gay

Meanings

• someone who practices homosexuality; having a sexual attraction to persons of the same sex
• bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
  • "a gay sunny room"
• full of or showing high-spirited merriment; ; - Wordsworth
  • "when hearts were young and gay"
  • "a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"
• given to social pleasures often including dissipation
  • "led a gay Bohemian life"
  • "a gay old rogue with an eye for the ladies"
• brightly colored and showy
  • "a dress a bit too gay for her years"
  • "birds with gay plumage"
• offering fun and gaiety
  • "gay and exciting night life"
• homosexual or arousing homosexual desires

Synonyms

brave, braw, cheery, festal, festive, homo, homophile, homosexual, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful, queer, sunny