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Contrasted words: eremitic, solitary, unsociable; antisocial, asocial, unsocial; remote, withdrawn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