voluptuary

  • 91playboy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n., slang, idler, do nothing, loafer; voluptuary, sensualist, pleasure seeker, sybarite, epicurean, hedonist. See pleasure. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. pleasure seeker, *swinger, stud, partyer,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 92pleasure — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Feeling of enjoyment Nouns 1. pleasure, enjoyment, gratification; voluptuousness, sensuality; luxuriousness; gluttony; titillation, gusto; creature comforts, comfort, ease, [lap of] luxury; purple and… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 93sex — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Interaction between the sexes Nouns 1. gender; sexuality; eroticism, sensuality; male, female, masculine, feminine; free love, promiscuity; facts of life, birds and the bees; conjugal rights; Kinsey… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 94voluptuous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. sensual, carnal, fleshy, sexy (sl.), meretricious; epicurean, worldly. See pleasure, intemperance. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Suited to rich satisfaction of the senses] Syn. luxurious, rich, profuse …

    English dictionary for students

  • 95sybaritic — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. voluptuous, luxurious, carnal; see sensual 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Characterized by or devoted to pleasure and luxury as a lifestyle: epicurean, hedonic, hedonistic, voluptuary, voluptuous. See PAIN …

    English dictionary for students

  • 96hedonic — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Characterized by or devoted to pleasure and luxury as a lifestyle: epicurean, hedonistic, sybaritic, voluptuary, voluptuous. See PAIN …

    English dictionary for students

  • 97hedonistic — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Characterized by or devoted to pleasure and luxury as a lifestyle: epicurean, hedonic, sybaritic, voluptuary, voluptuous. See PAIN …

    English dictionary for students

  • 98Sensualist — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Sensualist >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 Sybarite Sybarite voluptuary Sardanaphalus man of pleasure carpet knight Sgm: N 1 epicure epicure epicurean gourmet gourmand Sgm: N 1 pig pig …

    English dictionary for students

  • 99Sybarite —    Around 720 B.C. a group of Greeks immigrated to Lucania, a region in southern Italy, and founded a city that they named Sybaris. Its inhabitants followed such a liberal policy of admitting people from all lands that the city flourished and was …

    Dictionary of eponyms

  • 100sybari — (G My). Lascivious; voluptuary …

    Dictionary of word roots and combining forms