gay lib

1. 1.

   the movement aimed at liberating homosexuals from legal or social or economic oppression

   Synonymsgay liberation movement

   Broadercampaign

Questions about gay lib

What does gay lib mean?

gay lib means "the movement aimed at liberating homosexuals from legal or social or economic oppression".

What is another word for gay lib?

Close synonyms include gay liberation movement. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gay lib a common word?

gay lib is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.