adj
Meaning 1
Very expensive.
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: luxurious
Antonyms: none provided
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adj
Very expensive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: luxurious
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Not essential but desirable and enjoyable and indulgent.
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adj
Pertaining to the top-end market segment for mass production mass market vehicles, above the premium market segment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles
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noun
Very wealthy and comfortable surroundings; the state of being that they create.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: luxuriousness, luxe, splendor, grandeur, grandness, decadence
Antonyms: austerity, spartanness, penury, poverty
noun
Something desirable but expensive and that one can live without.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: necessity, essential, essentials, basics
noun
Something that is pleasant and desirable but not necessary in life (whether expensive or not).
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: necessity, essential, essentials, basics
noun
Lustfulness; sexual desire or attraction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
Copulation; the act or action of sex.
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Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
something that is an indulgence rather than a necessity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: indulgence, self-indulgence
noun
the quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: lavishness, sumptuosity, sumptuousness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: expensiveness
noun
wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: luxuriousness, opulence, sumptuousness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wealth, wealthiness
History
From Middle English luxurie, from Old French luxurie, from Latin luxuria (“rankness, luxury”), from luxus (“extravagance, luxury”).
Across languages
124 source translations are retained for this English entry.