GAY


Meaning of GAY in English

n. Function: adjective

1

Synonyms: MERRY , blithe, blithesome, festive, gleeful, jocund, jolly, jovial, lighthearted, mirthful

2

Synonyms: LIVELY 1, alert, animate, animated, ||cant, ||canty, keen, spirited, sprightly, vivacious

Related Words: frolicsome, playful, sportive

Contrasted Words: earnest, sedate, serious, solemn, somber, staid; quiet, silent, still

Antonyms: grave, sober

3

Synonyms: COLORFUL , brave, bright, colory, vivid

4

Synonyms: WILD 7, devil-may-care, fast, raffish, rakehell, rakish, sporty

5

Synonyms: HOMOSEXUAL , homoerotic, homophile, inverted, ||queer, uranian

6

Synonyms: PRESUMPTUOUS , brash, brassbound, confident, forward, overweening, presuming, pushful, ||pushy, self-assertive

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