From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Social \So"cial\, adjective [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.'' --J. S. 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. --Milton.
4. (Bot.) Naturally growing in groups or masses; -- said of many individual plants of the same species.
5. (Zo["o]l.) (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} (Zo["o]l.), the blackfish.
{The social evil}, prostitution.
Syn: Sociable; companionable; conversible; friendly; familiar; communicative; convival; festive.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: relating to human society and its members; "social institutions"; "societal evolution"; "societal forces"; "social legislation" [syn: {societal}]
2: living together or enjoying life in communities or organized groups; "human beings are social animals"; "spent a relaxed social evening"; "immature social behavior" [ant: {unsocial}]
3: relating to or belonging to or characteristic of high society; "made fun of her being so social and high-toned"; "a social gossip colum"; "the society page"
4: 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"
5: (of birds and animals) tending to move or live together in groups or colonies of the same kind; "ants are social insects"; "the herding instinct in sheep or cattle"; "swarming behavior in bees" [syn: {herding(a)}, {swarming(a)}]
6: marked by friendly companionship with others; "a social cup of coffee"
noun
1: a party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity [syn: {sociable}, {mixer}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
73 Moby Thesaurus words for "social": affable, affair, amiable, amusing, associated, associational, at home, civic, civil, clubbable, clubbish, clubby, coalitional, collective, collectivistic, common, communal, communicative, communistic, community, commutual, companionable, companionate, compatible, congenial, conjoint, convivial, cooperative, cordial, cosmopolitan, courteous, entertaining, fit for society, fond of society, friendly, gathering, general, genial, get-together, gracious, gregarious, group, hospitable, in common, international, joint, levee, matinee, mutual, national, organizational, pleasant, pleasurable, popular, public, reception, reciprocal, reunion, salon, sexual, sociable, social affair, social gathering, social-minded, socialistic, societal, society, soiree, state, supranational, urbane, venereal, wake
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