gay
gay is a 3-letter English word with 11 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Excited with merriment; manifesting sportiveness or delight; inspiring delight; livery; merry. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- superlative. Excited with merriment; manifesting sportiveness or delight; inspiring delight; livery; merry.
- superlative. Brilliant in colors; splendid; fine; richly dressed.
- superlative. Loose; dissipated; lewd.
- noun. An ornament
- noun. someone who practices homosexuality; having a sexual attraction to persons of the same sex
- adjective. bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
"a cheery hello"
"a gay sunny room"
- adjective. brightly colored and showy
"girls decked out in brave new dresses"
"brave banners flying"
- adjective. homosexual or arousing homosexual desires
- adjective. given to social pleasures often including dissipation
"led a gay Bohemian life"
"a gay old rogue with an eye for the ladies"
- adjective. offering fun and gaiety
"a festive (or festal) occasion"
"gay and exciting night life"
- adjective. full of or showing high-spirited merriment- Wordsworth
"when hearts were young and gay"
"a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"
Synonyms
homo, homophile, homosexual, cheery, sunny, brave, braw, queer, festal, festive, merry, jocund, jolly, jovial, mirthful
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in gay:
Common word forms
gays, gayal, gayer, gayly, gayest, gayment, gayness
Words from these letters
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