Bon vivant \Bon` vi`vant"\ (b[^o]N` v[-e]`v[aum]N"); pl. Bons
vivants (-v[aum]N"z). [F. bon good + vivant, p. pr. of vivre
to live.]
A good fellow; a jovial companion; a free liver.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
bon vivant
n : a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially
good food and drink) [syn: epicure, gourmet, gastronome,
epicurean, foodie]
WordNet (r) 2.0
86 Moby Thesaurus words for "bon vivant":
Brillat-Savarin, Cyrenaic, Heliogabalus, Lucullus, Sardanapalus,
amateur, arbiter, arbiter elegantiarum, arbiter of taste,
authority, board-and-roomer, boarder, boon companion, cannibal,
carnivore, carpet knight, clubman, clubwoman, cognoscente,
collector, connaisseur, connoisseur, connoisseur of food, consumer,
critic, dilettante, diner, diner-out, eater, eater-out, epicure,
epicurean, excellent companion, expert, feeder, flesh-eater,
fruitarian, gastronome, glutton, good company, good fellow,
good judge, good mixer, gourmand, gourmet, grain-eater,
graminivore, granivore, hearty, hedonist, herbivore, high liver,
hungry mouth, joiner, jolly fellow, judge, lactovegetarian,
luncher, man-about-town, man-eater, maven, meat-eater, mixer,
mouth, nightclub habitue, omnivore, omophagist, pantophagist,
phytophage, picnicker, plant-eater, playboy, pleasant company,
pleasure-seeker, pot companion, predacean, refined palate,
sensualist, sensuist, social lion, swine, sybarite, trencherman,
vegetarian, virtuoso, voluptuary
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
epicure, epicurean, foodie, gastronome, gourmet
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