What is another word for Voluptuaries?

Pronunciation: [vəlˈʌptjuːəɹˌiz] (IPA)

Voluptuaries are individuals who indulge in sensual pleasures and gratification. Synonyms for this word include hedonists, sensualists, pleasure-seekers, epicureans, and sybarites. Hedonists seek pleasure and avoid pain, while sensualists revel in sensation and pleasure. Pleasure-seekers actively seek out enjoyable experiences, and epicureans are connoisseurs of fine food, drink, and other indulgent pleasures. Sybarites live luxuriously and enjoy a life of excess. All of these words describe individuals who prioritize pleasure and enjoyment in their lives. While these words may have slightly different nuances, they all describe people who are dedicated to pleasure and enjoyment above all else.

What are the hypernyms for Voluptuaries?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Voluptuaries

The transcendental conception of love has found a high and passionate expression in the sonnets of Rossetti, yet all that we know of Rossetti would seem to prove that in his case it was actual rather than transcendental; and he is to be classed in the matter of love rather among its Voluptuaries and slaves than among its true and harmonious exponents.
"The Silent Isle"
Arthur Christopher Benson
To chaffer with them, to flirt with them, to praise their straw hats and tight heels, was a refreshing pastime to Voluptuaries sick of the airs of actresses and maids of honour.
"The History of England from the Accession of James II. Volume 1 (of 5)"
Thomas Babington Macaulay
Thus are the men Voluptuaries all!
"Mary Stuart A Tragedy"
Frederich Schiller

Famous quotes with Voluptuaries

  • Voluptuaries of all ages, of every sex, it is to you only that I offer this work; nourish yourselves upon its principles: they favor your passions, and these passions, whereof coldly insipid moralists put you in fear, are naught but the means Nature employs to bring man to the ends she prescribes to him; harken only to these delicious promptings, for no voice save that of the passions can conduct you to happiness.
    Marquis de Sade

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