Gregarious

Word GREGARIOUS
Character 10
Hyphenation gre ga ri ous
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Gregarious"

What do we mean by gregarious?

Seeking and enjoying the company of others; sociable. synonym: social. adjective

Tending to move in or form a group with others of the same kind. adjective

Growing in groups that are close together but not densely clustered or matted. adjective

By Drude and subsequent writers gregarious plants are further determined as growing in patches among other vegetation, thus contrasting with social species, which dominate the whole ground.

Disposed to live in flocks or herds; inclined to gather in companies; not preferring solitude or restricted companionship: as, cattle and sheep are gregarious animals; men are naturally gregarious.

In botany, growing in open clusters, not matted together.

Habitually living or moving in flocks or herds; tending to flock or herd together; not habitually solitary or living alone. adjective

Describing one who enjoys being in crowds and socializing. adjective

Of animals that travel in herds or packs. adjective

Instinctively or temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others adjective

(of plants) growing in groups that are close together adjective

(of animals) tending to form a group with others of the same species adjective

(of a person) Describing one who enjoys being in crowds and socializing.

Of animals that travel in herds or packs.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Gregarious

The word "gregarious" in example sentences

Kebron was the mortal enemy of the term "gregarious," likely to try and eliminate it from any dictionary in any language. ❋ Peter David (1998)

But public opinion, because of the tremendous urge to conformity in gregarious animals, is less tolerant than any system of law '. ❋ Unknown (1994)

But public opinion, because of the tremendous urge to conformity in gregarious animals, is less tolerant than any system of law. ❋ Unknown (1946)

His son, whom he described as a gregarious comic, was trying to support his 2-year-old daughter Aniyah, who lives with the West family and is being raised by her grandparents. ❋ < (2010)

But during the last two years of the Bush administration, Bolton's successor, Afghan-born Zalmay Khalilzad, became known as a gregarious and affable diplomat who improved relations somewhat. ❋ Unknown (2009)

On the one hand the novel is that friendly old beast, the late Victorian realist novel in English - gregarious, self-aware, pompous. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Garrigus - his name might as well be "gregarious" - was thankful, too, despite a tough way to lose. ❋ Unknown (2011)

(RNS) The Islamic Society of North America, the largest Muslim group in the U.S. and Canada, on Tuesday (Sept. 28) named a gregarious Sudanese-born Virginia imam as its new president. ❋ Clay Chiles (2010)

MOTT pilots called the gregarious Murphy “The Mayor” because he could enter a room full of strangers and leave with two new friends. ❋ Richard Whittle (2010)

These vultures certainly may be called gregarious, for they seem to have pleasure in society, and are not solely brought together by the attraction of a common prey. ❋ Unknown (2003)

The individuals are adapted to a specific type of communal life, and these adaptations, in animal as distinguished from human societies, are represented in the division of labor between the sexes, in the instincts which secure the protection and welfare of the young, in the so-called gregarious instinct, and all these represent traits that are transmitted biologically. ❋ Robert Ezra Park (1926)

There is a school of thought which seeks in the so-called gregarious instincts an explanation of all that is characteristically social in the behavior of human beings. ❋ Robert Ezra Park (1926)

He is the least gregarious of all Europeans in one sense and the French the most gregarious, which is a factor contributing to French democracy. ❋ Frederick Palmer (1915)

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