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/ˈɡædəbaʊt/ · noun
A person who restlessly moves from place to place, seeking amusement or the companionship of others..
I was among the last to board the ferry. ... Chilean tourists, Uruguayan doctors, old Argentine gadabouts of high-society heritage, ladies wearing strident perfumes, families, all of them in those same light blue sneakers, like Smurfs.
Use gad about when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Gad about means A person who restlessly moves from place to place, seeking amusement or the companionship of others..
Common synonyms include social butterfly.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I was among the last to board the ferry. ... Chilean tourists, Uruguayan doctors, old Argentine gadabouts of high-society heritage, ladies wearing strident perfumes, families, all of them in those same light blue sneakers, like Smurfs.
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