Synonyms:
cheery, gay, sunny
Meaning: bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer; "a cheery hello"; "a gay sunny room"; "a sunny smile"
Synonyms:
gay, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful
Meaning: 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"- Wordsworth; "the jolly crowd at the reunion"; "jolly old Saint Nick"; "a jovial old gentleman"; "have a merry Christmas"; "peals of merry laughter"; "a mirthful laugh"
Synonyms:
gay
Meaning: given to social pleasures often including dissipation; "led a gay Bohemian life"; "a gay old rogue with an eye for the ladies"
Synonyms:
brave, braw, gay
Meaning: brightly colored and showy; "girls decked out in brave new dresses"; "brave banners flying"; "`braw' is a Scottish word"; "a dress a bit too gay for her years"; "birds with gay plumage"
Synonyms:
gay, festal, festive, merry
Meaning: offering fun and gaiety; "a festive (or festal) occasion"; "gay and exciting night life"; "a merry evening"
Synonyms:
gay, queer, homophile(a)
Meaning: homosexual or arousing homosexual desires
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
homosexual, homophile, homo, gay
Meaning: someone who practices homosexuality; having a sexual attraction to persons of the same sex
Usage examples
How gay it looked.
Some Grave Talk In Gay Company
On her lips was a gay little song.
"Does not the river look gay?" said Eleanor.
He had seen the yachts in the bay gay with little flags.
He leaped as he spoke, and simultaneously came the gay voice of Peter.
She was a perfect horsewoman, and as gay and gentle as she was beautiful.
And the life of the ebony clock went out with that of the last of the gay.
The two old people sat on gay cushions with hands folded and feet crossed.
Forsooth, it is aristocratic, gay, graceful, piquant, and also something more.