Synonyms for epicurean
- adjective
- noun
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Hedonistic — devoted to luxurious living
hedonistic, hedonic, voluptuous, decadent, sensual, self-indulgent, sybaritic, sinful, intemperate, lotus-eating, luxuriant, naughty, voluptuary, sybaritical, epicurious, sensualistic, epicureous, epicurish, luxurious dated
Noun
foodie informal, gourmet, hedonist, bon vivant, pleasure seeker, epicure, sybarite, sensualist, gastronome
Definitions
- adj. 1
Devoted to luxurious living.
- n. 1
One who is devoted to pleasure.
Related words
- Word family
- epicurious
- Other spellings
- epicureal
Forms
- Plural
- epicureans → foodies, gourmets, hedonists, epicures…
Example sentences
- decadent The tiramisu at Benedito's restaurant is decadent.
- voluptuous Layla turned into a voluptuous teenager.
- hedonistic Vengeance has a strictly hedonistic end.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| epicurean | steady | |
| decadent | rising | |
| voluptuous | rising | |
| hedonistic | rising | |
| hedonic | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- sinful2, foodie2
- 7 letters
- naughty2, sensual3, gourmet2, hedonic3, epicure3
- 8 letters
- decadent3, hedonist, sybarite
- 9 letters
- luxurious4, luxuriant4, sybaritic, epicurish
- 10 letters
- voluptuous4, hedonistic4, epicurious, sensualist, gastronome, voluptuary, epicureous
- 11 letters
- intemperate4, sybaritical
- 12 letters
- sensualistic
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sinful2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- friand
- Español
- aficionado