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

1. Someone who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex
   - homosexual, homophile [archaic]

Derived forms: gays, gayest, gayer

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

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

Encyclopedia: Gay, Paul