{ "gay":{ "having much high-spirited energy and movement":{ "examples":[ "couples dancing a gay , fast-paced jig" ], "synonyms":[ "active", "airy", "animate", "animated", "bouncing", "brisk", "energetic", "frisky", "jaunty", "jazzy", "kinetic", "lively", "mettlesome", "peppy", "perky", "pert", "pizzazzy", "pizazzy", "racy", "snappy", "spanking", "sparky", "spirited", "sprightly", "springy", "vital", "vivacious", "zippy" ], "near synonyms":[ "dapper", "dashing", "spiffy", "agog", "alert", "awake", "open-eyed", "up", "wide-awake", "agile", "nimble", "spry", "bright", "buoyant", "cheerful", "chipper", "chirpy", "chirrupy", "effervescent", "sparkly", "upbeat", "eager", "enthusiastic", "keen", "frolicsome", "impish", "pixieish", "playful", "boisterous", "bubbly", "ebullient", "exuberant", "high-spirited", "high-strung", "nervous", "skittish" ], "near antonyms":[ "indolent", "lazy", "unambitious", "inert", "lethargic", "sleepy", "sluggish", "tired", "torpid", "weary", "apathetic", "impassive", "phlegmatic", "stolid", "boring", "dull", "irksome", "tedious" ], "antonyms":[ "dead", "inactive", "inanimate", "lackadaisical", "languid", "languishing", "languorous", "leaden", "lifeless", "limp", "listless", "spiritless", "vapid" ] }, "having or showing freedom from worries or trouble":{ "examples":[ "a gay , thoughtless girl who didn't care whether her work was done or not" ], "synonyms":[ "blithe", "carefree", "debonair", "devil-may-care", "happy-go-lucky", "insouciant", "lighthearted", "lightsome", "slaphappy", "unconcerned" ], "near synonyms":[ "blas\u00e9", "blase", "breezy", "cavalier", "nonchalant", "casual", "easygoing", "informal", "laid-back", "low-pressure", "relaxed", "unfussy" ], "near antonyms":[ "earnest", "grave", "serious", "serious-minded", "somber", "sombre", "careful", "cautious", "heedful", "wary", "anxious", "concerned", "upset", "worried", "long-suffering", "overburdened", "sorrowful" ], "antonyms":[ "careworn" ] }, "indicative of or marked by high spirits or good humor":{ "examples":[ "had a gay old time at the party" ], "synonyms":[ "blithe", "blithesome", "festive", "gleeful", "jocose", "jocular", "jocund", "jolly", "jovial", "laughing", "merry", "mirthful", "sunny" ], "near synonyms":[ "amused", "beaming", "chuckling", "giggling", "smiling", "bright", "buoyant", "carefree", "cheerful", "cheery", "chipper", "lighthearted", "lightsome", "upbeat", "animated", "bouncing", "frisky", "jaunty", "lively", "peppy", "perky", "spirited", "sprightful", "sprightly", "vivacious", "zippy", "blessed", "blest", "blissful", "delighted", "ecstatic", "elated", "enraptured", "entranced", "euphoric", "exhilarated", "exuberant", "exultant", "gladsome", "happy", "high", "joyful", "joyous", "jubilant", "overjoyed", "radiant", "rapturous", "ravished", "thrilled", "tickled", "amusing", "facetious", "flippant", "frolicsome", "funny", "hilarious", "jesting", "joking", "joshing", "playful", "sportive", "witty", "cavalier", "devil-may-care", "easygoing", "happy-go-lucky", "insouciant", "unconcerned", "hopeful", "optimistic", "rosy", "sanguine", "antic", "comic", "comical", "farcical", "humorous", "riotous", "sidesplitting", "uproarious" ], "near antonyms":[ "abject", "aggrieved", "anguished", "blue", "brokenhearted", "crestfallen", "dejected", "depressed", "despondent", "disconsolate", "disheartened", "dispirited", "downcast", "downhearted", "forlorn", "glum", "heartbroken", "heartsick", "heavyhearted", "low-spirited", "melancholy", "sad", "saddened", "sorrowful", "unhappy", "crying", "groaning", "moaning", "sobbing", "wailing", "weeping", "discontented", "disgruntled", "moody", "doleful", "dolorous", "joyless", "lachrymose", "lugubrious", "mournful", "plaintive", "sorry", "woeful", "black", "bleak", "cheerless", "comfortless", "dark", "depressing", "desolate", "dismal", "dreary", "gloomy", "glum", "gray", "grey", "morose", "saturnine", "somber", "sombre", "sullen", "miserable", "woebegone", "wretched", "dull", "lethargic", "listless", "sluggish", "torpid" ], "antonyms":[] }, "having or showing a good mood or disposition":{ "examples":[ "with a gay toss of his coat over his shoulder, the dapper old gentleman set off for the party" ], "synonyms":[ "blithe", "blithesome", "bright", "buoyant", "canty", "cheerful", "cheery", "chipper", "eupeptic", "gladsome", "lightsome", "sunny", "upbeat", "winsome" ], "near synonyms":[ "hopeful", "optimistic", "rosy", "sanguine", "animated", "chirpy", "jaunty", "lilting", "lively", "perky", "sprightful", "sprightly", "vivacious", "carefree", "careless", "cavalier", "devil-may-care", "easygoing", "happy-go-lucky", "insouciant", "lighthearted", "unconcerned", "boon", "gleeful", "jocund", "jolly", "jovial", "merry", "mirthful", "blissful", "delighted", "glad", "gratified", "happy", "joyful", "joyous", "pleased", "satisfied", "tickled", "beaming", "grinning", "laughing", "smiling" ], "near antonyms":[ "joyless", "sad", "unhappy", "unsatisfied", "dull", "lethargic", "listless", "sluggish", "torpid", "blue", "brokenhearted", "crestfallen", "dejected", "depressed", "despondent", "disconsolate", "disheartened", "down", "downcast", "downhearted", "droopy", "forlorn", "hangdog", "heavyhearted", "inconsolable", "low", "low-spirited", "melancholy", "mirthless", "sorrowful" ], "antonyms":[ "dour", "gloomy", "glum", "morose", "saturnine", "sulky", "sullen" ] }, "serving to lift one's spirits":{ "examples":[ "the skylark's gay song lifted me out of my gloom" ], "synonyms":[ "bright", "cheerful", "cheering", "cheery", "glad" ], "near synonyms":[ "gladdening", "heartening", "heartwarming", "gleaming", "radiant", "sparkling" ], "near antonyms":[ "discouraging", "disheartening", "colorless", "drab", "dull", "lackluster", "lusterless", "black", "desolate", "dispiriting" ], "antonyms":[ "bleak", "cheerless", "dark", "depressing", "dismal", "dreary", "gloomy", "gray", "grey" ] }, "joyously unrestrained":{ "examples":[ "it was the era of the flappers, and young women were gay , bold, and defiant of convention" ], "synonyms":[ "bouncy", "bubbly", "buoyant", "crank", "effervescent", "exuberant", "frolic", "frolicsome", "gamesome", "high-spirited", "vivacious" ], "near synonyms":[ "extroverted", "extraverted", "outgoing", "uninhibited", "carefree", "happy-go-lucky", "insouciant", "joyful", "lighthearted", "lively", "sprightly", "boisterous", "raucous", "rollicking", "rowdy", "giddy", "light-headed", "overexuberant", "silly", "ecstatic", "euphoric", "lyric", "rapturous", "audacious", "bold", "brash", "brazen", "impertinent", "impudent", "insolent", "saucy" ], "near antonyms":[ "constrained", "inhibited", "repressed", "restrained", "subdued", "impassive", "phlegmatic", "stoic", "stoical", "stolid", "depressed", "dour", "glum", "morose", "surly" ], "antonyms":[ "low-spirited", "sullen" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "gayness":{ "a mood characterized by high spirits and amusement and often accompanied by laughter":{ "examples":[ "the melancholy-tinged gayness of college-bound friends on their last fling together before going their separate ways" ], "synonyms":[ "cheer", "cheerfulness", "cheeriness", "festivity", "gaiety", "gayety", "glee", "gleefulness", "hilarity", "jocundity", "joviality", "merriment", "merriness", "mirth", "mirthfulness" ], "near synonyms":[ "frivolity", "levity", "jollification", "jollity", "reveling", "revelling", "revelry", "brightness", "buoyancy", "good-humoredness", "good-naturedness", "humor", "sunniness", "gamesomeness", "insouciance", "lightheartedness", "playfulness", "sportiveness", "buffoonery", "clownishness", "flippancy", "funning", "jest", "jesting", "jocoseness", "jocosity", "jocularity", "joking", "joshing", "animation", "giddiness", "jauntiness", "liveliness", "perkiness", "vivacity", "joyfulness", "joyousness", "jubilance", "rejoicing", "frolicking", "gamboling", "gambolling", "rollicking", "romping" ], "near antonyms":[ "blues", "dejection", "depression", "despondence", "forlornness", "sadness", "sorrow", "unhappiness", "bile", "gloom", "melancholy", "sourness", "spleen", "earnestness", "graveness", "gravity", "grimness", "seriousness", "soberness", "sobersidedness", "solemnity", "solemnness", "discontent", "disgruntlement", "moodiness", "dolefulness", "dolorousness", "joylessness", "mournfulness", "plaintiveness", "woe", "woefulness", "blackness", "darkness", "gloominess", "glumness", "desolateness", "desolation", "heartbreak", "miserableness", "misery", "mourning", "wretchedness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "gayety":{ "dressy clothing":{ "examples":[ "attendees of the masquerade ball arrived dressed in all their gaiety" ], "synonyms":[ "array", "best", "bravery", "caparison", "feather", "finery", "frippery", "full dress", "glad rags", "regalia" ], "near synonyms":[ "apparel", "attire", "costume", "duds", "habiliment(s)", "rags", "raiment", "rig", "rigging", "threads", "toggery", "togs", "vestiary", "vesture", "wear" ], "near antonyms":[ "tatters", "disarray", "dishabille" ], "antonyms":[] }, "joyful or festive activity":{ "examples":[ "loved the gaiety of the annual harvest festival", "the gaiety of the wedding reception" ], "synonyms":[ "conviviality", "festivity", "jollification", "jollity", "merriment", "merrymaking", "rejoicing", "reveling", "revelling", "revelry", "whoopee" ], "near synonyms":[ "carousal", "carouse", "delight", "diversion", "entertainment", "fun", "mischief", "pleasure", "recreation", "riot", "cheer", "cheerfulness", "cheeriness", "glee", "gleefulness", "hilarity", "joviality", "merriness", "mirth", "mirthfulness", "carnival", "celebration", "festival", "party", "revel", "frolicking", "gamboling", "gambolling", "rollicking", "romping", "enjoyment", "happiness", "joy", "binge", "fling", "frolic", "gambol", "lark", "rollick", "romp", "spree", "buffoonery", "clownery", "clownishness", "flippancy", "frivolity", "funning", "jesting", "jocularity", "joking", "joshing", "levity", "lightheartedness", "playfulness", "zaniness" ], "near antonyms":[ "blackness", "darkness", "dolefulness", "dolor", "gloom", "gloominess", "glumness", "grief", "heartache", "heartbreak", "heartsickness", "miserableness", "misery", "mournfulness", "mourning", "woe", "wretchedness", "dejection", "depression", "despondence", "despondency", "disconsolateness", "dispiritedness", "doldrums", "downheartedness", "dumps", "forlornness", "joylessness", "melancholy", "sorrow", "unhappiness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "a mood characterized by high spirits and amusement and often accompanied by laughter":{ "examples":[ "the gaiety of children enjoying an outing at an amusement park" ], "synonyms":[ "cheer", "cheerfulness", "cheeriness", "festivity", "gayness", "glee", "gleefulness", "hilarity", "jocundity", "joviality", "merriment", "merriness", "mirth", "mirthfulness" ], "near synonyms":[ "frivolity", "levity", "jollification", "jollity", "reveling", "revelling", "revelry", "brightness", "buoyancy", "good-humoredness", "good-naturedness", "humor", "sunniness", "gamesomeness", "insouciance", "lightheartedness", "playfulness", "sportiveness", "buffoonery", "clownishness", "flippancy", "funning", "jest", "jesting", "jocoseness", "jocosity", "jocularity", "joking", "joshing", "animation", "giddiness", "jauntiness", "liveliness", "perkiness", "vivacity", "joyfulness", "joyousness", "jubilance", "rejoicing", "frolicking", "gamboling", "gambolling", "rollicking", "romping" ], "near antonyms":[ "blues", "dejection", "depression", "despondence", "forlornness", "sadness", "sorrow", "unhappiness", "bile", "gloom", "melancholy", "sourness", "spleen", "earnestness", "graveness", "gravity", "grimness", "seriousness", "soberness", "sobersidedness", "solemnity", "solemnness", "discontent", "disgruntlement", "moodiness", "dolefulness", "dolorousness", "joylessness", "mournfulness", "plaintiveness", "woe", "woefulness", "blackness", "darkness", "gloominess", "glumness", "desolateness", "desolation", "heartbreak", "miserableness", "misery", "mourning", "wretchedness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "gayly":{ "in a cheerful or happy manner":{ "examples":[ "we sat around the table, gaily teasing each other and laughing about the good old days" ], "synonyms":[ "brightly", "cheerfully", "cheerily", "happily", "heartily", "jocosely", "jovially", "merrily", "mirthfully", "smilingly" ], "near synonyms":[ "amusedly", "exuberantly", "giddily", "gigglingly", "joyfully", "joyously", "blithely", "blithesomely", "breezily", "gladly", "gladsomely", "laughingly", "lightheartedly", "sunnily", "amicably", "friendlily", "friendly", "good-humoredly", "good-naturedly", "jocularly", "hopefully", "optimistically", "sanguinely", "blissfully", "elatedly", "euphorically", "rapturously" ], "near antonyms":[ "abjectly", "dejectedly", "despondently", "disconsolately", "dispiritedly", "wretchedly", "dolefully", "dolorously", "forlornly", "mournfully", "plaintively", "sorrowfully", "dourly", "glumly", "mirthlessly", "sourly", "sternly", "sulkily", "sullenly", "blackly", "dismally", "drearily", "gloomily", "pessimistically" ], "antonyms":[ "bleakly", "cheerlessly", "darkly", "heavily", "miserably", "morosely", "unhappily" ] }, "in a quick and spirited manner":{ "examples":[ "children gaily running to the buses on the last day of school" ], "synonyms":[ "airily", "animatedly", "animately", "bouncily", "buoyantly", "high-spiritedly", "livelily", "lively", "perkily", "pertly", "snappily", "sparkily", "spiritedly", "sprightly", "trippingly", "vivaciously" ], "near synonyms":[ "friskily", "gamesomely", "playfully", "skittishly", "sportively", "briskly", "crisply", "effervescently", "energetically", "jazzily", "racily", "springily", "breezily", "cockily", "dapperly", "dashingly", "jauntily", "agilely", "nimbly", "spryly", "allegro" ], "near antonyms":[ "halfheartedly", "idly", "indolently", "lazily", "lethargically", "slothfully", "heavily", "inactively", "listlessly", "tiredly", "wearily" ], "antonyms":[ "dully", "inanimately", "sluggishly", "tardily" ] }, "in a manner that is colorful and tends to arouse gaiety":{ "examples":[ "the Mexican dancers were gaily dressed in lavish, bright costumes" ], "synonyms":[ "bravely", "brightly", "brilliantly", "colorfully" ], "near synonyms":[ "flamboyantly", "flashily", "garishly", "gaudily", "loud", "loudly", "ostentatiously", "fancily", "ornately", "swankily", "gorgeously", "richly", "spectacularly", "splendidly", "strikingly", "dapperly", "dashingly", "gallantly", "jazzily", "nattily", "neatly", "pertly", "smartly", "snappily", "spiffily", "conspicuously", "luridly", "shockingly" ], "near antonyms":[ "colorlessly", "inconspicuously", "unobtrusively", "unpretentiously", "chastely", "demurely", "modestly", "conservatively", "plainly", "quietly", "simply", "bleakly", "severely", "somberly" ], "antonyms":[ "boringly", "drably", "dully" ] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] } }