luxurious
Americanadjective
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characterized by luxury; ministering or conducive to luxury.
a luxurious hotel.
- Antonyms:
- squalid
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given to or loving luxury; wanting or requiring what is choice, expensive, or the like.
a person with luxurious tastes.
- Synonyms:
- epicurean
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given to pleasure, especially of the senses; voluptuous.
- Synonyms:
- self-indulgent, sensual
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present or occurring in great abundance, rich profusion, etc.; opulent.
a luxurious harvest; music of luxurious beauty.
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excessively ornate; overelaborate.
luxurious prose.
adjective
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characterized by luxury
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enjoying or devoted to luxury
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an archaic word for lecherous
Usage
Luxurious is sometimes wrongly used where luxuriant is meant: he had a luxuriant (not luxurious ) moustache; the walls were covered with a luxuriant growth of wisteria
Other Word Forms
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luxuriouslyadverb
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luxuriousnessnoun
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overluxuriousadjective
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overluxuriouslyadverb
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overluxuriousnessnoun
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preluxuriousadjective
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preluxuriouslyadverb
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preluxuriousnessnoun
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quasi-luxuriousadjective
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quasi-luxuriouslyadverb
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superluxuriousadjective
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superluxuriouslyadverb
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superluxuriousnessnoun
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unluxuriousadjective
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unluxuriouslyadverb
Etymology
Origin of luxurious
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English word from Latin word luxuriōsus. See luxury, -ous
Explanation
The adjective luxurious describes something that is of very high quality or expensive taste, like your luxurious living room filled with the softest rugs and gorgeous furniture hand-crafted in Italy. In the 14th century, luxurious didn't mean what it does today; it meant "lascivious, lecherous, unchaste." What happened? The invention of bling for one thing, and the rise of a culture that celebrates material pleasures. Today, luxurious translates as exclusive, comfortable, expensive and superior in quality, like a luxurious home featured in a magazine about rich people and their favorite things.
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Example Sentences
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Luxurious bedsheets, a reflective Dame Tracey told Kuenssberg, is her "reward" for having lived through a much messier youth and young womanhood.
From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026
Luxurious finishes and fixtures can be found in every room of the home, including “exquisite crystal chandeliers” that were custom-designed to cast an “ethereal glow” throughout the dwelling.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 28, 2025
Luxurious in a way that sneaks up on you.
From Salon • Aug. 12, 2025
Luxurious vacation homes on the Jersey Shore were torn apart; small homes in working-class sections of Staten Island were submerged up to their eaves.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 25, 2022
Luxurious, broad-leaved plants grew around it, on which the spray lay like sparkling dew-drops, whilst blue-winged dragon-flies, hovered above them, as if they were the spirits of dead flowers.
From Ekkehard. Vol. II (of II). A Tale of the Tenth Century by Scheffel, Joseph Victor von
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