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Sybaritic
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sybaritic
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | devoted to pleasure |
| Synonyms: | epicurean, hedonic, hedonistic, pleasure-seeking, voluptuary, voluptuous |
| 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: | 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 |
| Notes: | luxuriant indicates profusion while luxurious means sumptuous and expensive |
| Antonyms: | austere, frugal, poor |
| 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 |
| Notes: | sensuous usually implies gratification of the senses for the sake of aesthetic pleasure; sensual usually describes gratification of the senses or physical appetites as an end in itself |
| Antonyms: | despicable, distasteful |
| Main Entry: | voluptuous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | given to sensual pleasure; pleasurable to the senses |
| Synonyms: | appealing, attractive, delightful, desirable, enticing, erotic, fleshly, hedonist, hedonistic, indulgent, lubricious, luxurious, pleasing, salacious, self-indulgent, sensuous, sexy, sybaritic, wanton |
| Antonyms: | flat, underdeveloped |
| Main Entry: | self-indulgent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | greedy |
| Synonyms: | decadent, effete, hedonistic, miserly, parsimonious, sybaritic |
| Antonyms: | abstemious, restrained |
| Main Entry: | plushy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | luxurious |
| 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, luxuriant, magnificent, majestic, opulent, ostentatious, palatial, pampered, pleasurable, pleasure-loving, plush, posh, pretentious, rich, ritzy, self-indulgent, sensual, sensuous, splendid, stately, sumptuous, sybaritic, upscale*, voluptuous, well-appointed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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