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Adjective: outgoing  'awt,gow-ing
  1. Leaving a place or a position
    "an outgoing steamship"
     
  2. Retiring from a position or office
    "the outgoing president"
     
  3. Sociable and at ease talking to others; expressive and lively
    - extroverted, forthcoming
Noun: outgoing  'awt,gow-ing
Usage: Brit
  1. An expense, expenditure
Verb: outgo (outwent,outgone)  awt'gow
Usage: archaic
  1. Be or do something to a greater degree
    - surpass, outstrip, outmatch, exceed, outdo, surmount, outperform

Derived forms: outgoings

See also: departing, direction, effluent, out, outbound, outflowing, outward, outward-bound, past, preceding, retiring, sociable

Type of: beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish

Antonym: incoming