social
Other forms: socials
If you are social, you like to be around people. A social butterfly is someone who is social or friendly with everyone, flitting from person to person, the way a butterfly might.
The word social comes from the Latin socius meaning "friend." When you're being social, you're everyone's friend. Go to a social, or mixer, and you might make a lot of new friends. Stand in the corner pouting, however, and you're being anti-social. Humans are described as social beings — ones that tend to move or live in groups together, like penguins!
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living together or enjoying life in communities or organized groups“a human being is a social animal”“mature social behavior”
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friendly
characteristic of or befitting a friend
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cultural, ethnic, ethnical
denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people
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gregarious
instinctively or temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others
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interpersonal
occurring among or involving several people
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multi-ethnic, multiethnic
involving several ethnic groups
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gregarious
(of animals) tending to form a group with others of the same species
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sociable
inclined to or conducive to companionship with others
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unsocial
not seeking or given to association; being or living without companions
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alone
isolated from others
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antisocial, asocial
hostile to or disruptive of normal standards of social behavior
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asocial
given to avoiding association with others
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lone, lonely, solitary
characterized by or preferring solitude
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recluse, reclusive, withdrawn
withdrawn from society; seeking solitude
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ungregarious
(of animals) not gregarious
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unsociable
not inclined to society or companionship
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friendly
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relating to human society and its members
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tending to move or live together in groups or colonies of the same kind“ants are social insects”
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gregarious
(of animals) tending to form a group with others of the same species
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gregarious
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relating to or belonging to or characteristic of high society“made fun of her being so social and high-toned”“a social gossip colum”
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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”
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sociable
inclined to or conducive to companionship with others
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sociable
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marked by friendly companionship with others“a social cup of coffee”
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synonyms:
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friendly
characteristic of or befitting a friend
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friendly
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a party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity
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This list focuses on the social responsibility of business and government (Unit 1, Chapter 4). Here are links to all the chapters of Unit 1, Business in the Global Economic Environment: Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4 Here are links to all the units of the business textbook published by South-Western Cengage Learning: Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3, Unit 4