PLUSHNESS Synonyms: 67 Similar and Opposite Words

plushness

noun

as in opulence

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Recent Examples of plushness Shop before it’s gone, and proceed to relish the shoe’s microsuede lining, arch support, and all-around plushness. — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 31 Aug. 2026 That gallery feels like the perfect frame for Aitken’s work, at once spacious and enfolding, spare and receptive to all that visual and sonic plushness. — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 29 July 2026 Tips for shopping for a kids' mattress For children under 8, prioritize support over plushness. — ABC News, 7 July 2026 Layered moisture management technology regulates temperature and wicks away moisture, and down alternative gives it just the right plushness for your preference in soft, medium, and firm varieties. — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 26 June 2026 Typically, it’s also piled with throw pillows for additional plushness and personality. — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 31 May 2026 Comfort and plushness aside, the guest rooms have a neutral palette that does not take attention away from what’s waiting outside the room, either the turquoise-blue waters of the Atlantic Ocean or the property’s verdant green gardens. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Apr. 2026 Canada Goose Mystique Puffer Coat The warm, puffy coat of your dreams, this Canada Goose find is filled with 750 power down and 10 percent feather down for cloud-like plushness. — Jasmine Gomez, Travel + Leisure, 9 Jan. 2026

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Noun

Reincarnated as a Mandarin Oriental in 2015 and given a contemporary update, the hotel exudes opulence and glamour.

— Eddi Fiegel, Robb Report, 3 Sep. 2026
There were also stars who leaned into opulence this week, too.

— Christian Allaire, Vogue, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of opulence

Noun

Most Popular Still, some chefs are happy for a salad to contain an element of richness, like at Maison Sota in Paris, where chef Sota Atsumi serves mixed leaves and seasonal vegetables dressed with a rich foie gras sauce, to thrilling effect.

— Joel Hart, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2026
Despite the richness of color, everything feels beautifully cohesive, a design language that is fresh, considered, and full of unexpected details.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of richness

Noun

Each of the Maisons is represented via artifacts that tell their unique stories of sumptuousness and cultural dialogue that helped shape diplomacy, identity, and popular culture.

— Nancy Olson, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
In the sumptuousness of the bibliophile’s parlor, studying Black history occasioned reverent, joyous gatherings.

— Laura E. Helton, Literary Hub, 20 Apr. 2026

Definition of sumptuousness

Noun

Bezos and Sánchez Bezos received backlash for the event’s lavishness during global hardships.

— Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 19 Aug. 2026
The Vanity Fair of today embodies a certain sort of lavishness—an often unironic appreciation of and yearning for rich people things.

— Naomi Skwarna, hazlitt.net, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of lavishness

Noun

Tolstoy saw everything and had the grandeur of vision to be able to render it in one totally absorbing novel.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 15 Sep. 2026
Rooms Each of the 154 rooms and 54 suites at Hôtel Plaza Athénée is a bespoke creation—layouts range from opulent, classic 18th-century Parisian grandeur to sleek Art Deco design, including spaces designed by Bruno Moinard and Claire Bétaille.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of grandeur

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The 538-foot-tall building is out of scale for a neighborhood of mostly buildings between four and six stories, and will contain just 34 luxury condos, some with their own private entrances and garages.

— David Freedlander, Curbed, 11 Sep. 2026
While Detroit currently has enough financial wiggle room to not worry about exceeding the luxury tax, there is the NBA repeater tax levied to teams that go over the luxury tax in at least three out of four seasons.

— Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of luxury

Noun

But then, what is art if not an attempt to tidy up the real world’s teeming luxuriance?

— Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2023
The comic luxuriance of Roman references should not blind us to the significance of these constant appeals to the Roman Republic and to classical virtue.

— Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2022

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