Synonyms for nongregarious
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : gri-gair-ee-uhs |
| Phonetic Transcription : grɪˈgɛər i əs |
Top 10 synonyms for nongregarious Other synonyms for the word nongregarious
- aloof
- antagonistic
- aseptic
- backward
- bashful
- brooding
- casual
- cold
- cool
- coy
- demure
- diffident
- disinterested
- distant
- easy-going
- hostile
- inaccessible
- incurious
- indifferent
- inhospitable
- introverted
- laid-back
- meek
- modest
- nongregarious
- not forward
- offish
- rabbity
- recessive
- recluse
- reclusive
- remote
- reticent
- retiring
- secretive
- self-effacing
- sensitive
- shy
- silent
- solitary
- standoffish
- stuck-up
- taciturn
- timid
- timorous
- unaffable
- unapproachable
- unassertive
- unassuming
- unbending
- uncommunicative
- uncompanionable
- unconcerned
- uncongenial
- uncurious
- undemonstrative
- unexpansive
- unforthcoming
- uninterested
- unneighborly
- unsociable
- unsocial
- uppity
Définition of nongregarious
Origin :- 1660s, "living in flocks" (of animals), from Latin gregarius "pertaining to a flock; of the herd, of the common sort, common," from grex (genitive gregis) "flock, herd," reduplication of PIE root *ger- "to gather together, assemble" (cf. Greek ageirein "to assemble," agora "assembly;" Old Church Slavonic grusti "handful;" Lithuanian gurgulys "chaos, confusion," gurguole "crowd, mass"). Sense of "sociable" first recorded 1789. Related: Gregariously; gregariousness.
- As in retiring : adj shy, undemonstrative
- As in unsociable : adj unfriendly
- As in withdrawn : adj unsociable
Antonyms for nongregarious
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