adj consisting in union or mutual intercourse.
2. social ·adj living in communities consisting of males, females, and neuters, as do ants and most bees.
3. social ·adj naturally growing in groups or masses;
said of many individual plants of the same species.
4. social ·adj ready or disposed to mix in friendly converse; companionable; sociable; as, a social person.
5. social ·adj forming compound groups or colonies by budding from basal processes or stolons; as, the social ascidians.
6. social ·adj of or pertaining to society; relating to men living in society, or to the public as an aggregate body; as, social interest or concerns; social pleasure; social benefits; social happiness; social duties.