Definition of gregarious in English:

gregarious

adjective ɡrɪˈɡɛːrɪəsɡrəˈɡɛriəs

1(of a person) fond of company; sociable.
he was a popular and gregarious man
Example sentencesExamples
- But it is worth exploring - Gambians are gregarious and hospitable people, and the smiles and greetings offered to foreigners are completely genuine.
- He was always a gregarious and sociable person and loved to set up opportunities for people from all walks of life to come together.
- Sociable, friendly and gregarious, Beatrice enjoyed the social life provided in her parish in London and made many friends.
- Richard was a gregarious person and he thought Edinburgh was the most perfect place because you could party 24 hours a day.
- For example, although she was gregarious, she avoided social gatherings in which there was too much gossip, observing that such conversation was at best unhelpful.
- Despite his gregarious nature, and being famed for his generous hospitality - his New Year's Eve parties are legendary - he lives alone in London.
- Even though she was so gregarious and loved to chat, she also liked to listen.
- He was gregarious, delighting in conversation, good food, wine, and, of course, malt whisky.
- Rose is outgoing and gregarious; he remembers names easily and thrives in social situations.
- Being in the public eye doesn't necessarily mean you're gregarious.
- However, Nick, a gregarious chap, had young friends who were in the hospitality industry who suggested that being a hotelier would be more to his liking.
- He's actually a lot more gregarious and outgoing than most people i knew at that age- and more willing to talk to people who are not at all like him.
- These are by and large a generous, friendly and gregarious bunch.
- He is naturally gregarious, and the work obviously suits him.
- Although most people characterise O'Kane as extremely sociable and gregarious, he is also described as ‘a workaholic’.
- I'm gregarious up to a point and then I have to have total solitude for at least two days.
- I'm reasonably happy with my own company, but I'm naturally gregarious so I think that three months would be my limit on the island.
- He was known throughout the region as a hospitable and gregarious host.
- He's gregarious and tactile, always ready with a cuddle and a chuckle.
- I am a fairly gregarious person, but I am quite comfortable in my own company.
Synonyms
sociable, social, company-loving, companionable, convivial, clubbable
outgoing, friendly, affable, amiable, genial, congenial, cordial, hospitable, neighbourly, welcoming, warm, pleasant, comradely, hail-fellow-well-met
Scottish couthy
informal chummy, pally
British informal matey, decent
North American informal clubby, buddy-buddy
rare conversable
1. 1.1 (of animals) living in flocks or loosely organized communities.
  gregarious species forage in flocks from colonies or roosts
  Example sentencesExamples
  Gray Jays are gregarious and are often found in family groups.
  Black-crowned Night-herons are gregarious at all times of the year, and are often seen in very large groups.
  Eared Grebes are typically gregarious in nesting season, living in colonies that sometimes number thousands of individuals.
  During the winter, they are gregarious, feeding in small groups.
  Caspian Terns are less gregarious than other terns, nesting in smaller colonies, although this is changing in Washington.
  Common hippos are gregarious, live in herds, and are well adapted to life in the water.
  Many of these raptor species are gregarious, which accounts for impressively large flocks of impressively large birds.
  Rheas are gregarious in habit, and tend to live in flocks ranging in size from 5-30 individuals.
  They are fairly gregarious, but will sometimes gather in groups separate from the other rock shorebirds.
  Snowy Plovers breed in loose colonies, and they are gregarious in winter.
  Other evidence, though, suggests tyrannosaurs were gregarious.
  Locusts can exist in two different behavioral states, solitary and gregarious, whereas grasshoppers generally do not.
  They are more gregarious during the spawning season when they congregate in large groups.
  They are gregarious throughout the year, with the exception of the laying and incubation period.
  Some pipits and wagtails are solitary, and others are gregarious.
  American White Pelicans are highly gregarious and breed in large, dense colonies.
  The social system of pikas varies considerably among species, ranging from solitary individuals to large, gregarious colonies.
  Western Grebes are highly gregarious in all seasons, wintering in large flocks and nesting in colonies.
  Although they are frequently found in pairs, broadbills also tend to be quite gregarious and are often found in small feeding flocks.
  Old World sparrows are highly gregarious; they often roost and breed communally and form feeding flocks.
  Synonyms
  social, organized, living in shoals/flocks/herds
2. 1.2 (of plants) growing in open clusters or in pure associations.
  in the wild, trees are usually gregarious plants
  Example sentencesExamples
  If you are planting them in a container, don't skimp with the bulbs - Agapanthus is a gregarious flower that likes to be crowded.
  The last gregarious flowering of muli bamboo in Mizoram, Tripura, Manipur and Barak Valley of Assam was reported in 1958-59 and was followed by famine in those areas.
  Ocencyrtus johnsonii is both gregarious and engages in superparasitism.
  In the Western Ghats, at an altitude of about 1,600 metres, in the region of sholas and grasslands, the kurinji flourishes as a gregarious shrub.
  It is a gregarious spreading herb that quickly covers the ground and rocks.

Derivatives

gregariously

adverbɡrɪˈɡɛːrɪəsliɡrəˈɡɛriəsli

Locusts are normally lone creatures, but when times are good and their numbers boom, they modify their behaviour and group together gregariously.
Example sentencesExamples
- Spruce aphids are normally wingless, and feed gregariously on spruce or Douglas-fir foliage.
- They roost gregariously, sometimes in very large colonies, and some species are thought to roost exclusively in caves.
- Several hundred individuals consisting of at least two generations of adults and immatures live gregariously over a long period.
- The reed does not grow gregariously and its height varies between 2m - 4m.

gregariousness

nounɡrɪˈɡɛːrɪəsnəsɡrəˈɡɛriəsnəs

It was a period of inward turning, sharply contrasting with the gregariousness of the previous few years in Greenwich Village.
Example sentencesExamples
- The English springer spaniel truly is an energetic, outgoing breed, and most springers exhibit a gregariousness, warmth and sweet-temper that makes them a joy to know.
- He says he gets his gregariousness from his father and his toughness and business sense - he is highly numerate - from his mother.
- He also moonlighted as a sports journalist in his early years, and has retained a gregariousness that always disarms those expecting a less approachable boss.
- I was impressed by the gregariousness of the Scots, which was a quality I'd never experienced before.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Latin gregarius (from grex, greg- 'a flock') + -ous.

congregate from Late Middle English:
The Latin word for a herd or flock was grex, giving congregare, meaning ‘to collect into a herd or flock, to unite’. Gregarious (mid 17th century), meaning ‘fond of company’, is also descended from grex, as are aggregate (Late Middle English) ‘herd together’; egregious (mid 16th century) ‘standing out from the herd’ and originally complimentary; and segregation (mid 16th century) ‘set apart from the herd’.

Rhymes

Aquarius, calcareous, Darius, denarius, hilarious, multifarious, nefarious, omnifarious, precarious, Sagittarius, senarius, Stradivarius, temerarious, various, vicarious

Definition of gregarious in US English:

gregarious

adjectiveɡrəˈɡɛriəsɡrəˈɡerēəs

1(of a person) fond of company; sociable.
he was a popular and gregarious man
Example sentencesExamples
- Despite his gregarious nature, and being famed for his generous hospitality - his New Year's Eve parties are legendary - he lives alone in London.
- Rose is outgoing and gregarious; he remembers names easily and thrives in social situations.
- He's actually a lot more gregarious and outgoing than most people i knew at that age- and more willing to talk to people who are not at all like him.
- I'm gregarious up to a point and then I have to have total solitude for at least two days.
- Sociable, friendly and gregarious, Beatrice enjoyed the social life provided in her parish in London and made many friends.
- Being in the public eye doesn't necessarily mean you're gregarious.
- He was known throughout the region as a hospitable and gregarious host.
- Although most people characterise O'Kane as extremely sociable and gregarious, he is also described as ‘a workaholic’.
- I am a fairly gregarious person, but I am quite comfortable in my own company.
- However, Nick, a gregarious chap, had young friends who were in the hospitality industry who suggested that being a hotelier would be more to his liking.
- But it is worth exploring - Gambians are gregarious and hospitable people, and the smiles and greetings offered to foreigners are completely genuine.
- Richard was a gregarious person and he thought Edinburgh was the most perfect place because you could party 24 hours a day.
- He is naturally gregarious, and the work obviously suits him.
- These are by and large a generous, friendly and gregarious bunch.
- He was always a gregarious and sociable person and loved to set up opportunities for people from all walks of life to come together.
- He's gregarious and tactile, always ready with a cuddle and a chuckle.
- He was gregarious, delighting in conversation, good food, wine, and, of course, malt whisky.
- Even though she was so gregarious and loved to chat, she also liked to listen.
- For example, although she was gregarious, she avoided social gatherings in which there was too much gossip, observing that such conversation was at best unhelpful.
- I'm reasonably happy with my own company, but I'm naturally gregarious so I think that three months would be my limit on the island.
Synonyms
sociable, social, company-loving, companionable, convivial, clubbable
1. 1.1 (of animals) living in flocks or loosely organized communities.
  gregarious species forage in flocks from colonies or roosts
  Example sentencesExamples
  Western Grebes are highly gregarious in all seasons, wintering in large flocks and nesting in colonies.
  They are fairly gregarious, but will sometimes gather in groups separate from the other rock shorebirds.
  During the winter, they are gregarious, feeding in small groups.
  Although they are frequently found in pairs, broadbills also tend to be quite gregarious and are often found in small feeding flocks.
  Locusts can exist in two different behavioral states, solitary and gregarious, whereas grasshoppers generally do not.
  Snowy Plovers breed in loose colonies, and they are gregarious in winter.
  American White Pelicans are highly gregarious and breed in large, dense colonies.
  Many of these raptor species are gregarious, which accounts for impressively large flocks of impressively large birds.
  The social system of pikas varies considerably among species, ranging from solitary individuals to large, gregarious colonies.
  Old World sparrows are highly gregarious; they often roost and breed communally and form feeding flocks.
  Eared Grebes are typically gregarious in nesting season, living in colonies that sometimes number thousands of individuals.
  Gray Jays are gregarious and are often found in family groups.
  Black-crowned Night-herons are gregarious at all times of the year, and are often seen in very large groups.
  Caspian Terns are less gregarious than other terns, nesting in smaller colonies, although this is changing in Washington.
  Rheas are gregarious in habit, and tend to live in flocks ranging in size from 5-30 individuals.
  Other evidence, though, suggests tyrannosaurs were gregarious.
  They are more gregarious during the spawning season when they congregate in large groups.
  They are gregarious throughout the year, with the exception of the laying and incubation period.
  Some pipits and wagtails are solitary, and others are gregarious.
  Common hippos are gregarious, live in herds, and are well adapted to life in the water.
  Synonyms
  social, organized, living in flocks, living in herds, living in shoals
2. 1.2 (of plants) growing in open clusters or in pure associations.
  Example sentencesExamples
  If you are planting them in a container, don't skimp with the bulbs - Agapanthus is a gregarious flower that likes to be crowded.
  It is a gregarious spreading herb that quickly covers the ground and rocks.
  Ocencyrtus johnsonii is both gregarious and engages in superparasitism.
  The last gregarious flowering of muli bamboo in Mizoram, Tripura, Manipur and Barak Valley of Assam was reported in 1958-59 and was followed by famine in those areas.
  In the Western Ghats, at an altitude of about 1,600 metres, in the region of sholas and grasslands, the kurinji flourishes as a gregarious shrub.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Latin gregarius (from grex, greg- ‘a flock’) + -ous.

单词	gregarious
释义	Definition of gregarious in English: gregarious adjective ɡrɪˈɡɛːrɪəsɡrəˈɡɛriəs 1(of a person) fond of company; sociable. he was a popular and gregarious man Example sentencesExamples But it is worth exploring - Gambians are gregarious and hospitable people, and the smiles and greetings offered to foreigners are completely genuine. He was always a gregarious and sociable person and loved to set up opportunities for people from all walks of life to come together. Sociable, friendly and gregarious, Beatrice enjoyed the social life provided in her parish in London and made many friends. Richard was a gregarious person and he thought Edinburgh was the most perfect place because you could party 24 hours a day. For example, although she was gregarious, she avoided social gatherings in which there was too much gossip, observing that such conversation was at best unhelpful. Despite his gregarious nature, and being famed for his generous hospitality - his New Year's Eve parties are legendary - he lives alone in London. Even though she was so gregarious and loved to chat, she also liked to listen. He was gregarious, delighting in conversation, good food, wine, and, of course, malt whisky. Rose is outgoing and gregarious; he remembers names easily and thrives in social situations. Being in the public eye doesn't necessarily mean you're gregarious. However, Nick, a gregarious chap, had young friends who were in the hospitality industry who suggested that being a hotelier would be more to his liking. He's actually a lot more gregarious and outgoing than most people i knew at that age- and more willing to talk to people who are not at all like him. These are by and large a generous, friendly and gregarious bunch. He is naturally gregarious, and the work obviously suits him. Although most people characterise O'Kane as extremely sociable and gregarious, he is also described as ‘a workaholic’. I'm gregarious up to a point and then I have to have total solitude for at least two days. I'm reasonably happy with my own company, but I'm naturally gregarious so I think that three months would be my limit on the island. He was known throughout the region as a hospitable and gregarious host. He's gregarious and tactile, always ready with a cuddle and a chuckle. I am a fairly gregarious person, but I am quite comfortable in my own company. Synonyms sociable, social, company-loving, companionable, convivial, clubbable outgoing, friendly, affable, amiable, genial, congenial, cordial, hospitable, neighbourly, welcoming, warm, pleasant, comradely, hail-fellow-well-met Scottish couthy informal chummy, pally British informal matey, decent North American informal clubby, buddy-buddy rare conversable 1.1 (of animals) living in flocks or loosely organized communities. gregarious species forage in flocks from colonies or roosts Example sentencesExamples Gray Jays are gregarious and are often found in family groups. Black-crowned Night-herons are gregarious at all times of the year, and are often seen in very large groups. Eared Grebes are typically gregarious in nesting season, living in colonies that sometimes number thousands of individuals. During the winter, they are gregarious, feeding in small groups. Caspian Terns are less gregarious than other terns, nesting in smaller colonies, although this is changing in Washington. Common hippos are gregarious, live in herds, and are well adapted to life in the water. Many of these raptor species are gregarious, which accounts for impressively large flocks of impressively large birds. Rheas are gregarious in habit, and tend to live in flocks ranging in size from 5-30 individuals. They are fairly gregarious, but will sometimes gather in groups separate from the other rock shorebirds. Snowy Plovers breed in loose colonies, and they are gregarious in winter. Other evidence, though, suggests tyrannosaurs were gregarious. Locusts can exist in two different behavioral states, solitary and gregarious, whereas grasshoppers generally do not. They are more gregarious during the spawning season when they congregate in large groups. They are gregarious throughout the year, with the exception of the laying and incubation period. Some pipits and wagtails are solitary, and others are gregarious. American White Pelicans are highly gregarious and breed in large, dense colonies. The social system of pikas varies considerably among species, ranging from solitary individuals to large, gregarious colonies. Western Grebes are highly gregarious in all seasons, wintering in large flocks and nesting in colonies. Although they are frequently found in pairs, broadbills also tend to be quite gregarious and are often found in small feeding flocks. Old World sparrows are highly gregarious; they often roost and breed communally and form feeding flocks. Synonyms social, organized, living in shoals/flocks/herds 1.2 (of plants) growing in open clusters or in pure associations. in the wild, trees are usually gregarious plants Example sentencesExamples If you are planting them in a container, don't skimp with the bulbs - Agapanthus is a gregarious flower that likes to be crowded. The last gregarious flowering of muli bamboo in Mizoram, Tripura, Manipur and Barak Valley of Assam was reported in 1958-59 and was followed by famine in those areas. Ocencyrtus johnsonii is both gregarious and engages in superparasitism. In the Western Ghats, at an altitude of about 1,600 metres, in the region of sholas and grasslands, the kurinji flourishes as a gregarious shrub. It is a gregarious spreading herb that quickly covers the ground and rocks. Derivatives gregariously adverbɡrɪˈɡɛːrɪəsliɡrəˈɡɛriəsli Locusts are normally lone creatures, but when times are good and their numbers boom, they modify their behaviour and group together gregariously. Example sentencesExamples Spruce aphids are normally wingless, and feed gregariously on spruce or Douglas-fir foliage. They roost gregariously, sometimes in very large colonies, and some species are thought to roost exclusively in caves. Several hundred individuals consisting of at least two generations of adults and immatures live gregariously over a long period. The reed does not grow gregariously and its height varies between 2m - 4m. gregariousness nounɡrɪˈɡɛːrɪəsnəsɡrəˈɡɛriəsnəs It was a period of inward turning, sharply contrasting with the gregariousness of the previous few years in Greenwich Village. Example sentencesExamples The English springer spaniel truly is an energetic, outgoing breed, and most springers exhibit a gregariousness, warmth and sweet-temper that makes them a joy to know. He says he gets his gregariousness from his father and his toughness and business sense - he is highly numerate - from his mother. He also moonlighted as a sports journalist in his early years, and has retained a gregariousness that always disarms those expecting a less approachable boss. I was impressed by the gregariousness of the Scots, which was a quality I'd never experienced before. Origin Mid 17th century: from Latin gregarius (from grex, greg- 'a flock') + -ous. congregate from Late Middle English: The Latin word for a herd or flock was grex, giving congregare, meaning ‘to collect into a herd or flock, to unite’. Gregarious (mid 17th century), meaning ‘fond of company’, is also descended from grex, as are aggregate (Late Middle English) ‘herd together’; egregious (mid 16th century) ‘standing out from the herd’ and originally complimentary; and segregation (mid 16th century) ‘set apart from the herd’. Rhymes Aquarius, calcareous, Darius, denarius, hilarious, multifarious, nefarious, omnifarious, precarious, Sagittarius, senarius, Stradivarius, temerarious, various, vicarious Definition of gregarious in US English: gregarious adjectiveɡrəˈɡɛriəsɡrəˈɡerēəs 1(of a person) fond of company; sociable. he was a popular and gregarious man Example sentencesExamples Despite his gregarious nature, and being famed for his generous hospitality - his New Year's Eve parties are legendary - he lives alone in London. Rose is outgoing and gregarious; he remembers names easily and thrives in social situations. He's actually a lot more gregarious and outgoing than most people i knew at that age- and more willing to talk to people who are not at all like him. I'm gregarious up to a point and then I have to have total solitude for at least two days. Sociable, friendly and gregarious, Beatrice enjoyed the social life provided in her parish in London and made many friends. Being in the public eye doesn't necessarily mean you're gregarious. He was known throughout the region as a hospitable and gregarious host. Although most people characterise O'Kane as extremely sociable and gregarious, he is also described as ‘a workaholic’. I am a fairly gregarious person, but I am quite comfortable in my own company. However, Nick, a gregarious chap, had young friends who were in the hospitality industry who suggested that being a hotelier would be more to his liking. But it is worth exploring - Gambians are gregarious and hospitable people, and the smiles and greetings offered to foreigners are completely genuine. Richard was a gregarious person and he thought Edinburgh was the most perfect place because you could party 24 hours a day. He is naturally gregarious, and the work obviously suits him. These are by and large a generous, friendly and gregarious bunch. He was always a gregarious and sociable person and loved to set up opportunities for people from all walks of life to come together. He's gregarious and tactile, always ready with a cuddle and a chuckle. He was gregarious, delighting in conversation, good food, wine, and, of course, malt whisky. Even though she was so gregarious and loved to chat, she also liked to listen. For example, although she was gregarious, she avoided social gatherings in which there was too much gossip, observing that such conversation was at best unhelpful. I'm reasonably happy with my own company, but I'm naturally gregarious so I think that three months would be my limit on the island. Synonyms sociable, social, company-loving, companionable, convivial, clubbable 1.1 (of animals) living in flocks or loosely organized communities. gregarious species forage in flocks from colonies or roosts Example sentencesExamples Western Grebes are highly gregarious in all seasons, wintering in large flocks and nesting in colonies. They are fairly gregarious, but will sometimes gather in groups separate from the other rock shorebirds. During the winter, they are gregarious, feeding in small groups. Although they are frequently found in pairs, broadbills also tend to be quite gregarious and are often found in small feeding flocks. Locusts can exist in two different behavioral states, solitary and gregarious, whereas grasshoppers generally do not. Snowy Plovers breed in loose colonies, and they are gregarious in winter. American White Pelicans are highly gregarious and breed in large, dense colonies. Many of these raptor species are gregarious, which accounts for impressively large flocks of impressively large birds. The social system of pikas varies considerably among species, ranging from solitary individuals to large, gregarious colonies. Old World sparrows are highly gregarious; they often roost and breed communally and form feeding flocks. Eared Grebes are typically gregarious in nesting season, living in colonies that sometimes number thousands of individuals. Gray Jays are gregarious and are often found in family groups. Black-crowned Night-herons are gregarious at all times of the year, and are often seen in very large groups. Caspian Terns are less gregarious than other terns, nesting in smaller colonies, although this is changing in Washington. Rheas are gregarious in habit, and tend to live in flocks ranging in size from 5-30 individuals. Other evidence, though, suggests tyrannosaurs were gregarious. They are more gregarious during the spawning season when they congregate in large groups. They are gregarious throughout the year, with the exception of the laying and incubation period. Some pipits and wagtails are solitary, and others are gregarious. Common hippos are gregarious, live in herds, and are well adapted to life in the water. Synonyms social, organized, living in flocks, living in herds, living in shoals 1.2 (of plants) growing in open clusters or in pure associations. Example sentencesExamples If you are planting them in a container, don't skimp with the bulbs - Agapanthus is a gregarious flower that likes to be crowded. It is a gregarious spreading herb that quickly covers the ground and rocks. Ocencyrtus johnsonii is both gregarious and engages in superparasitism. The last gregarious flowering of muli bamboo in Mizoram, Tripura, Manipur and Barak Valley of Assam was reported in 1958-59 and was followed by famine in those areas. In the Western Ghats, at an altitude of about 1,600 metres, in the region of sholas and grasslands, the kurinji flourishes as a gregarious shrub. Origin Mid 17th century: from Latin gregarius (from grex, greg- ‘a flock’) + -ous.
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