luxurious

UK: /lʌgˈʒʊəriəs/

US: /lʌgˈʒʊriəs, lʌkˈʃʊr-/

US: (lug zhŏŏr′ē əs, luk shŏŏr′-)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

lux•u•ri•ous /lʌgˈʒʊriəs, lʌkˈʃʊr-/   adj. 

1. characterized by luxury:
   a luxurious hotel.
2. given or inclined to luxury:
   luxurious tastes.
3. of the richest or finest quality:
   luxurious shampoos.

lux•u•ri•ous•ly, adv. 
lux•u•ri•ous•ness, n. [uncountable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

lux•u•ri•ous  (lug zhŏŏr′ē əs, luk shŏŏr′-), adj. 

1. characterized by luxury;
   ministering or conducive to luxury:
   a luxurious hotel.
2. given to or loving luxury;
   wanting or requiring what is choice, expensive, or the like:
   a person with luxurious tastes.
3. given to pleasure, esp. of the senses;
   voluptuous.
4. present or occurring in great abundance, rich profusion, etc.;
   opulent:
   a luxurious harvest; music of luxurious beauty.
5. excessively ornate;
   overelaborate:
   luxurious prose.

• Latin luxuriōsus. See luxury, -ous
• Middle English 1300–50

lux•u′ri•ous•ly, adv. 
lux•u′ri•ous•ness, n. 
Synonyms

• 1. rich, sumptuous.
• 2. epicurean.
• 3. sensual, self-indulgent.

Antonyms

• 1. squalid.

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luxurious / lʌɡˈzjʊərɪəs/ adjective

1. characterized by luxury
2. enjoying or devoted to luxury
3. an archaic word for lecherous

Etymology: 14th Century: via Old French from Latin luxuriōsus excessive

luxˈuriously adverb

luxˈuriousness noun

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