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gregarious

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  • gregarious  /ɡrə ˈɡɛ ri əs/ ?  instinctively or temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company…

    gregarious meaning(s)  Add to My List

    1. (adj) instinctively or temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others
    2. (adj) (of animals) tending to form a group with others of the same species
    3. (adj) (of plants) growing in groups that are close together
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    Antonym(s)

    ungregarious

    gregarious usage(s) Create your Own

    1. In contrast to her charming, gregarious and outgoing nature, her husband was shy, reserved and withdrawn.
    2. Roaches, ants, bees and many other insects are said to be gregarious and are believed to share a kind of mob intellect.
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  • gregariously  in a gregarious manner
  • gregariousness  the quality of being gregarious--having a dislike of being alone
  • gregor mendel  Augustinian monk and botanist whose experiments in breeding garden peas…
  • gregorian  /ɡrə ˈɡɔ ri ən/ ?  of or relating to Pope Gregory I or to the plainsong chants of…
  • gregorian calendar  the solar calendar now in general use, introduced by Gregory XIII…
  • gregorian calendar month  a month in the Gregorian calendar
  • gregorian chant  a liturgical chant of the Roman Catholic Church
  • gregorian mode  any of a system of modes used in Gregorian chants up until 1600; derived…
  • gregorian telescope  a reflecting telescope that has a paraboloidal primary mirror…
  • gregory  /ˈɡrɛ ɡə ri/ ?  (Roman Catholic Church) a church father known for his constant fight…
  • gregory goodwin pincus  United States sexual physiologist whose hunch that progesterone…
  • gregory i  (Roman Catholic Church) an Italian pope distinguished for his spiritual and…
  • gregory john norman  Australian golfer (born in 1955)
  • gregory nazianzen  (Roman Catholic Church) a church father known for his constant fight…
  • gregory of nazianzen  (Roman Catholic Church) a church father known for his constant…
  • gregory pincus  United States sexual physiologist whose hunch that progesterone could…
  • gregory the great  (Roman Catholic Church) an Italian pope distinguished for his spiritual…
  • gregory vii  the Italian pope who fought to establish the supremacy of the pope over the…
  • gregory xii  the Italian pope from 1406 to 1415 who worked to end the Great Schism and…
  • gregory xiii  the pope who sponsored the introduction of the modern calendar (1572-1585)
  • gregory xvi  Italian pope from 1831 to 1846; conservative in politics and theology; worked…
  • greisen  a granitic rock composed of quartz and mica
  • gremlin  /ˈɡrɛm lən/ ?  (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
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