're looking at people in downtown Manhattan or at herds of walruses. They touch a lot. They're gregarious and social. In that way, there are a lot of human comparisons." — Brian Handwerk; Filmmaker on Shooting Walruses Underwater; National Geographic (Washington, DC); Apr 2, 2004.

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adjective

1. Disposed to be open, sociable, and talkative: communicable, communicative, expansive, extraverted, extroverted, outgoing, unreserved. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude.
2. Of, characterized by, or inclined to living together in communities: social. See connect, group.

adj

Definition: friendly
Antonyms: cold, cool, inhospitable, introverted, reserved, unfriendly, unsociable

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IN BRIEF: Liking to be with other people; sociable.

The young child has a very gregarious personality.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - selskabelig, livlig

Nederlands (Dutch)
van gezelschap houdend, in groepen/kudden levend, in trossen/bosjes groeiend

Français (French)
adj. - sociable, grégaire

Deutsch (German)
adj. - gesellig, Herden-

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (ζωολ.) αγελαίος, (μτφ.) κοινωνικός

Italiano (Italian)
socievole

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - gregário

Русский (Russian)
общительный, стадный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - sociable, gregario

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - som lever i flock, sällskaplig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
社交的, 群居的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 社交的, 群居的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 떼를 이루는, 잘 어울리는, 무리의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 集団で生活する, 群居する, 社交的な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) ميال للعيش في جماعه, اجتماعي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮אוהב חברה, חי בעדר, עדרי, קיבוצי, צומח באשכולות‬

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