adjective1. living or preferring to live in a community rather than alone
2. denoting or relating to human society or any of its subdivisions
3. of, relating to, or characteristic of the experience, behaviour, and interaction of persons forming groups
4. relating to or having the purpose of promoting companionship, communal activities, etc
a social club
5. relating to or engaged in social services
a social worker
6. relating to or considered appropriate to a certain class of society, esp one thought superior
7. (esp of certain species of insects) living together in organized colonies
social bees
Compare solitary (sense 6) 8. (of plant species) growing in clumps, usually over a wide area
noun9. an informal gathering, esp of an organized group, to promote companionship, communal activity, etc
10. short for social media
social