as in sensualist
a person whose life is devoted to luxury and sensual pleasures a fin de siècle novel about dandies and voluptuaries

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voluptuary

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adjective

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Recent Examples of voluptuary
Adjective
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for voluptuary
Adjective
  • Generally, they're used as a style statement, paired with very sensual garments; however, adding a striped shirt under a corset can create a completely different silhouette.
    Michel Mejía, Glamour, 2 Aug. 2025
  • This can bring a more sensual, domestic and sweet energy to our lives and relationships.
    Kyle Thomas, People.com, 27 July 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Her Daphne was a realist, a hedonist and, like Fahy, a great hang.
    Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 16 May 2025
Adjective
  • And then Rosamond Pike [and] Elizabeth was always slightly more voluptuous and slightly more of a kind of Venus character.
    Anaja I. Smith, HollywoodReporter, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Anderson became a keystone of 1990s pop culture as the voluptuous beach bunny lifeguard C.J. Parker on Baywatch.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 30 July 2025
Noun
  • Higher volumes of sybarites are also tasking luxury operators with making crowd-free vacation dreams come true.
    Lindsay Cohn, Robb Report, 20 May 2025
  • What unites these contemporary sybarites with their stylish forebears is a powerful longing for freedom.
    Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 16 May 2025
Adjective
  • After a brutal escape, Arlen drifts through a wasteland populated by scavengers, bodybuilders and misfits—including a mute drifter known only as Miami Man (Jason Momoa) and a hedonistic cult leader called The Dream (Keanu Reeves).
    Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 26 July 2025
  • The swinging Sixties, the hedonistic 70s, and the dress for success 1980’s had no time for Tiki.
    Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • Watching Seberg navigate the plot, which chronicles the destructive behavior of a free-spirited 17-year-old and her playboy father, proved intense for the 26-year-old actress.
    Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 23 May 2025
  • In between Groff’s legs, Reeves pretending to look shocked, then threw up his best rock-and-roll hands, thrilled to be betwixt the legs of a manic gay man singing jazz standards as a long-dead playboy with significant mommy issues.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 9 June 2025
Noun
  • There’s always something delicious to sample at The Epicurean Trader.
    David Hochman, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
  • The Sonoran Epicurean Escape is a three-night getaway that blends serious relaxation with some seriously good food.
    Lanee Lee, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025

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“Voluptuary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/voluptuary. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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