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gregarious 音标拼音: [grəg'ɛriəs] a. 社交的,群居的 社交的,群居的 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}] 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. 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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