as in hedonist
a person whose life is devoted to luxury and sensual pleasures
a sumptuous resort that will satisfy even the most demanding sensualists
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Recent Examples of sensualist
Things don’t go well, resulting in a Lord of the Flies–esque battle between, among others, Jude Law’s idealist and Ana de Armas’s shameless sensualist.
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Will Leitch, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
Will Leitch, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sensualist
Noun
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If Ritter is a masochist and a sadist, Eloise is a pure hedonist.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
21 Aug. 2025
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This version of Trump is a lawsuit-happy hedonist who is literally in bed with Satan (in South Park, Satan is something of a lost soul, often ending up in abusive relationships).—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
26 July 2025
Noun
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Nothing important happens in this movie, which the Italian voluptuary Luca Guadagnino directed and yet, being as manically alive as Mr. Fiennes is here has to count for something.—
WESLEY MORRIS,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2017
Noun
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Receiving a cut of every Cadillac sold in California, Tommy lived a playboy life, speeding cars, dating starlets, and competing in drag races along the dry desert lake beds of the Mojave Desert, hurtling across the sand in goggles at over 100 miles per hour.—
Stayton Bonner,
Robb Report,
24 Aug. 2025
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Marty Supreme stars Timothée Chalamet as a cocky playboy ping-pong player, and that’s not even the most interesting part.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Higher volumes of sybarites are also tasking luxury operators with making crowd-free vacation dreams come true.—
Lindsay Cohn,
Robb Report,
20 May 2025
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What unites these contemporary sybarites with their stylish forebears is a powerful longing for freedom.—
Lynn Yaeger,
Vogue,
16 May 2025
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“Sensualist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sensualist. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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