Social life
Synonyms for outgoing
Synonyms for outgoing: extroverted and gregarious. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for outgoing
Interchangeable with outgoing in this sense
Audited under outgoing's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one outgoing carries in that sense.
- extrovertedadjective, in the sense "sociable and confident in approaching or talking with others"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name outgoing as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- gregariousgregarious is an adjective in the sense "fond of company and inclined to seek social interaction"
Two directions, one standard: one audited under outgoing and one under the partner word. Nothing here was expanded out of a thesaurus.
sociable and confident in approaching or talking with others.
He was outgoing at every gathering, always the first to start a conversation with strangers.
The true synonym
extroverted
Same sentence, swapped: He was extroverted at every gathering, always the first to start a conversation with strangers.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot outgoing is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- humble
- cautious
- arrogant
Where outgoing turns up in the game
outgoing is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where outgoing is the trap
- socialadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is communal, in the sense "living or breeding in organized communities rather than alone", with outgoing sitting one tile away.
Play outgoing
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so outgoing reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other social life words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. outgoing carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.