Gregarious

 WORD OF THE DAY

gregarious / adjective / grih-GAIR-ee-us

Definition
1a: tending to associate with others of one's kind
1b: social
1c: marked by or indicating a liking for companionship
1d: sociable
1e: of or relating to a social group
2a (of a plant): growing in a cluster or a colony
2b: living in contiguous nests but not forming a true colony —used especially of wasps and bees

Examples
"The gregarious organizer of the Florida Renaissance Festival … is a 40-year Fort Lauderdale resident who turns 75 in April and sounds energized enough to slay any dragon who might drop by when the 30-year-old fair kicks off Saturday."
— Ben Crandell, The South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2022

"… the gregarious trade unionist whose back-slapping mateyness helped make him Australia's most popular politician."
— Time, 3 Apr. 1989

Did You Know?
When you're one of the herd, it's tough to avoid being social.
The etymology of gregarious reflects the social nature of the flock; in fact, the word grew out of the Latin noun grex, meaning "herd" or "flock."
 When it first began appearing in English texts in the 17th century, gregarious was applied mainly to animals, but by the 18th century it was being used for social human beings as well.
By the way, grex gave English a whole flock of other words too, including egregious, aggregate, congregate, and segregate.