epicurean

English Thesaurus

1. a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink) (noun.person)

hypernym	:	sensualist,
definition	:	a person who enjoys sensuality (noun.person)

2. displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses (adj.all)

similar	:	indulgent, indulgent,
definition	:	characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone (adj.all)

3. a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink) (noun.person)

derivation	:	epicurean, hedonic, hedonistic,
definition	:	devoted to pleasure (adj.all)

4. displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses (adj.all)

derivation	:	lushness, luxuriance, voluptuousness,
definition	:	the property of being lush and abundant and a pleasure to the senses (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	sybarite, voluptuary,
definition	:	a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses (noun.person)

derivation	:	luxuriousness, luxury, opulence, sumptuousness,
definition	:	wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living (noun.state)

5. devoted to pleasure (adj.all)

derivation	:	hedonism,
definition	:	an ethical system that evaluates the pursuit of pleasure as the highest good (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	hedonism,
definition	:	the pursuit of pleasure as a matter of ethical principle (noun.motive)

derivation	:	bon vivant, epicure, epicurean, foodie, gastronome, gourmet,
definition	:	a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink) (noun.person)

6. of Epicurus or epicureanism (adj.pert)

pertainym	:	epicureanism,
definition	:	a doctrine of hedonism that was defended by several ancient Greek philosophers (noun.cognition)

pertainym	:	epicurus,
definition	:	Greek philosopher who believed that the world is a random combination of atoms and that pleasure is the highest good (341-270 BC) (noun.person)

7. a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink) (noun.person)

derivation	:	epicurean, hedonic, hedonistic,
definition	:	devoted to pleasure (adj.all)

8. displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses (adj.all)

derivation	:	lushness, luxuriance, voluptuousness,
definition	:	the property of being lush and abundant and a pleasure to the senses (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	sybarite, voluptuary,
definition	:	a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses (noun.person)

derivation	:	luxuriousness, luxury, opulence, sumptuousness,
definition	:	wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living (noun.state)

9. devoted to pleasure (adj.all)

derivation	:	hedonism,
definition	:	an ethical system that evaluates the pursuit of pleasure as the highest good (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	hedonism,
definition	:	the pursuit of pleasure as a matter of ethical principle (noun.motive)

derivation	:	bon vivant, epicure, epicurean, foodie, gastronome, gourmet,
definition	:	a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink) (noun.person)

10. of Epicurus or epicureanism (adj.pert)

pertainym	:	epicureanism,
definition	:	a doctrine of hedonism that was defended by several ancient Greek philosophers (noun.cognition)

pertainym	:	epicurus,
definition	:	Greek philosopher who believed that the world is a random combination of atoms and that pleasure is the highest good (341-270 BC) (noun.person)