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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 gadabout when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Gadabout 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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