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gay

 
Adjective gay has 6 senses
  1. cheery, gay, sunny - bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer; "a cheery hello"; "a gay sunny room"; "a sunny smile"
    Antonyms: cheerless, uncheerful (indirect, via cheerful)
  2. gay, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful - full of or showing high-spirited merriment; "when hearts were young and gay"; "a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"- Wordsworth; "the jolly crowd at the reunion"; "jolly old Saint Nick"; "a jovial old gentleman"; "have a merry Christmas"; "peals of merry laughter"; "a mirthful laugh"
    Antonym: joyless (indirect, via joyous)
  3. gay - given to social pleasures often including dissipation; "led a gay Bohemian life"; "a gay old rogue with an eye for the ladies"
    Antonym:
    nonindulgent (indirect, via indulgent)
  4. brave, braw, gay - brightly colored and showy; "girls decked out in brave new dresses"; "brave banners flying"; "`braw' is a Scottish word"; "a dress a bit too gay for her years"; "birds with gay plumage"
    Antonyms: colorless, colourless (indirect, via colorful)
  5. gala, gay, festal, festive, merry - offering fun and gaiety; "a gala ball after the inauguration"; "a festive (or festal) occasion"; "gay and exciting night life"; "a merry evening"
    Antonym: joyless (indirect, via joyous)
  6. gay, queer, homophile - homosexual or arousing homosexual desires
    Antonym: bisexual (indirect, via heterosexual, homosexual)
    Antonym: heterosexual (indirect, via homosexual, bisexual)
Noun gay has 1 sense
  1. homosexual, homo, gay - someone who practices homosexuality; having a sexual attraction to persons of the same sex
    --1 is a kind of person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
    --1 has particulars: gay man, shirtlifter; lesbian, tribade, gay woman
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