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say it: SOH-shuhl
social is an adjective and noun meaning "relating to human society and its members". It carries 7 recorded senses.
relating to human society and its members
“social institutions”
“societal evolution”
“societal forces”
“social legislation”
living together or enjoying life in communities or organized groups
“a human being is a social animal”
“mature social behavior”
relating to or belonging to or characteristic of high society
“made fun of her being so social and high-toned”
“a social gossip colum”
“the society page”
composed of sociable people or formed for the purpose of sociability
“a purely social club”
“the church has a large social hall”
“a social director”
tending to move or live together in groups or colonies of the same kind
“ants are social insects”
animal
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for social come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.