[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

social \so"cial\, a. 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.
      1913 webster

   2. ready or disposed to mix in friendly converse;
      companionable; sociable; as, a social person.
      1913 webster

   3. consisting in union or mutual intercourse.
      1913 webster

            best with thyself accompanied, seek'st not
            social communication.                 --milton.
      1913 webster

   4. bot. naturally growing in groups or masses; -- said of
      many individual plants of the same species.
      1913 webster

   5. zool.
      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.
          1913 webster

   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 zool., the blackfish.

   the social evil, prostitution.
      1913 webster

   syn: sociable; companionable; conversible; friendly;
        familiar; communicative; convival; festive.
        1913 webster
see also:
sue social science social whale the social evil 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

social
     adj 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: herdinga, swarminga
     6: marked by friendly companionship with others; "a social cup
        of coffee"
     n : a party of people assembled to promote sociability and
         communal activity syn: sociable, mixer
see also:
societal unsocial herdinga swarminga sociable mixer 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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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