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gay   (TTS Sound)

The noun gay has 1 sense

• homosexual, homophile, homo, gay -- (someone who practices homosexuality; having a sexual attraction to persons of the same sex)

The adj gay has 6 senses

• cheery, gay, sunny -- (bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer; "a cheery hello"; "a gay sunny room"; "a sunny smile")


• 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")


• gay -- (given to social pleasures often including dissipation; "led a gay Bohemian life"; "a gay old rogue with an eye for the ladies")


• 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")


• gay, festal, festive, merry -- (offering fun and gaiety; "a festive (or festal) occasion"; "gay and exciting night life"; "a merry evening")


• gay, queer, homophile -- (homosexual or arousing homosexual desires)