n. Function: adjective
1 conducive to, marked by, or passed in pleasant companionship with one's friends or associates FF1C; a relaxed, social evening FF1E;
Synonyms: companionable, convivial, sociable
Related Words: 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 FF1C; man is a social animal FF1E;
Synonyms: gregarious, sociable
Related Words: social-minded; intersocial
Contrasted Words: eremitic, solitary, unsociable; antisocial, asocial, unsocial; remote, withdrawn
Antonyms: nonsocial