| 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: | 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: | 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: | foodie |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lover of food |
Synonyms: |
bon vivant, bon viveur, connoisseur, gastronome, glutton, gourmand, gourmet, hedonist, sensualist |
| Main Entry: | gastronome |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | epicure |
Synonyms: |
gastronomist, gourmand, gourmet |
| 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 |
| 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 |