Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun epicurean

1 sense of epicurean

Sense 1
epicure, gourmet, gastronome, bon vivant, epicurean, foodie -- (a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink))
       => sensualist -- (a person who enjoys sensuality)

Antonyms of adj epicurean

2 of 3 senses of epicurean

Sense 2
hedonic, hedonistic, epicurean -- (devoted to pleasure; "a hedonic thrill"; "lives of unending hedonistic delight"; "epicurean pleasures")

INDIRECT (VIA indulgent) -> nonindulgent, strict -- (characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint)

Sense 3
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")

INDIRECT (VIA indulgent) -> nonindulgent, strict -- (characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint)

Similarity of adj epicurean

3 senses of epicurean

Sense 1
Epicurean -- (of Epicurus or epicureanism; "Epicurean philosophy")

Sense 2
hedonic, hedonistic, epicurean -- (devoted to pleasure; "a hedonic thrill"; "lives of unending hedonistic delight"; "epicurean pleasures")
       => indulgent (vs. nonindulgent) -- (characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone ; "indulgent grandparents")

Sense 3
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")
       => indulgent (vs. nonindulgent) -- (characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone ; "indulgent grandparents")