Thesaurus:gay person
English
Noun
Sense: a person with same-sex orientation
Synonyms
- homo [⇒ thesaurus]
- homophile (dated)
- homosexual [⇒ thesaurus]
- gay [⇒ thesaurus]
- queer
- same-sexer
Antonyms
- heterosexual person [⇒ thesaurus]
- heterosexual [⇒ thesaurus]
Hyponyms
- toe-tapper (possibly derogatory)
- —
- gay man [⇒ thesaurus]
- arse bandit
- batty boy
- batty man
- bender
- boylover (derogatory)
- bum chum
- buttfucker (derogatory)
- butt pirate (derogatory)
- catamite
- chi chi man
- deviant (derogatory)
- fag
- faggot
- fairy
- flamer
- fudge packer [⇒ thesaurus]
- invert [⇒ thesaurus] (derogatory, archaic)
- nance (derogatory)
- oscar (derogatory)
- peter puffer (derogatory)
- pillow-biter
- poof
- poofter
- queen
- shit packer (derogatory)
- shirt lifter
- uphill gardener (derogatory)
- —
- gay woman [⇒ thesaurus]
- butch
- carpet muncher
- dyke
- lesbian
- lesbo
- muff diver
- rug muncher
- sapphist
- tribade
Hypernyms
- person [⇒ thesaurus]
- person with sexual attraction [⇒ thesaurus]
Various
See also
- Thesaurus:fudge packer
- Thesaurus:gay man
- Thesaurus:gay woman
- Thesaurus:homosexual
- Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class III § 373. Man
Further reading
- “homosexual” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.