gregarious

 
Pronunciation: /grɪˈgɛːrɪəs/

adjective

  • (of a person) fond of company; sociable: he was a popular and gregarious man
  • (of animals) living in flocks or loosely organized communities: gregarious species forage in flocks from colonies or roosts
  • (of plants) growing in open clusters or in pure associations: in the wild, trees are usually gregarious plants

Derivatives

gregariously

adverb

gregariousness

noun

Origin:

mid 17th century: from Latin gregarius (from grex, greg- 'a flock') + -ous