socialadjective
uk/ˈsəʊ.ʃəl/us/ˈsoʊ.ʃəl/social adjective (GOING OUT)
B1 relating to activities in which you meet and spend time with other people and that happen during the time when you are not working:
I had an active social life when I was at college.
I'm a social drinker - I only drink when I'm with other people.
Most schools organize social events for the students.
UK I've just become a member of the company's sports and social club.
approving also sociable Social people like to meet and spend time with other people:
I'm shy, but my brother's very social.
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- Susannah's party was the social event of the year.
- I see her two or three times a year, usually at social functions.
- One of the minus points of working at home is not having social contact with colleagues.
- Whenever I'm in a social situation with my boss, we seem to run out of conversation after two minutes!
- a social gathering
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Friendly
- affable
- amiable
- amicable
- amity
- approachable
- closeness
- comrade
- familiarity
- family-friendly
- first name
- forthcoming
- fraternal
- Freemasonry
- likeable
- matey
- neighbourly
- nice
- nicely
- thaw
- tête-à-tête
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social adjective (SOCIETY)
B2 [ before noun ] relating to society and living together in an organized way:
social classes/groups
social disorder/trends/change/equality/justice/differences
Monkeys are highly social animals.
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- There have been monumental social and demographic changes in the country.
- People's voting habits are influenced by political, social and economic factors.
- The government have failed to come to grips with the two most important social issues of our time.
- Some monkeys have a very complex social hierarchy.
- Overpopulation is one of the country's most pressing social problems.
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Society - general words
- amenity
- civilization
- civilized
- consumer society
- dystopia
- facility
- hunter-gatherer
- pluralism
- pluralist
- secularize
- social engineering
- society
- socio-
- sociocultural
- sociolinguistic
- sociolinguistics
- sociological
- superstructure
- uncivilized
- utility
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socialnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈsəʊ.ʃəl/us/ˈsoʊ.ʃəl/old-fashionedan occasion when the members of a group or organization meet informally to enjoy themselves:
a church social
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Celebrations, parties & special occasions
- a night on the town idiom
- a/the gathering of the clans idiom
- afterparty
- April Fool's Day
- bachelor party
- fayre
- feast
- fest
- festival
- festive
- fundraiser
- Mother's Day
- New Year's Eve
- night
- nightclubbing
- nightlife
- occasion
- prom
- rage
- rave
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