Synonyms for outgoing
ˈaʊtˌgoʊ ɪŋ or, for 5 , -ˈgoʊ-out·go·ing

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1. outgoingnoun

   Synonyms:
   outgang

   Antonyms:
   incoming

2. outgoingnoun

   Comfortable in social settings and interactions; confident in dealing with people especially in meeting new people; gregarious.

   Tom is very outgoing and enjoys meeting people; his brother, on the other hand, is painfully shy.

   Synonyms:
   outgang

   Antonyms:
   incoming

3. outgoingadjective

   Going out, on its way out.

   Is there any outgoing post?

   Synonyms:
   outgang

   Antonyms:
   incoming

4. outgoingadjective

   The outgoing politician wasn't too disappointed he'd lost the election; he was tired of political infighting.

   Antonyms:
   incoming

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1. outgoingadjective

   leaving a place or a position

   "an outgoing steamship"

   Synonyms:
   forthcoming, extroverted

   Antonyms:
   unsociable, future(a), inward, next, influent, succeeding(a), inpouring, designate(ip), incoming, elect(ip), inbound, in(a), inflowing

2. outgoingadjective

   retiring from a position or office

   "the outgoing president"

   Synonyms:
   forthcoming, extroverted

   Antonyms:
   inpouring, influent, inbound, elect(ip), succeeding(a), designate(ip), incoming, unsociable, next, future(a), inward, in(a), inflowing

3. extroverted, forthcoming, outgoingadjective

   at ease in talking to others

   Synonyms:
   forthcoming, extravert, extraverted, upcoming, extroverted, extravertive, extrovert, approaching, extrovertive, extrospective, coming(a)

   Antonyms:
   influent, unsociable, inbound, future(a), designate(ip), incoming, inflowing, elect(ip), next, inward, succeeding(a), inpouring, in(a)

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1. extraversion

   concerned with people and things, rather than ideas and concepts

   sales is a great career for extroverts because it takes someone who is outgoing.

   Submitted by rinat on August 26, 2019  

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1. List of paraphrases for "outgoing":

   outbound, retiring, leavers, outward, out-going, output, incumbent, exit, former, emerging, resigned, salient, outlet, egress, projection, departing, eol

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How to use outgoing in a sentence?

1. Sylvia Plath, The Journals of Sylvia Plath:

   Everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it and the imagination to improvise.

2. Linda Addeo:

   She was a young and beautiful person. She was outgoing and funny. She would do anything for anybody.

3. Martin Ziguele:

   All the candidates are on the same footing. The outgoing president has not supported anyone.

4. Jim Meskimen:

   There was no animosity, i thought they worked together really well. They had very different energies, but they were very friendly to each other. And it looked like they went on to be friends for quite some time. It was a good pairing. Will was very friendly, outgoing and a good host. People were coming to his house to work on his show. They were guests. But he treated everyone with respect, me included. He made everyone feel welcomed right away and the set was fun. We would even make a big circle where we’d put our arms around one another and wish each other the best. There was a nice spirit on set.

5. David Mills:

   She had this laugh that was very unique. Her laugh alone made you smile, and she loved to make people smile. My daughter was just outgoing, a ray of sunshine.