gay
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
someone who practices homosexuality; having a sexual attraction to persons of the same sex
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- homosexual derivation
- homophilea derivation
Sense 2 adjective
bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
a cheery hello
Related & opposite
- cheerfulness derivation
- cheerful similar to
Sense 3 adjective
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
when hearts were young and gay
Related & opposite
- jocoseness derivation
- conviviality derivation
- jolly derivation
- hilarity derivation
- jocularity derivation
- joviality derivation
- joyous similar to
Sense 4 adjective
given to social pleasures often including dissipation
led a gay Bohemian life
Related & opposite
- indulgent similar to
Sense 5 adjective
brightly colored and showy
girls decked out in brave new dresses
Related & opposite
Sense 6 adjective
offering fun and gaiety
a festive (or festal) occasion
Related & opposite
- festivity derivation
- jocoseness derivation
- joyous similar to
Sense 7 adjective
homosexual or arousing homosexual desires
Related & opposite
- homosexuality derivation
- homo derivation
- homosexual similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | homosexual |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | homophilea |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | person |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gay man |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lesbian |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cheerfulness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | cheerful |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | jocoseness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | conviviality |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | jolly |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | hilarity |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | jocularity |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | joviality |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | joyous |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | indulgent |
| 5 | domain region | Related & opposite | Scotland |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | colourful |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | festivity |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | jocoseness |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | joyous |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | homosexuality |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | homo |
| 7 | similar to | Related & opposite | homosexual |