Thesaurus:sensualist

Thesaurus

sensualist

English

Noun

Sense: devotee of the experience of pleasant sensations

Synonyms

• bon viveur
• epicure
• epicurean
• hedonist
• high-stepper
• lapling (derogatory, archaic)
• lotus-eater (figuratively)
• pleasure seeker
• pleasurist
• sensualist
• softling (archaic)
• sybarite
• voluptuarian
• voluptuary

Archetypes

• Heliogabalus

Antonyms

• abstinent
• anhedonic
• ascetic
• puritan

Hyponyms

By specific pleasant sensation:

• drunkard    [⇒ thesaurus]
• glutton    [⇒ thesaurus]
• libertine    [⇒ thesaurus]

Advocate of hedonism as a moral virtue:

• Aristippan (chiefly historical)
• Aristippian (chiefly historical)
• Cyrenaic (chiefly historical)
• Cyrenian (chiefly historical)
• Cyrenean (chiefly historical)
• Epicurean (chiefly historical)

By gender:

• bon vivant
• boulevardier
• man about town
• woman about town

Other:

• Corinthian
• flaneur

Hypernyms

• person    [⇒ thesaurus]
• wanton

See also

• pleasure    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “954A. sensualist” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “sensualist” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.