Overview of noun epicurean

The noun epicurean has 1 sense

• epicure, gourmet, gastronome, bon vivant, epicurean, foodie -- (a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink))

Overview of adj epicurean

The adj epicurean has 3 senses

• Epicurean -- (of Epicurus or epicureanism; "Epicurean philosophy")


• hedonic, hedonistic, epicurean -- (devoted to pleasure; "a hedonic thrill"; "lives of unending hedonistic delight"; "epicurean pleasures")


• epicurean, luxurious, luxuriant, sybaritic, voluptuary, voluptuous -- (displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses; "an epicurean banquet"; "enjoyed a luxurious suite with a crystal chandelier and thick oriental rugs"; "Lucullus spent the remainder of his days in voluptuous magnificence"; "a chinchilla robe of sybaritic lavishness")