Outgoer

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. An individual known for their active participation in social events demonstrates a proclivity for leaving their residence to engage with others in various outings
2. A person exemplifying a tendency to leave home for social engagements is often involved in various communal activities and outings
3. Someone who habitually leaves their residence to engage in social or public activities

Etymology: "Outgoer" is a plain formation, built from "outgo" with the agent suffix "-er" attached, and its earliest recorded form is in Middle English. The sense it carries is a gentle, slightly old-fashioned one: a person who is often out of the house, going to parties, dinners and outings rather than staying home. The base verb "outgo" has the older meaning of going out or going forth, which is the same movement the noun describes. The source also points to a parallel with "incomer", which suggests the pair was shaped in the same way: one who goes out, one who comes in. The word therefore reads almost like a mirror image of its counterpart, with the direction of travel doing all the work.

Synonyms: departing individual, leaver

Antonyms: incoming individual, arriver