gregarious
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
gregarious
adj 1: (of animals) tending to form a group with others of the
same species; "gregarious bird species" [ant:
{ungregarious}]
2: instinctively or temperamentally seeking and enjoying the
company of others; "he is a gregarious person who avoids
solitude"
3: (of plants) growing in groups that are close together [ant:
{ungregarious}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Gregarious \Gre*ga"ri*ous\, a. [L. gregarius, fr. grex, gregis,
herd; cf. Gr. ? to assemble, Skr. jar to approach. Cf.
{Congregate}, {Egregious}.]
Habitually living or moving in flocks or herds; tending to
flock or herd together; not habitually solitary or living
alone. --Burke.
[1913 Webster]
No birds of prey are gregarious. --Ray.
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
49 Moby Thesaurus words for "gregarious":
affable, all jaw, amiable, candid, chatty, civil, clubbable,
clubbish, clubby, communicative, companionable, companionate,
compatible, congenial, conversational, courteous, effusive,
expansive, fit for society, flip, fluent, fond of society, frank,
friendly, gabby, garrulous, gassy, genial, glib, gossipy, gushy,
hospitable, long-winded, loquacious, multiloquent, multiloquious,
newsy, overtalkative, prolix, smooth, sociable, social,
social-minded, talkative, talky, urbane, verbose, voluble, windy
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