Gay

/ɡeɪ/

Synonyms for "gay" (244 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (49)

Adjective(7 words)

merry brave braw bright brilliant cheerful cheery

abandoned ac-dc addled alert amphierotic animate animated antic autoerotic beaming beatific beatified beery bemused besotted bisexed bisexual blessedblind drunkblissful

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blithe blithesome boon brash brave bravura braw bright bright-hued brilliant bubbling bubbly buoyant burning butch cant capering capersome carefree cheerful chichi

Adjective(1 words)

active

Strong matches (73)

chipper chirping colorful colory coltish confident convivial crapulent crapulous dancing daring dashing debauched debonair deep-colored deviantdevil-may-caredissipated dissolute dizzy

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drenched dressy drunk drunken effeminate effervescent elastic exhibitionistic exotic exuberantfar gonefar-gone fast festal festive flashing flashy flaunting flightyflushed with joyflustered forward fou freefree and easyfrilly frisky frolicsome frothy fullfull of beansgala gallant gamesome garish gaudy gay-colored giddy glad gladsome gleeful glittering glorious glowing gorgeous

Adjective(7 words)

colorful festal festivegay communitygay persongayer gayest

Verb(1 words)

gladden

Related words (122)

hail-fellow-well-methappy hearty high-colored high-spirited hilarious homoerotic homophile homosexualin liquorinebriate inebriated inebrious intense intoxicated inverted jaunty jazzy jocund jolly

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Noun(5 words)

homo homophile homosexualhomosexual person and thesaurus:male homosexualssa

Adjective(12 words)

homophile homosexualhomosexual communityjaunty jocund jolly jovial mirthful queer queerestsame-sex attractedsunny

Adjective(1 words)

homosexual

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

13 entries

aesthetic qualitycommunityemotional statehuman beingindividual mortal personsexual orientationsocial groupsomebody someone soul

More specific

9 entries

gay atmospheregay decorgay fashiongay mangay moodgay ornamentationgay rights movementgay subculturegay woman

Collocations

8 entries

gay bargay communitygay culturegay identitygay marriagegay movementgay pridegay rights

Inflections

3 entries

gayer gayest gays

Derivations

5 entries

gaiety gaily gayish gayly gayness

similar

6 entries

cheerful colorful colourful homosexual indulgent joyous

Translations

147 translations across 56 languages.

Afrikaans

3 entries

gay adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
homoseksueel adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
moffie adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)

American Sign Language

1 entries

G@Chin-PalmBack adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)

Ancient Greek

3 entries

βάταλος adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
κίναιδος adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
λάσταυρος adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)

Arabic

4 entries

جاى adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
جيى adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
ليزبيان adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
مِثْلِيَّة adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)

Assamese

3 entries

গে’ adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
সমকামী adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
সমলৈংগিক adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)

Belarusian

1 entries

гамасексуа́льны adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)

Bengali

1 entries

সমকামী adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)

Bulgarian

2 entries

обратен adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
хомосексуа́лен adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)

Catalan

1 entries

gai adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)

Chinese

3 entries

半陰 /半阴 adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
半陰陽 /半阴阳 adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
同性戀 /同性恋 adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries

同性戀 /同性恋 adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
基 adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

同性戀的 /同性恋的 adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)

Czech

1 entries

homosexuální adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)

Danish

3 entries

bøsse adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
homoseksuel adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
lesbisk adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)

Dari

2 entries

همجنسگرا adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
گی adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)

Dutch

3 entries

homofiel adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
homoseksueel adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
verwijfd adj (behaving in a way associated with females)

Esperanto

3 entries

geja adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
samseksama adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
samseksema adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)

Estonian

3 entries

gei adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
homoseksuaal adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
homoseksuaalne adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)

Finnish

4 entries

homo adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
homo- adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
homoseksuaalinen adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
naismainen adj (behaving in a way associated with females)

French

3 entries

gai adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
gay adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
homo adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)

Georgian

4 entries

გეი adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
მამათმავალი adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
ქალური adj (behaving in a way associated with females)
ჰომოსექსუალი adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)

German

4 entries

gay adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
homosexuell adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
lesbisch adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
schwul adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)

Greek

4 entries

αδερφή adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
γκέι adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
λεσβία adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
ομοφυλόφιλη adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)

Hebrew

2 entries

גֵּאֶה adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
עַלִּיז adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)

Hungarian

2 entries

meleg adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
nőies adj (behaving in a way associated with females)

Ido

2 entries

geya adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
geyala adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)

Indonesian

1 entries

gay adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)

Interlingua

1 entries

gay adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)

Iranian Persian

2 entries

همجنسگرا adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
گی adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)

Irish

2 entries

aerach adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
bán adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)

Italian

3 entries

effemminato adj (behaving in a way associated with females)
gay adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
omosessuale adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)

Japanese

3 entries

オカマ adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
ゲイ adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
同性愛 adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)

Korean

2 entries

게이 adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
동성애자 adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)

Latin

1 entries

cinaedus adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)

Latvian

1 entries

gejs adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)

Lithuanian

1 entries

gėjus adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)

Lower Sorbian

3 entries

homoseksualny adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
lesbiski adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
šwulny adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)

Macedonian

4 entries

геј adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
женствен adj (behaving in a way associated with females)
педерски adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
хо́мосексуален adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)

Malay

1 entries

homoseksual adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)

Maltese

4 entries

gay adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
linfa adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
mxaqleb adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
omosesswali adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)

Navajo

1 entries

nádleeh adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)

Norwegian

4 entries

bøg adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
femi adj (behaving in a way associated with females)
homo adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
homoseksuell adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)

Polish

3 entries

homoseksualny adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
zmanierowany adj (behaving in a way associated with females)
zniewieściały adj (behaving in a way associated with females)

Portuguese

3 entries

efeminado adj (behaving in a way associated with females)
gay adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
guei adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)

Romanian

1 entries

gay adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)

Russian

3 entries

гей adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
гомосексуа́л adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
жема́нный adj (behaving in a way associated with females)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries

co-ghnèitheach adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
co-sheòrsach adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
gèidh adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

homoseksualan adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
хомосексуалан adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)

Slovak

2 entries

homosexuálny adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
zženštilý adj (behaving in a way associated with females)

Spanish

4 entries

afeminado adj (behaving in a way associated with females)
amanerado adj (behaving in a way associated with females)
amujerado adj (behaving in a way associated with females)
gay adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)

Swedish

4 entries

bög adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
bögig adj (behaving in a way associated with females)
fjollig adj (behaving in a way associated with females)
gay adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)

Tagalog

4 entries

bading adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
bakla adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
tibo adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
tomboy adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)

Turkish

4 entries

eşcinsel adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
homo adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
homoseksüel adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
ibne adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)

Ukrainian

2 entries

гомосексуа́л adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
ґей adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)

Vietnamese

2 entries

gay adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)
đồng tính adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)

Welsh

1 entries

hoyw adj (homosexual — see also homosexual, lesbian)

Sample sentences

87 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

My parents would repudiate my brother if they ever found out he was gay.

Source: tatoeba (1979)

So what if I am gay? Is it a crime?

Source: tatoeba (2107)

Is the club gay or straight?

Source: tatoeba (61179)

Where can I find a good gay club?

Source: tatoeba (62669)

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