Synonyms for luxury
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Opulence — very wealthy and comfortable surroundings; the state of being that they create
opulence, lavishness, luxe, wealth, grandeur, splendor US, splendour UK, decadence, luxuriousness, grandness, sumptuousness, sumptuosity rare
2. Pleasure
Other
sensuality, delicacy, treat, dainty, voluptuousness, epicurism rare, sybaritism rare
Definitions
- n. 1
Very wealthy and comfortable surroundings; the state of being that they create.
Near-synonyms: splendor, grandeur, grandness, decadence
- n. 2
Something desirable but expensive and that one can live without.
Related words
- Word family
- luxe luxuriant luxuriate luxurious luxuriously
- Phrases
- luxury box
Forms
- Plural
- luxuries → opulences, lavishnesses, wealths, grandeurs…
Example sentences
- wealth We put a wealth of information at your fingertips.
- opulence Rich people live in opulence.
- lavishness The lavishness of the party amazed everybody.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| luxury | rising | |
| wealth | rising | |
| luxe | falling | |
| opulence | rising | |
| lavishness | steady | |
| sensuality | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- luxe
- 5 letters
- treat1
- 6 letters
- wealth1, dainty2
- 7 letters
- delight2
- 8 letters
- pleasure2, grandeur2, delicacy4, splendor2, opulence3
- 9 letters
- enjoyment3, splendour, decadence3, grandness, epicurism
- 10 letters
- sensuality5, lavishness, sybaritism
- 11 letters
- sumptuosity
- 13 letters
- gratification5, sumptuousness, luxuriousness
- 14 letters
- voluptuousness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dainty2 = 2 syllables).