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| Main Entry: | gourmet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who likes, knows about |
| Synonyms: | connoisseur, critic, epicure, epicurean, gastronome, gourmand, food bon vivant, gastronomer, gastronomist |
| 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: | connoisseur |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | authority |
| Synonyms: | adept, aesthete, aficionado, arbiter, bon vivant, buff*, cognoscente, critic, devotee, dilettante, epicure, expert, fan, freak*, gourmet, judge, maven*, nut*, savant, specialist, appreciator, one into |
| Antonyms: | ignoramus |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | epicurean |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | loving food and finer things |
| Synonyms: | gluttonous, gourmet, libertine, lush, luxurious, self-indulgent, sensual, sensuous, voluptuous, gourmandizing, hedonistic, pleasure-seeking, sybaritic |
| Main Entry: | foodie |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lover of food |
| Synonyms: | bon vivant, connoisseur, gastronome, glutton, gourmand, gourmet, hedonist, sensualist, bon viveur |
| Main Entry: | gastronome |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | epicure |
| Synonyms: | gourmand, gourmet, gastronomist |
| Main Entry: | gourmand |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | epicure |
| Synonyms: | bon vivant, connoisseur, glutton, gourmet, gastronomist |
| Main Entry: | bon vivant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | one who lives well |
| Synonyms: | aficionado, connoisseur, enthusiast, epicure, epicurean, gastronome, gourmand, gourmet, connoisseur of food, connoisseur of wine, gastronomist, refined palate, social person |
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