luxurious

[luhg-zhoor-ee-uhs, luhk-shoor-]

adjective

1. characterized by luxury; ministering or conducive to luxury.

   a luxurious hotel.

   Synonyms: sumptuous, rich
   Antonyms: squalid

2. given to or loving luxury; wanting or requiring what is choice, expensive, or the like.

   a person with luxurious tastes.

   Synonyms: epicurean

3. given to pleasure, especially of the senses; voluptuous.

   Synonyms: self-indulgent, sensual

4. present or occurring in great abundance, rich profusion, etc.; opulent.

   a luxurious harvest; music of luxurious beauty.

5. excessively ornate; overelaborate.

   luxurious prose.

luxurious

/ lʌɡˈzjʊərɪəs /

adjective

1. characterized by luxury

2. enjoying or devoted to luxury

3. 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

• luxuriously adverb
• luxuriousness noun
• overluxurious adjective
• overluxuriously adverb
• overluxuriousness noun
• preluxurious adjective
• preluxuriously adverb
• preluxuriousness noun
• quasi-luxurious adjective
• quasi-luxuriously adverb
• superluxurious adjective
• superluxuriously adverb
• superluxuriousness noun
• unluxurious adjective
• unluxuriously adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of luxurious¹

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English word from Latin word luxuriōsus. See luxury, -ous

Word History and Origins

Origin of luxurious¹

C14: via Old French from Latin luxuriōsus excessive

Example Sentences

The two own several homes across the U.S. as well as luxurious abodes in Europe and Australia.

From Los Angeles Times

Nothing boosts hotel prices like the Olympics, and experts say the most luxurious hotels tend to hike their prices the most.

From Los Angeles Times

Melted, draped or crumbled, it should feel both luxurious and a little bit naughty.

From Salon

He’s a dashing, square-jawed, clean-shaven matinee idol with a luxurious head of long, curly black hair.

From Los Angeles Times

The profile described a man in the fullness of middle age, harvesting the benefits he had earned, drinking the best wines and single-malt scotch, driving appropriately luxurious but not ostentatious vehicles.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• comfortable 
• deluxe 
• expensive 
• extravagant 
• fancy 
• gorgeous 
• grand 
• imposing 
• lavish 
• lush 
• opulent 
• ostentatious 
• palatial 
• plush 
• posh 
• ritzy 
• splendid 
• stately 
• sumptuous 
• upscale