Antonyms for gay
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1. gay

   Aerial and airy both signify of or belonging to the air, but airy also describes that which seems as if made of air; we speak of airy shapes, airy nothings, where we could not well say aerial; ethereal describes its object as belonging to the upper air, the pure ether, and so, often, heavenly. Sprightly, spiritlike, refers to light, free, cheerful activity of mind and body. That which is lively or animated may be agreeable or the reverse; as, an animated discussion; a lively company.

   Antonyms:
   clumsy, dull, heavy, inert, ponderous, slow, sluggish, stony, wooden

   Synonyms:
   aerial, airy, animated, ethereal, fairylike, frolicsome, joyous, light, lively, sprightly

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1. gay

   Antonyms:
   heavy, melancholy, grave, sad, sombre, dull, dowdy

   Synonyms:
   merry, blithe, lively, jolly, sportive, sprightly, smart, festive, gladsome, pleasuresome, cheerful

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1. homosexual, homophile, homo, gayadjective

   someone who practices homosexuality; having a sexual attraction to persons of the same sex

   Antonyms:
   colorless, joyless, nonindulgent, uncheerful, colourless, strict, cheerless, bisexual, heterosexual, depressing

   Synonyms:
   homo, human, man, homosexual, human being, homophile

2. cheery, gay, sunnyadjective

   bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer

   "a cheery hello"; "a gay sunny room"; "a sunny smile"

   Antonyms:
   cheerless, depressing, colorless, strict, colourless, bisexual, heterosexual, nonindulgent, joyless, uncheerful

   Synonyms:
   jolly, mirthful, jocund, sunny, festal, cheery, jovial, brave, merry, braw, festive, homophile(a)

3. gay, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthfuladjective

   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"

   Antonyms:
   cheerless, joyless, bisexual, colorless, nonindulgent, colourless, strict, uncheerful, heterosexual, depressing

   Synonyms:
   spanking, festal, comic, laughable, jocund, jovial, festive, brave, rattling, risible, braw, zippy, comical, sunny, funny, lively, cheery, mirthful, merry, amusing, homophile(a), snappy, brisk, alert, jolly

4. gayadjective

   given to social pleasures often including dissipation

   "led a gay Bohemian life"; "a gay old rogue with an eye for the ladies"

   Antonyms:
   heterosexual, joyless, colorless, uncheerful, nonindulgent, bisexual, strict, cheerless, colourless, depressing

   Synonyms:
   jolly, mirthful, festal, jocund, sunny, cheery, jovial, brave, merry, braw, festive, homophile(a)

5. brave, braw, gayadjective

   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"

   Antonyms:
   nonindulgent, colorless, bisexual, colourless, strict, uncheerful, cheerless, depressing, joyless, heterosexual

   Synonyms:
   unfearing, intrepid, jocund, jovial, festive, brave, courageous, homophile(a), braw, sunny, audacious, cheery, mirthful, merry, fearless, hardy, dauntless, festal, jolly

6. gay, festal, festive, merryadjective

   offering fun and gaiety

   "a festive (or festal) occasion"; "gay and exciting night life"; "a merry evening"

   Antonyms:
   colourless, strict, joyless, colorless, depressing, heterosexual, nonindulgent, uncheerful, bisexual, cheerless

   Synonyms:
   spanking, festal, jocund, jovial, festive, brave, rattling, braw, zippy, sunny, lively, cheery, mirthful, merry, homophile(a), snappy, brisk, alert, jolly

7. gay, queer, homophile(a)adjective

   homosexual or arousing homosexual desires

   Antonyms:
   nonindulgent, colourless, uncheerful, colorless, strict, joyless, bisexual, depressing, cheerless, heterosexual

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1. gayadjective

   Synonyms:
   merry, sportive, frolicsome, lively, exhilarating, vivacious, jolly, blithe, airy, boon, convivial, jovial, joyous, brilliant, dashing, gallant, showy, garish, gaudy, flashing, tawdry, loose, dissolute, fast

How to use gay in a sentence?

1. Jonathan Valfer:

   Maybe we wo n’t see a law saying gay men have to wear a pink shirt in Israel.

2. David Paleologos:

   The poll's symmetry of mutual concern is a new phenomenon — though not exactly balanced. When gay marriage supporters were asked whether they respect their opponents, 70% said yes. Just 61% of gay marriage opponents said the same. Compassion is not yet equally contagious.

3. Ric Grenell:

   I want them to understand that you can not put someone in jail or kill someone for simply being gay, this is the first standalone meeting on the de-criminalization of homosexuality sponsored by Ric Grenell. So what we are trying to do is unite around something that is absolutely a uniting issue, which is the decriminalization of homosexuality.

4. Gus Kenworthy:

   I ’m not everybody’s cup of tea, i ’m out and proud and gay and loud. I think that a lot of athletes really want to kind of feather the line of every different angle and sort of be able to appeal to the masses. I’ve already kind of accepted that that’s not what I ’m going to do. So I ’m just going to speak my truth.

5. Rocky Johnson:

   your mom gay and im gay for you thats why I left my other 2 wives for you

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