gregarious

1. 1.

   (of animals) tending to form a group with others of the same species

   “gregarious bird species”

   Antonymsungregarious

   Similarsocial

   animal

2. 2.

   instinctively or temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others

   “he is a gregarious person who avoids solitude”

   Similarsocial
3. 3.

   (of plants) growing in groups that are close together

   Antonymsungregarious

   Similarclustered

   plant

Questions about gregarious

What does gregarious mean?

gregarious means "(of animals) tending to form a group with others of the same species". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in gregarious?

gregarious has 4 syllables: gre-gar-i-ous. The stress falls on "gar". In IPA it is /ɡɹəˈɡɛɹiəs/.

What is the opposite of gregarious?

The recorded antonyms are ungregarious, ungregarious.

Is gregarious a common word?

gregarious is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.