Standard Lemma guide

hedonistic

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • UK: /ˈhɛdənɪstɪk/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /hidəˈnɪstɪk/
  • CMU ARPABET: HH IY2 D AH0 N IH1 S T IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Devoted to pleasure

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: decadent, sybaritic

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

devoted to pleasure

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a hedonic thrill
  • lives of unending hedonistic delight
  • epicurean pleasures

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hedonic, epicurean

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sweh2d-der. Ancient Greek ἡδονή (hēdonḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English hedonist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English hedonistic From hedonist + -ic.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: hedonista — devoted to pleasure
  • Catalan: hedonista — devoted to pleasure
  • Danish: hedonistisk — devoted to pleasure
  • Dutch: hedonistisch — devoted to pleasure
  • Esperanto: hedonisma — devoted to pleasure
  • Estonian: hedonistlik — devoted to pleasure
  • French: hédoniste — devoted to pleasure
  • Galician: hedonista — devoted to pleasure
  • German: hedonistisch — devoted to pleasure
  • German: genusssüchtig — devoted to pleasure
  • Greek: ηδονιστικός (idonistikós) — devoted to pleasure
  • Ancient Greek: φιλήδονος (philḗdonos) — devoted to pleasure
  • Hungarian: hedonista — devoted to pleasure
  • Italian: edonistico — devoted to pleasure
  • Polish: hedonistyczny — devoted to pleasure
  • Romanian: hedonistic — devoted to pleasure
  • Russian: гедонисти́ческий (gedonistíčeskij) — devoted to pleasure
  • Spanish: hedonista — devoted to pleasure
  • Spanish: hedonístico — devoted to pleasure
  • Swedish: hedonistisk — devoted to pleasure
  • Ukrainian: гедоністи́чний (hedonistýčnyj) — devoted to pleasure
  • Vietnamese: khoái lạc — devoted to pleasure
  • Vietnamese: phóng đãng — devoted to pleasure