Luxury

Quick meaning: Luxury is a noun meaning Very wealthy and comfortable surroundings; the state of being that they create.

Meaning

Very wealthy and comfortable surroundings; the state of being that they create.

More Meanings

1. Something desirable but expensive and that one can live without.
2. Something that is pleasant and desirable but not necessary in life (whether expensive or not).
3. Very expensive.
4. Not essential but desirable and enjoyable and indulgent.
5. (automotive) Pertaining to the top-end market segment for mass production mass market vehicles, above the premium market segment.
6. (obsolete) Lustfulness; sexual desire or attraction.
7. (obsolete) Copulation; the act or action of sex.

Example Sentences

Fie on sinnefull phantasie: Fie on Lust, and Luxurie:

Near-synonyms: splendor, grandeur, grandness, decadence

Let not the Royall Bed of Denmark be / A Couch for Luxury and damned Incest.

“[…] We are engaged in a great work, a treatise on our river fortifications, perhaps? But since when did army officers afford the luxury of amanuenses in this simple republic? […]”

Word Forms

• luxuries

Synonyms for luxury

Depending on context, synonyms include luxuriousness, luxe, splendor, grandeur, grandness, decadence.

Antonyms for luxury

Common opposites include austerity, spartanness, penury, poverty, necessity, essential.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include luxe, opulence, luxuriousness, sumptuosity, sumptuousness, deluxe.

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