| Main Entry: | epicurean |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | loving food and finer things |
Synonyms: |
gluttonous, gourmandizing, gourmet, hedonistic, libertine, lush, luxurious, pleasure-seeking, self-indulgent, sensual, sensuous, sybaritic, voluptuous |
| 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: | epicure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gourmet |
Synonyms: |
Epicurean, bon vivant, connoisseur, gastronome, gastronomer, gastronomist, gourmand |
| Main Entry: | gourmet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who likes, knows about |
Synonyms: |
connoisseur, critic, epicure, epicurean, food bon vivant, gastronome, gastronomer, gastronomist, gourmand |
| 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 |
| 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: | luxurious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | affluent, indulgent |
Synonyms: |
comfortable, costly, deluxe, easy, elaborate, epicurean, expensive, extravagant, fancy, fit for a king/ queen, gorgeous, grand, grandiose, gratifying, hedonistic, immoderate, imposing, impressive, in the lap of luxury, lavish, luscious, lush, magnificent, majestic, opulent, ostentatious, palatial, pampered, pleasurable, pleasure-loving, plush, plushy, posh, pretentious, rich, ritzy, self-indulgent, sensual, sensuous, splendid, stately, sumptuous, sybaritic, upscale, voluptuous, well-appointed |
Antonyms: |
austere, frugal, poor |
| Main Entry: | sensual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | physical, erotic |
Synonyms: |
X-rated, animal, animalistic, arousing, bodily, carnal, debauched, delightful, epicurean, exciting, fleshly, heavy*, hedonic, hot*, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, libidinous, licentious, lustful, moving, pleasing, rough, sensuous, sexual, sexy, sharpened, steamy, stimulating, stirring, tactile, unchaste, unspiritual, voluptuous |
Antonyms: |
abstemious, chaste, mental |
| Main Entry: | sensuous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gratifying to senses |
Synonyms: |
carnal, epicurean, exciting, fleshly, fleshy, hedonistic, luscious, lush, luxurious, passionate, physical, pleasurable, pleasure-loving, pleasure-seeking, primrose, rich, self-indulgent, sensory, sensual, sensualistic, sumptuous, sybaritic, voluptuous |
Antonyms: |
despicable, distasteful |
| 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: | sybarite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | voluptuary |
Synonyms: |
epicure, epicurean, hedonist, pleasure seeker, sensualist |