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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2
as in social
tending to group with others of the same kind
walruses are highly gregarious
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Recent Examples of gregarious
Encouraged out to a party one night by his gregarious best friend (Shanti Masud), David accepts a pill from a stranger and, almost immediately afterwards, notices a young woman (Seydoux) across the room who is fixing him with a faintly predatory stare.
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Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
18 May 2026
The San Francisco Bay Area teacher was loud and gregarious, a fixture on campus since the Fairfield school opened in 2001.
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Holly McDede,
ProPublica,
12 May 2026
In the first film, the gregarious wizard is known as Gandalf the Grey, until he's (seemingly) killed by a Balrog in Moria.
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Victoria Edel,
PEOPLE,
11 May 2026
But her teacher, typically gregarious, seemed flustered.
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Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
9 May 2026
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Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
18 May 2026
The San Francisco Bay Area teacher was loud and gregarious, a fixture on campus since the Fairfield school opened in 2001.
—
Holly McDede,
ProPublica,
12 May 2026
In the first film, the gregarious wizard is known as Gandalf the Grey, until he's (seemingly) killed by a Balrog in Moria.
—
Victoria Edel,
PEOPLE,
11 May 2026
But her teacher, typically gregarious, seemed flustered.
—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
9 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for gregarious
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To counter this, organizations can implement a process for handing down institutional knowledge after employees leave roles, such as creating transition documents and holding knowledge-transfer sessions between outgoing and incoming team members.
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All three occurred in Charlotte since May, only about a year after the city faced questions over a secretive settlement with its outgoing police chief and the fallout from a heavily politicized murder on public transit.
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If philosophy begins in wonder, trenchant social drama seems to start in laughter.
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Some may argue that the more the merrier applies as much to advocacy for social justice as to anything else.
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“Gregarious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gregarious. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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