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as in gourmets
a person with refined tastes in food and wine
a finicky gourmand who vacationed in Europe every year simply for the wine
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as in pigs
one who eats greedily or too much
the kind of gourmand who swallows food without even pausing to taste it
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Recent Examples of gourmands
As gourmands soar in popularity, more and more of my favorite floral fragrances have a decadent counterpart.
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Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 25 Feb. 2026
As with every olfactory family, no two gourmands are the same.
—Pia Velasco, Allure, 10 Feb. 2026
Currently, gourmands with celiac disease or with food allergies wanting to dine out are reliant on accurate menus listings or verbal warnings from staff to discern which dishes are safe.
—Shirl Leigh
january 14, New Atlas, 14 Jan. 2026
For gourmands and oenophiles, there’s also a private dining room with a catering kitchen and a wine storage and tasting room.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 8 Jan. 2026
The date note feels authentic, not synthetic or fake like some gourmands can smell.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 4 Jan. 2026
Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 25 Feb. 2026
As with every olfactory family, no two gourmands are the same.
—Pia Velasco, Allure, 10 Feb. 2026
Currently, gourmands with celiac disease or with food allergies wanting to dine out are reliant on accurate menus listings or verbal warnings from staff to discern which dishes are safe.
—Shirl Leigh
january 14, New Atlas, 14 Jan. 2026
For gourmands and oenophiles, there’s also a private dining room with a catering kitchen and a wine storage and tasting room.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 8 Jan. 2026
The date note feels authentic, not synthetic or fake like some gourmands can smell.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 4 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gourmands
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If Toni’s home had been open to gourmets there would always be porgys frying.—
Nikki Giovanni
September 3,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
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In August 2024, about 1,100 pigs were killed in Versailles, a village about 50 miles northwest of Dayton, Ohio, according to data from the nonprofit Animal Welfare Institute.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
27 Feb. 2026
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Free-living non-native pigs east of the Wallace Line exhibit complex genomes that suggest waves of prehistoric human translocations.—
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
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Firefighters saved one barn and about 1,500 hogs, the fire chief added.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
27 Feb. 2026
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Bennington said the hog waste stored below the buildings was contained, with no concern for impacts on surrounding groundwater.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
26 Feb. 2026
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Anne Marie Panoringan, Culture OC food writer, notes that even for seasoned gastronomes, the value proposition feels off.—
Brock Keeling,
Daily News,
16 Jan. 2026
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Painters, sculptors, designers, and young gastronomes with a forward-thinking vision have put down roots.—
Lindsay Cohn,
Vogue,
4 Dec. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Gourmands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gourmands. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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