SOCIAL


Meaning of SOCIAL in English

adjective

1.

conducive to, marked by, or passed in pleasant companionship with one's friends or associates

a relaxed, social evening

Synonyms: companionable, convivial, sociable

Related Word: amusing, entertaining, pleasant, pleasurable; cordial, friendly, genial, gracious, hospitable

Contrasted words: inimicable, inimical, unfriendly, unhospitable; eremitic, solitary

Antonyms: unsociable, unsocial

2.

inclined by nature to association or community life with others of the same species

man is a social animal

Synonyms: gregarious, sociable

Related Word: social-minded; intersocial

Contrasted words: eremitic, solitary, unsociable; antisocial, asocial, unsocial; remote, withdrawn

Antonyms: nonsocial

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