🇬🇧 Gregarious meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

If a person or animal is gregarious, they really love being around other people, chatting, laughing, and making lots of friends instead of being alone.

My gregarious grandma makes friends in the checkout line, the parking lot, and probably with the shopping carts too.

Our gregarious dog joined three different families on their walks before remembering which one actually owned him.

Our gregarious principal knows every student’s name, and probably the names of their backpacks and lunchboxes as well.

At recess, the gregarious kid didn’t choose a game—he just joined all of them at once and somehow ended up captain of everything.

At the beach, my gregarious cousin started a sandcastle club, and somehow even the lifeguard joined.

At the street fair, a gregarious musician stood under a string of lights, smiling. The gregarious musician greeted every passerby, handed out songs and jokes, and drew a crowd. Children sat close; gregarious strangers linked arms. The gregarious musician's small show became a warm circle, and the gregarious smile stayed long after the lights went out.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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