extrovert

/ˌɛkstrəˈvʌrt/

/ˈɛkstrəvət/

Other forms: extroverts

An extrovert is a friendly person who enjoys talking to and being with other people. Extroverts love parties, talking on the phone, and meeting new people.

This noun has a specialized sense in psychology, and its opposite is introvert. Psychologists sometimes kick it old school and spell it extravert. As a psychological term, it was borrowed from German extravertiert, from the prefix extra-, "outside, beyond" plus Latin vertere, "to turn." Thanks, Carl Jung! Its opposite is introvert, which means shy or turned inward.

Definitions of extrovert

1. noun

   (psychology) a person concerned more with practical realities than with inner thoughts and feelings
   synonyms: extravert

   antonyms:

   introvert

   (psychology) a person who tends to shrink from social contacts and to become preoccupied with their own thoughts

   type of:

   individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul

   a human being
2. adjective

   being concerned with the social and physical environment
   synonyms: extravert, extraverted, extravertive, extroverted, extrovertive

   extraversive, extroversive

   directed outward; marked by interest in others or concerned with external reality