social
Noun · AdjectiveOpen English WordNet
Adjective (6)
- relating to human society and its members“social institutions”“societal evolution”“societal forces”“social legislation”Synonyms: societalRelating to society
- living together or enjoying life in communities or organized groups“a human being is a social animal”“mature social behavior”Opposite unsocialSimilar cultural, interpersonal, gregarious, multiethnicRelates to socialitySee also friendly, gregarious, sociable
- relating to or belonging to or characteristic of high society“made fun of her being so social and high-toned”“a social gossip column”“the society page”Relating to bon ton
- composed of sociable people or formed for the purpose of sociability“a purely social club”“the church has a large social hall”“a social director”Opposite unsociableSimilar sociable
- tending to move or live together in groups or colonies of the same kind“ants are social insects”Opposite ungregariousSimilar gregarious
- marked by friendly companionship with others“a social cup of coffee”Opposite unfriendlySimilar friendly
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Translations
Adjective relating to society
- Spanish
- social
- French
- social
- German
- sozial
- Italian
- sociale
- Portuguese
- social
- Turkish
- sosyal
- Russian
- социа́льный sociálʹnyj
- Arabic
- اِجْتِمَاعِيّ ijtimāʕiyy
- Japanese
- 社会的 shakaiteki
- Dutch
- sociaal
23 more languages
- Polish
- społeczny
- Swedish
- social
- Greek
- κοινωνικός koinonikós
- Indonesian
- kemasyarakatan
- Vietnamese
- xã hội
- Hungarian
- társadalmi
- Portuguese (PT)
- social
- Catalan
- social
- Czech
- sociální
- Danish
- social
- Esperanto
- socia
- Estonian
- sotsiaalne
- Finnish
- yhteiskunnallinen
- Georgian
- სოციალური socialuri
- Hebrew
- חֶבְרָתִי khevratí
- Icelandic
- félagslegur
- Latvian
- sociāls
- Lithuanian
- socialinis
- Norwegian
- sosial
- Romanian
- social
- Scottish Gaelic
- sòisealta
- Slovak
- sociálny
- Welsh
- cymdeithasol
Adjective extroverted or outgoing
- German
- kontaktfreudig
- Italian
- socievole
- Portuguese
- sociável
- Russian
- общи́тельный obščítelʹnyj
- Polish
- towarzyski
- Swedish
- sällskaplig
- Greek
- κοινωνικός koinonikós
- Hungarian
- szociális
- Portuguese (PT)
- social
- Catalan
- sociable
8 more languages
- Czech
- společenský
- Danish
- social
- Finnish
- seurallinen
- Georgian
- საზოგადოებრივი sazogadoebrivi
- Icelandic
- mannblendinn
- Norwegian
- selskapelig
- Scottish Gaelic
- sòisealta
- Welsh
- cymdeithasol
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: L. socialis, from socius a companion; akin to sequi to follow: cf. F. social. See Sue to follow.
1. 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. “Social phenomena.” John Stuart Mill
2. Ready or disposed to mix in friendly converse; companionable; sociable; as, a social person.
3. Consisting in union or mutual intercourse.
Best with thyself accompanied, seek'st not Social communication.— John Milton
4. Botany Naturally growing in groups or masses; — said of many individual plants of the same species.
5. Zoology (a) Living in communities consisting of males, females, and neuters, as do ants and most bees. (b) Forming compound groups or colonies by budding from basal processes or stolons; as, the social ascidians.
Social science, the science of all that relates to the social condition, the relations and institutions which are involved in man's existence and his well-being as a member of an organized community; sociology. It concerns itself with questions of the public health, education, labor, punishment of crime, reformation of criminals, and the like. — Social whale Zoology, the blackfish. — The social evil, prostitution.
Synonyms: Sociable; companionable; conversible; friendly; familiar; communicative; convival; festive.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54