social
relating to human society and its members
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,396 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 13,183 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.006% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- relating to human society and its members also: societal social institutionssocietal evolution
- living together or enjoying life in communities or organized groups a human being is a social animalmature social behavior
- relating to or belonging to or characteristic of high society made fun of her being so social and high-toneda social gossip colum
- composed of sociable people or formed for the purpose of sociability a purely social clubthe church has a large social hall
- tending to move or live together in groups or colonies of the same kind ants are social insects
- marked by friendly companionship with others a social cup of coffee
noun
- a party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity also: sociable, mixer
social in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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They became social outlaws in the South.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1
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Others hailed it as smart in the social sense.
Representative Plays by American Dramatists — Love in '76 · Oliver Bell Bunce · Chapter 1
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And yet there was everywhere in France that indefinable anxiety which precedes great social convulsions.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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No church-bell lent its Christian tone To the savage air, no social smoke Curled over woods of snow-hung oak.
Snow-bound · John Greenleaf Whittier · Chapter 1
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To his mother it meant a distinct social advance, as no family staying in town all summer could be held really respectable.
The Soul of a Child · Edwin Björkman · Chapter 1