sociable
adjective/ˈsəʊʃəbl/
/ˈsəʊʃəbl/
(also less frequent social)
- (of people) enjoying spending time with other people synonym gregarious
- She's a sociable child who'll talk to anyone.
- I'm not feeling very sociable this evening.
- We had a very sociable weekend (= we did a lot of things with other people).
- The hours are not very sociable in this job (= you have to work early, late, at the weekend, etc.).
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French, or from Latin sociabilis, from sociare ‘unite’, from socius ‘companion’.Definitions on the go
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