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gayer

/ɡeɪ.ə(ɹ)/

gayer is the comparative form of gay.

Meaning of gay

Adjective

gay (comparative gayer, superlative gayest)

  1. Only possessing sexual and/or romantic attraction towards people one perceives to be the same sex or gender as oneself.
    • Cliff is gay, but his twin brother is straight.
  2. (strictly) Of a man, only romantically and/or sexually attracted to other men.
    • gay and lesbian people
  3. (broadly) Tending to partner or mate with other individuals of the same sex.
    • In fact, as several letter writers to the New York Times pointed out in their response to the article, the disjuncture between these two popularized penguins shows how radically separated from each other are communities of gay people and communities of right-wing religious conservatives: if the...2010, Noėl Sturgeon, Environmentalism in Popular Culture: Gender, Race, Sexuality, and the Politics of the Natural, page 128
  4. Between two or more persons perceived to be of the same sex or gender as each other.
    • Although the number of gay weddings has increased significantly, many gay and lesbian couples — like many straight couples — are not interested in getting married.
  5. (colloquial) Not heterosexual, or not cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc.
    Synonyms:
    queer
  6. Intended for gay people, especially gay men.
    • She professes an undying love for gay bars and gay movies, and even admits to having watched gay porn.

See all 32 meanings of gay

Noun

gayer (plural gayers)

  1. (UK, colloquial, derogatory) Somebody who is gay (in the sense of either homosexual or uncool).
    • Many ex-gayers are encouraged to bond with an older straight man from their church.1999, Dann Hazel, Witness: gay and lesbian clergy report from the front
    • shut the fuck up you gayer :)2002, Marblehead Johnson, “universal is no more”, in alt.music.oasis (Usenet)

Forms of gayer

pluralgayers

Questions about gayer

What does gayer mean?
Gayer means somebody who is gay (in the sense of either homosexual or uncool).
What is gayer the comparative form of?
Gayer is the comparative form of gay.
What part of speech is gayer?
Gayer is a noun.
How do you pronounce gayer?
Gayer is pronounced /ɡeɪ.ə(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of gayer?
The plural of gayer is gayers.

Words near gayer in the dictionary

  1. Gaye
  2. gayed
  3. gayed up
  4. gayelle
  5. gayelles
  6. gayer
  7. gayers
  8. gayest
  9. gayeties
  10. gayety
  11. gayface

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