luxurious
Adjective Satellite
- displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses
- "enjoyed a luxurious suite with a crystal chandelier and thick oriental rugs"
- rich and superior in quality
Adj
- Very fine in quality and comfortable.
- Enjoying the pleasures of luxury, accustomed to luxury.
Examples
- a luxurious hotel suite
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English luxurious, from Old French luxurios (modern French luxurieux), from Latin lū̆xuriōsus (“rank, luxuriant, profuse, excessive, immoderate”), from lū̆xuria (“rankness, luxury”), from lū̆xus (“extravagance, luxury”). By surface analysis, luxury + -ous.
Synonyms
deluxe, epicurean, gilded, grand, luxuriant, opulent, princely, sumptuous, sybaritic, voluptuary, voluptuous, Babylonian, decadent, epicureal, epicureous, epicurish, hedonic, hedonistic, intemperate, lotus-eating, luxurious, plush, self-indulgent, sensualistic, sinful, sybarite, sybaritical, voluptuarian
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 16
luxurious: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordluxurious: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
luxurious: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary