Gay
Gay adjective - Having much high-spirited energy and movement.
Prominent
Prominent adjective - Likely to attract attention.
Gay and prominent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Gay" instead an adjective "Prominent".
Nearby Words: prominence, prominently
Both words in one sentence
- An Aesop (or Gaysop if you will) that was pretty common in The '90s when gay people started becoming more and more prominent in the media.
Source: Gay Aesop -
Bloodhound Gang has a couple of camp gay characters in his Bad Touch video, more prominent in the uncensored (original) version of it.
Source: Camp Gay - Most of these writers are gay and this trope could be construed as a form of Wish Fulfillment: The shy, awkward boy landing a popular handsome athlete is a pretty common fantasy amongst gay men, so it stands that this convention would be pretty prominent.
Source: Gay Guy Seeks Popular Jock
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Gay & Prominent. N.p., 2016. Web. 08 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/gay/prominent>.
Prominent or Gay. 2016. Accessed August 08, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/gay/prominent.
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