bon vivant

Main Entry:
bon vivant [bon vee-vahnt; French bawn vee-vahn]
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: 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
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