Meanings
comparative more gregarious · superlative most gregarious
- Who enjoys being in crowds and socializing.
- biologyOf animals that travel in herds or packs.
The Fin-Back is not gregarious. He seems a whale-hater, as some men are man-haters.
1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 32, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 1512 more examples
Rabbits are lively at nightfall, and when evening rain drives them underground they still feel gregarious.
1972, Richard Adams, Watership DownThat same unpredictability made Thurston fun and even thrilling to be around, that and his gregarious manner. Outwardly, Thurston was friendly, good-natured, funny, extremely likable.
2015, Kim Gordon, chapter 18, in Carrie Thornton, editor, Girl in a Band, New York: Dey st., →ISBN, page 114 - biologyGrowing in open clusters or colonies; not matted together.
Synonyms & antonyms
antonym(s) of “of a person”
antonym(s) of “zoology”
More synonyms by meaning
adjective(of animals) tending to form a group with others of the same species
adjectiveinstinctively or temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latingregārius
- Englishgregarious
First attested in 1688; borrowed from Latin gregārius, see -ious.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic اِجْتِمَاعِيّ
- اِجْتِمَاعِيّ (ijtimāʕiyy)of a person who enjoys being in crowds
Bulgarian общителен, събиращ се на ята
- общителен (obštitelen)of a person who enjoys being in crowds
- събиращ се на ята (săbirašt se na jata)of animals that travel in herds
Catalan gregari, gregari
- gregariof a person who enjoys being in crowds
- gregariof animals that travel in herds
Chinese Mandarin 社交的, 喜爱社交的
- 社交的 (shèjiāo de)of a person who enjoys being in crowds
- 喜爱社交的of a person who enjoys being in crowds
Czech družný, společenský
- družnýof a person who enjoys being in crowds
- společenskýof a person who enjoys being in crowds
- stádníof animals that travel in herds
Danish selskabelig
- selskabeligof a person who enjoys being in crowds
Dutch gezellig, sociaal
- gezelligof a person who enjoys being in crowds
- sociaalof a person who enjoys being in crowds
- gregarieusof a person who enjoys being in crowds
- uitgaandof a person who enjoys being in crowds
- in kudde levendof animals that travel in herds
- kudde-of animals that travel in herds
Esperanto grega
- gregaof a person who enjoys being in crowds
Finnish seurallinen, lauma-
- seurallinenof a person who enjoys being in crowds
- lauma-of animals that travel in herds
- laumassa eläväof animals that travel in herds
French sociable, grégaire
- sociableof a person who enjoys being in crowds
- grégaireof animals that travel in herds
German gesellig, Herden-
- geselligof a person who enjoys being in crowds
- Herden-of animals that travel in herds
Greek κοινωνικός, αγελαίος
- κοινωνικός (koinonikós)of a person who enjoys being in crowds
- αγελαίος (agelaíos)of animals that travel in herds
Hungarian társaságot kedvelő
- társaságot kedvelőof a person who enjoys being in crowds
Indonesian suka bergaul
- suka bergaulof a person who enjoys being in crowds
Italian socievole
- socievoleof a person who enjoys being in crowds
Japanese 社交的な
- 社交的な (shakōteki na)of a person who enjoys being in crowds
Korean 사교적인
- 사교적인 (sagyojeog-in)of a person who enjoys being in crowds
Māori noho rōpū
- noho rōpūof animals that travel in herds
Norwegian Bokmål selskapelig, flokk-
- selskapeligof a person who enjoys being in crowds
- flokk-of animals that travel in herds
Persian معاشرتی
- معاشرتی (mo'âšerati)of a person who enjoys being in crowds
Portuguese gregário, gregário
- gregárioof a person who enjoys being in crowds
- gregárioof animals that travel in herds
Romanian sociabil, gregar
- sociabilof a person who enjoys being in crowds
- gregarof animals that travel in herds
Russian общи́тельный, коммуника́бельный
- общи́тельный (obščítelʹnyj)of a person who enjoys being in crowds
- коммуника́бельный (kommunikábelʹnyj)of a person who enjoys being in crowds
- конта́ктный (kontáktnyj)of a person who enjoys being in crowds
- ста́дный (stádnyj)of animals that travel in herds
Scottish Gaelic greigheach, greigheach
- greigheachof a person who enjoys being in crowds
- greigheachof animals that travel in herds
Spanish sociable, gregario
- sociableof a person who enjoys being in crowds
- gregarioof animals that travel in herds
Swedish sällskaplig
- sällskapligof a person who enjoys being in crowds
Turkish sosyal, girişken
- sosyalof a person who enjoys being in crowds
- girişkenof a person who enjoys being in crowds
- girginof a person who enjoys being in crowds
- sürü hâlindeof animals that travel in herds
- sürücülof animals that travel in herds
Ukrainian ста́дний
- ста́дний (stádnyj)of animals that travel in herds
Welsh cymdeithasgar, heidiol
- cymdeithasgarof a person who enjoys being in crowds
- heidiolof animals that travel in herds
Cite this entry
gregarious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gregarious
“gregarious.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gregarious. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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