outgoing
adjective
1. leaving a place or a position
- an outgoing steamship
Similar word(s): outbound, outward, effluent, outflowing, out, past, preceding, retiring, past
2. retiring from a position or office
- the outgoing president
3. at ease in talking to others; comfortable in social settings.
Similar word(s): sociable, extroverted, forthcoming
Sentences with outgoing as an adjective:
- Tom is very outgoing and enjoys meeting people; his brother, on the other hand, is painfully shy.
- Is there any outgoing post?
- The outgoing politician wasn't too disappointed he'd lost the election; he was tired of political infighting.
noun
1. The act of leaving or going out; exit, departure.
2. (chiefly in the plural) Money that leaves one's possession; expenditure, outlay, expense
3. The extreme limit; the place of ending.
verb
1. present participle of outgo