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.
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
gregarious
adj 1: tending to form a group with others of the same kind;
"gregarious bird species"; "man is a gregarious
animal" [ant: ungregarious]
2: seeking and enjoying the company of others; "a gregarious
person who avoids solitude"
WordNet (r) 2.0
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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