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Synonyms & Antonyms for gay
Synonyms: Adjective
active, airy, animate, animated, bouncing, brisk, energetic, frisky, jaunty, jazzy, kinetic, lively, mettlesome, peppy, perky, pert, pizzazzy (or pizazzy), racy, snappy, spanking, sparky, spirited, sprightly, springy, vital, vivacious, zippy
Antonyms: Adjective
dead, inactive, inanimate, lackadaisical, languid, languishing, languorous, leaden, lifeless, limp, listless, spiritless, vapid
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Examples of gay in a Sentence
Adjective
The band was playing a gay tune. the gayest of the spring flowersNoun
a bar that is frequented by gays
Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
In the end, genes cannot be used to predict who will be gay or straight. — Susan Scutti, CNN, "No 'gay gene' can predict sexual orientation, study says," 30 Aug. 2019 Bolsonaro has insulted adversaries and allies, disparaged women, black and gay people, and even praised his country's 1964-1985 dictatorship. — Anchorage Daily News, "G-7 pledges funds to fight Amazon fires," 26 Aug. 2019 Every human, and I’ve been on this show from the beginning, everyone, producers, makeup and hair, wardrobe, Amazon, every human, trans or cis, straight or gay, has had this spiritual need to be involved in this story. — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, "Transparent creator, stars talk killing off Maura in musical finale after Jeffrey Tambor's exit," 27 July 2019 Demographically, the candidates seeking their party’s nomination are diverse: female and male; black, Hispanic and white; straight and gay. — Aric Chokey, sun-sentinel.com, "Who are the Democratic candidates for president? Here’s a scorecard to keep track.," 10 July 2019 The show was also hit with criticism in a Vice article about its use of stereotypical gay and black characters. — Julian Gill, Houston Chronicle, "Memorial service announced for John Walton of Houston-based radio show 'Walton and Johnson'," 8 July 2019 The agent said that during the 2016 election, group members wrote up homophobic posts attacking an openly gay agent who voiced support for Hillary Clinton. — Dara Lind, ProPublica, "Investigation of Secret Border Patrol Group Launched as New Degrading Facebook Posts Surface," 2 July 2019 If elected, Terry would possibly become only the second openly gay man to serve in the Legislature. — James Barragán, Dallas News, "Looking to flip GOP-held Texas House seat in Dallas, Democrat Shawn Terry announces $235,000 haul," 1 July 2019 So, yeah, to be gay and fabulous during pride month at the World Cup is nice. — Alicia Delgallo, Pro Soccer USA, "U.S. star Megan Rapinoe: Love, not hate motivated World Cup win over France," 30 June 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
As a presidential candidate, Trump last year vowed to fight for lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people. — Phil Stewart And Idrees Ali, Alaska Dispatch News, "No changes yet to military’s transgender policy, says top U.S. general," 27 July 2017 Gays and lesbians could now openly serve their country. — Susan Davis, Cosmopolitan, "Why I'm Proud to Display the Pride Flag," 24 July 2017 It was set to hold one here in 2015, but moved it to Columbus, Ohio, as a protest against the Indiana legislature's passage of its religious-freedom law, which the church and others believed allowed discrimination against gays and lesbians. — Dwight Adams, Indianapolis Star, "An Indy-based church of diversity elects first black woman to lead a major denomination," 13 July 2017 But at least one leading Mormon scholar said that the Boy Scouts and the church have been diverging on values in recent years and that the policy on gays was probably a contributing factor in the split.