gay

Adjective

• homosexual or arousing homosexual desires

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

• 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
    

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

• 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
    

• bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
  • a cheery hello
    
  • a gay sunny room
    
  • a sunny smile
    

Noun

• someone who practices homosexuality; having a sexual attraction to persons of the same sex

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  queer , homophile(a) , festal , festive , merry , brave , braw , jocund , jolly , jovial , mirthful , cheery , sunny , homosexual , homophile , homo