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luxurious

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of luxurious

1 showing obvious signs of wealth and comfort

the luxurious apartment was filled with the latest electronic gadgets and fine works of art

Synonyms of luxurious

Babylonian, deluxe, lavish, Lucullan (also Lucullian), luxe, luxuriant, luxury, opulent, palace, palatial, plush, plushy, silken, sumptuous

Words Related to luxurious

costly, dear, expensive, precious, premium, rich

extravagant, grandiose, ostentatious, pretentious, showy

august, awesome, awful, baronial, beautiful, gorgeous, grand, heroic (also heroical), imposing, impressive, kingly, magnificent, majestic, monumental, noble, proud, regal, royal, splendid, stately

comfortable, cozy, homelike, homey (also homy), snug

Near Antonyms of luxurious

economical, frugal, meager (or meagre), spare, stingy, thrifty

Antonyms of luxurious

ascetic (also ascetical), austere, humble, no-frills, spartan

2 given to or marked by excessive gratification of one's desires

squandered his fortune in the relentless satisfaction of his luxurious tastes

Synonyms of luxurious

decadent, hedonistic, indulgent, overindulgent, self-indulgent, sybaritic

Words Related to luxurious

carnal, fleshly, sensual, sensuous, voluptuous

masturbatory, onanistic, self-absorbed, self-obsessed

gluttonous, greedy, rapacious, voracious

extravagant, incontinent, intemperate, reckless, splurging, uncontrolled, wanton

Near Antonyms of luxurious

abstemious, abstinent, continent, sober, temperate

ascetic (also ascetical), austere, spartan

disciplined, self-controlled, self-disciplined, self-governed

Antonyms of luxurious

self-abnegating, self-denying

Synonym Discussion of luxurious

sensuous, sensual, luxurious, voluptuous mean relating to or providing pleasure through gratification of the senses. sensuous implies gratification of the senses for the sake of aesthetic pleasure.

- the sensuous delights of great music

sensual tends to imply the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of the physical appetites as ends in themselves.

- a life devoted to sensual pleasures

luxurious suggests the indulgence of sensuous pleasure inducing bodily ease and languor.

- a luxurious hotel

voluptuous implies more strongly an abandonment especially to sensual pleasure.

- a voluptuous feast

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