Outgoing

Quick meaning: Outgoing is an adjective meaning Extroverted: talkative, friendly, and social, especially with respect to meeting new people easily and comfortably; outgiving.

Meaning

Extroverted: talkative, friendly, and social, especially with respect to meeting new people easily and comfortably; outgiving.

More Meanings

1. (not comparable) Going out, on its way out.
2. (not comparable) Being replaced in office (while still in office but after election has determined that he/she will be replaced).
3. The act of leaving or going out; exit, departure.
4. The extreme limit; the place of ending.
5. present participle and gerund of outgo
6. (chiefly in the plural) Money that leaves one's possession; expenditure, outlay, expense.

Example Sentences

Is there any outgoing post?

Think of it this way: Some people are more outgoing, while others are more reserved.

Tom is very outgoing and enjoys meeting people; his brother, on the other hand, is painfully shy.

Twelve-year-old Emma-Rose Paley has always felt very different from her bubbly, outgoing parents.

Word Forms

• outgoings

Synonyms for outgoing

Depending on context, synonyms include outgang, forthcoming, sociable, effluent, extroverted, outbound.

Antonyms for outgoing

Common opposites include introverted, asocial, reserved, shy, bashful, withdrawn.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include extrovertish, extroverted, extroversive, sociable, outward, past.

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