gaydar
Syllables: gay·dar/ˈɡeɪdɑː//ˈɡeɪˌdɑɹ/
gaydar noun: the supposed ability to detect whether or not a person is gay by observing that person's appearance, mannerisms, etc.
Noun
gaydar (countable and uncountable, plural gaydars)
- The supposed ability to detect whether or not a person is gay by observing that person's appearance, mannerisms, etc.
- This is not your Hallmark in Ames, Iowa. And there is “family” working there … no radar like gaydar, I always say.1982 July 15, Gloria Goodqueen, “What’s in a card”, in Bay Area Reporter, volume XII, number 28, San Francisco, Calif.: Benro Enterprises, →OCLC, page 7, column 1
- When you first come out, you might have an overactive gaydar. When I realized I was gay, I wanted everyone to be gay too, which led to a lot of wishful thinking. "Helen Hunt is gay!" Dream on, girl!1996, Judy Carter, “Step 3: Find Another Homo”, in The Homo Handbook: Getting in Touch with Your Inner Homo, New York, N.Y.: Fireside Books, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 51
gaydar meaning in Indonesian, Persian, Thai and Vietnamese
gaydar in Indonesian
- supposed ability to detect whether or not a person is gay
- gaydar
gaydar in Persian
- supposed ability to detect whether or not a person is gay
- گیدار
gaydar in Thai
- supposed ability to detect whether or not a person is gay
- เกย์ดาร์
gaydar in Vietnamese
- supposed ability to detect whether or not a person is gay
- trực giác nhận biết đồng tính
Examples of gaydar in a sentence
- I may have a crappy gaydar, but having faked heterosexuality before, I feel like I should be able to recognize it."2013 May 12, Jocelyn Samara DiDomenick, “Comic 368 – January Girls”, in Rain (webcomic), archived from the original on 08 Dec 2022:
- Sizing the other woman up, doing a little consulting of their gaydars.2024 February 25, Queerious, “The Deadname Meme”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 02 Sep 2024:
Forms of gaydar
| plural | gaydars |
|---|---|
| alternative form | gay-dar |
Origin of gaydar
Blend of gay + radar, equivalent to gay + -dar.
Words formed from gaydar
Words that rhyme with gaydar
Questions about gaydar
- What does gaydar mean?
- Gaydar means the supposed ability to detect whether or not a person is gay by observing that person's appearance, mannerisms, etc.
- What is gaydar in Indonesian?
- Gaydar in Indonesian is gaydar. See Gaydar meaning in Indonesian.
- How do you use gaydar in a sentence?
- I may have a crappy gaydar, but having faked heterosexuality before, I feel like I should be able to recognize it."
- What part of speech is gaydar?
- Gaydar is a noun.
- How do you pronounce gaydar?
- Gaydar is pronounced /ˈɡeɪdɑː/ (UK).
- What is the plural of gaydar?
- The plural of gaydar is gaydars.
Words near gaydar in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: gaydar (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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