Social /(?)/

So·cial

Social

a.
  1. Of or pertaining to society; relating to men living in society, or to the public as an aggregate body; as, social interest or concerns; social pleasure; social benefits; social happiness; social duties.
  2. Ready or disposed to mix in friendly converse; companionable; sociable; as, a social person.
  3. Consisting in union or mutual intercourse.
    Best with thyself accompanied, seek'st not Social communication.
  4. Naturally growing in groups or masses; -- said of many individual plants of the same species. (Bot.)
  5. Living in communities consisting of males, females, and neuters, as do ants and most bees. (Zool.)

Phrases & Compounds

Social science
the science of all that relates to the social condition, the relations and institutions which are involved in man's existence and his well-being as a member of an organized community; sociology. It concerns itself with questions of the public health, education, labor, punishment of crime, reformation of criminals, and the like.
Social whale
the blackfish.
The social evil
prostitution.