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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. leaving a place or a position;
- Example: "an outgoing steamship"

2. retiring from a position or office;
- Example: "the outgoing president"

3. at ease in talking to others;
[syn: extroverted, forthcoming, outgoing]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Outgoing \Out"go`ing\, n. 1. The act or the state of going out. [1913 Webster] The outgoings of the morning and evening. --Ps. lxv. 8. [1913 Webster] 2. That which goes out; outgo; outlay. [1913 Webster] 3. The extreme limit; the place of ending. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea, at the south end of Jordan. --Josh. xviii. 19. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Outgo \Out*go"\, v. t. [imp. Outwent; p. p. Outgone; p. pr. & vb. n. Outgoing.] [1913 Webster] 1. To go beyond; to exceed in swiftness; to surpass; to outdo. [1913 Webster] 2. To circumvent; to overreach. [Obs.] --Denham. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

outgoing \out"go`ing\, a. 1. Going out; departing; leaving; as, the outgoing administration; an outgoing steamer. [1913 Webster] 2. Being sent out; as, outgoing mail; outgoing packages. [PJC] 3. Enjoying the company of others; pleasant and responsive to others; sociable; friendly; convivial; cordial; -- of people; as, an outgoing personality. Opposite of reserved or cold. [PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

outgoing adj 1: leaving a place or a position; "an outgoing steamship" [ant: incoming] 2: retiring from a position or office; "the outgoing president" [ant: incoming] 3: at ease in talking to others [syn: extroverted, forthcoming, outgoing]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

73 Moby Thesaurus words for "outgoing": accessible, affable, amenable, amiable, amicable, approachable, candid, communicative, congenial, conversable, cordial, demonstrative, departing, departure, easygoing, effluent, effused, effusive, egress, egression, emeritus, exit, exodus, expansive, extraction, extravasated, extroversive, extrovert, extroverted, familiar, former, forthcoming, frank, free, free-speaking, free-spoken, free-tongued, friendly, genial, going out, gossipy, informal, leaving, newsy, open, other-directed, outbound, outcome, outcoming, outflowing, outgo, outpouring, outspoken, outward-bound, past, retiring, self-revealing, self-revelatory, sociable, talkative, unconstrained, unhampered, unrepressed, unreserved, unrestrained, unrestricted, unreticent, unsecretive, unshrinking, unsilent, unsuppressed, warm, withdrawing