outgoing
The adjective outgoing describes someone with a friendly, easy personality. Your outgoing friend might not understand how hard it is for shy people to speak in front of an audience.
If you're the only member of your outgoing family who is reserved, you might feel silent and invisible in their sociable midst. People who are outgoing are perfectly comfortable in social situations. A completely different meaning of outgoing describes someone who is departing, like an employee who will soon retire, or an outgoing club treasurer who isn't running for re-election.
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at ease in talking to others
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synonyms:
extroverted, forthcoming
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sociable
inclined to or conducive to companionship with others
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sociable
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leaving a place or a position“an outgoing steamship”
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Synonyms:
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outbound, outward, outward-bound
that is going out or leaving
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effluent, outflowing
that is flowing outward
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out
directed outward or serving to direct something outward
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past, preceding, retiring
of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office
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past
earlier than the present time; no longer current
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incoming
arriving at a place or position
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inbound, inward
directed or moving inward or toward a center
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designate
appointed but not yet installed in office
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elect
elected but not yet installed in office
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future, next, succeeding
(of elected officers) elected but not yet serving
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in
directed or bound inward
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inflowing, influent
flowing inward
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inpouring
pouring inward
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future
yet to be or coming
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outbound, outward, outward-bound
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retiring from a position or office“the outgoing president”
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incoming
entering upon a position of office vacated by another
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incoming
Vocabulary lists containing outgoing
Shy Yumi Chung dreams of being a stand-up comedian — and when a mix-up gives her access to a summer comedy camp, she might finally get her chance to shine.
Two students who are struggling to fit in at school must contend with a bully.
Iris is a 12-year-old girl who is deaf; when she learns about Blue 55, a whale that sings at a frequency other whales can't understand, she vows to find a way to communicate with him.
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