| Main Entry: | bon vivant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | one who lives well |
Synonyms: |
aficionado, connoisseur, connoisseur of food, connoisseur of wine, enthusiast, epicure, epicurean, gastronome, gastronomist, gourmand, gourmet, refined palate, social person |
| Main Entry: | connoisseur |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | authority |
Synonyms: |
adept, aesthete, aficionado, appreciator, arbiter, bon vivant, buff*, cognoscente, critic, devotee, dilettante, epicure, expert, fan, freak*, gourmet, judge, maven*, nut*, one into, savant, specialist |
Antonyms: |
ignoramus |
| Main Entry: | epicure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gourmet |
Synonyms: |
Epicurean, bon vivant, connoisseur, gastronome, gastronomer, gastronomist, gourmand |
| Main Entry: | epicurean |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gourmet |
Synonyms: |
bon vivant, connoisseur, critic, epicure, gastronome, gastronomer, glutton, gourmand, hedonist, pleasure seeker, sensualist, specialist, sybarite |
| Main Entry: | foodie |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lover of food |
Synonyms: |
bon vivant, bon viveur, connoisseur, gastronome, glutton, gourmand, gourmet, hedonist, sensualist |
| Main Entry: | hedonist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who seeks pleasure above other values |
Synonyms: |
bon vivant, debauchee, epicure, epicurean, glutton, gourmand, lecher, libertine, pleasuremonger, pleasureseeker, profligate, sensualist, sybarite, thrill-seeker, voluptuary |
Antonyms: |
ascetic |
| Main Entry: | gourmand |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | epicure |
Synonyms: |
bon vivant, connoisseur, gastronomist, glutton, gourmet |
| Notes: | the gourmand rates quantity higher than quality and the gourmet adopts the opposite approach; a gourmand is one whose chief pleasure is eating and a gourmet is a connoisseur of food and wines |