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1. Bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
   "a gay sunny room";
   - cheery, sunny, sunshiny
    
2. Homosexual or arousing homosexual desires
   - homophile
    
3. 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";
   - jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful
    
4. Given to social pleasures often including dissipation
   "led a gay Bohemian life"; "a gay old rogue with an eye for the ladies"
    
5. Brightly coloured and showy
   "a dress a bit too gay for her years"; "birds with gay plumage";
   - brave, braw [UK, dialect]
    
6. Offering fun and gaiety
   "gay and exciting night life";
   - festal, festive, merry
    
7. Of or relating to homosexual men or women
   - same-sex, homosexual

1. Someone who practices homosexuality; having a sexual attraction to persons of the same sex
   - homosexual, homophile

Derived forms: gayer, gayest, gays

See also: cheerful, colorful [US], colourful [Brit, Cdn], homosexual, indulgent, joyous

Type of: individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul

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