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| Main Entry: | social |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | public, friendly |
| Synonyms: | amusing, civil, collective, common, communal, communicative, community, companionable, convivial, cordial, entertaining, familiar, general, gracious, gregarious, group, hospitable, informative, mannerly, neighborly, nice, organized, pleasant, pleasurable, polished, polite, popular, sociable, diverting, societal |
| Antonyms: | private, secluded, unfriendly, hermetical, unsocial |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | companionable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | friendly |
| Synonyms: | affable, amicable, complacent, congenial, convivial, cordial, cozy, familiar, genial, good-natured, gregarious, intimate, mellow, neighborly, outgoing, sociable, social, tight, buddy buddy, clubby, conversable, cozy with, pally, palsy, tight with |
| Antonyms: | antagonistic, foreign, opposing, unfriendly |
| Main Entry: | congenial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | friendly, compatible |
| Synonyms: | adapted, affable, agreeable, companionable, compatible, complaisant, congruous, consistent, consonant, convivial, cooperative, cordial, delightful, favorable, fit, genial, good-humored, gracious, happy, harmonious, jovial, kindly, kindred, like-minded, mellow, pleasant, pleasing, sociable, social, suitable, sympathetic, amical, clubby, conversable, regular fellow, right neighborly, well-suited |
| Antonyms: | disagreeable, ill-suited, incompatible, uncongenial, unfriendly, unsympathetic |
| Main Entry: | cordial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | friendly, sociable |
| Synonyms: | affable, affectionate, agreeable, amicable, cheerful, companionable, congenial, convivial, cozy, earnest, genial, glowing, gracious, happy, heartfelt, hearty, invigorating, jovial, mellow, neighborly, palsy-walsy*, polite, responsive, sincere, social, sympathetic, tender, warm, warmhearted, wholehearted, buddy-buddy*, clubby, heart-to-heart, red-carpet, welcoming |
| Antonyms: | aloof, cool, disagreeable, hostile, indifferent, inhospitable, unfriendly, unpleasant, unsociable, uncordial |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | extroverted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | outgoing |
| Synonyms: | congenial, cordial, demonstrative, friendly, gregarious, personable, sociable, social, unreserved |
| Main Entry: | gregarious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | friendly |
| Synonyms: | affable, companionable, convivial, cordial, fun, outgoing, sociable, social, clubby |
| Antonyms: | cold, cool, introverted, unfriendly, unsociable, unhospitable |
| Main Entry: | national |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concerning a country with a |
| Synonyms: | civil, communal, domestic, ethnic, general, governmental, home, imperial, inland, internal, native, politic, political, public, royal, social, sovereign, state, sweeping, vernacular, widespread, countrywide, federal, government civic, interstate, nationwide, societal |
| Antonyms: | local |
| Main Entry: | neighborly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | friendly |
| Synonyms: | amiable, civil, companionable, considerate, cooperative, cordial, genial, gracious, gregarious, harmonious, helpful, hospitable, kind, obliging, sociable, social, well-disposed |
| Antonyms: | cold, distant, unfriendly, unsociable, unneighborly |
| Main Entry: | pleasant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | acceptable; friendly |
| Synonyms: | affable, agreeable, amiable, amusing, bland, charming, cheerful, civil, civilized, congenial, convivial, cool*, cordial, delectable, delightful, diplomatic, enchanting, engaging, enjoyable, fine, fun, genial, good-humored, gracious, gratifying, homey, jolly, jovial, kindly, likable, lovely, mild, nice, obliging, pleasing, pleasurable, polite, refreshing, satisfying, social, soft, sweet, sympathetic, urbane, welcome, copacetic, fine and dandy, mild-mannered |
| Antonyms: | bothersome, disagreeable, hateful, nasty, unacceptable, unfriendly, unhappy, unpleasant, worrisome, troubling |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sociable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | friendly, outgoing |
| Synonyms: | accessible, affable, approachable, close, companionable, convivial, cordial, familiar, genial, good-natured, gregarious, intimate, neighborly, regular, social, warm, clubby, conversable |
| Antonyms: | introverted, snobbish, unfriendly, unkind, unsociable |
| Main Entry: | mixer |
| Part of Speech: | noun4 |
| Definition: | a party |
| Synonyms: | party, social, tea, cocktail party, social gathering |
| Main Entry: | party |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | social gathering |
| Synonyms: | affair, amusement, ball, banquet, barbecue, bash*, blowout*, carousal, celebration, dinner, diversion*, do*, entertainment, feast, festivity, fete, fun, function, gala, get-together, orgy*, prom, reception, riot, shindig*, social, splurge*, spree*, tea, at-home, carousing, cocktails, coffee klatch, coming-out, festive occasion, luncheon, movable feast, soiree |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | popular |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | well-known, favorite |
| Synonyms: | accepted, approved, attractive, beloved, celebrated, famous, fashionable, favored, in vogue, leading, likable, liked, lovable, noted, notorious, now*, okay*, pleasing, praised, preferred, prevailing, prominent, right stuff*, selling, social, sought, stylish, suitable, thing*, trendy, caught on, crowd-pleasing, faddish, in, in demand, in favor, in the mainstream, promoted, run-after, societal, sought-after, the rage, well-liked, well-received |
| Antonyms: | unknown, unpopular, disliked |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | public |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | community, general |
| Synonyms: | accessible, city, civic, civil, common, communal, country, free, government, governmental, metropolitan, municipal, mutual, national, open, popular, social, state, universal, unrestricted, urban, widespread, conjoint, conjunct, federal, free to all, intermutual, not private, open-door, without charge |
| Antonyms: | particular, private, specific |
| Main Entry: | thoughtful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | caring, mindful |
| Synonyms: | anxious, astute, attentive, aware, benign, canny, careful, cautious, charitable, chivalrous, circumspect, civil, concerned, considerate, cooperative, courteous, deliberate, diplomatic, discreet, friendly, gallant, gracious, heedful, helpful, indulgent, kind, kindly, neighborly, obliging, observant, observing, polite, prudent, regardful, responsive, sensitive, social, solicitous, tactful, unselfish, wary, well-bred, observative, well thought-out |
| Antonyms: | careless, heedless, inattentive, inconsiderate, uncaring, unmindful, unthoughtful |
| Main Entry: | bee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | collective task |
| Synonyms: | harvest, party, social, communal gathering, work party |
| Main Entry: | common |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | generally known; held in common |
| Synonyms: | accepted, coincident, collective, communal, community, congruous, constant, corporate, correspondent, customary, general, generic, joint, like, mutual, popular, prevailing, prevalent, public, reciprocal, shared, social, united, universal, usual, well-known, widespread, communistic, commutual, conjoint, conjunct, in common, intermutual, socialistic |
| Notes: | mutual applies to reciprocal relationships between two or more things; if something is held in common, use 'common' instead |
| Main Entry: | dance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | party for moving to music |
| Synonyms: | ball, brawl, disco, formal, hop, jump, masquerade, mingle, prom, promenade, shindig, social, hoedown, sock hop |
| Main Entry: | public |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | known, acknowledged |
| Synonyms: | exposed, general, notorious, obvious, open, overt, patent, plain, popular, prevalent, published, recognized, social, usual, vulgar, widespread, in circulation, societal |
| Antonyms: | private, unknown |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | culture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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ambosexual, androgynous, anthropoid, antiethnic, civic, congeneric, consanguine, cosmopolitan, deivirile, ecdemic, epicene, ethnic, ethnocentric, ethnological, genealogical, gynaecocoenic, historic, historical, homophylic, human, individual, infra, mortal, national, neanthropic, nonliterate, paleoanthropic, personal, pithecological, polyphyletic, preliterate, primitive, prosopoeic, public, simian, social, sociocultural, sociological, xanthous
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