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| Main Entry: |
epicure
 [ep-i-kyoor] 
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| 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: | glutton |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who overeats |
| Synonyms: | epicure, gorger, gormandizer, gourmand, hefty eater, hog, pig*, sensualist, stuffer |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Example Sentences
- How the modern epicure swoons for the yeasty aroma, firm crust and dense honeycomb texture of a good loaf of bread.
- The avian epicure thus grabbed both the salad and the sushi courses in one swell swoop.
- He was, in every sense of the word, a literary epicure.
| 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: | hog |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | glutton |
| Synonyms: | cormorant, epicure, gorger, gormandizer, gourmand, greedy eater, hefty eater, pig*, swine |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | sensualist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sexy person |
| Synonyms: | epicure, sybarite, voluptuary |
| Antonyms: | puritan |
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