'Bon vivant' definitions:
Definition of 'bon vivant'
(from WordNet)
noun
A person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink) [syn: epicure, gourmet, gastronome, bon vivant, epicurean, foodie]
Definition of 'Bon vivant'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'bon vivant'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- amateur,
- arbiter,
- arbiter elegantiarum,
- arbiter of taste,
- authority,
- board-and-roomer,
- boarder,
- boon companion,
- Brillat-Savarin,
- cannibal,
- carnivore,
- carpet knight,
- clubman,
- clubwoman,
- cognoscente,
- collector,
- connaisseur,
- connoisseur,
- connoisseur of food,
- consumer,
- critic,
- Cyrenaic,
- 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,
- Heliogabalus,
- herbivore,
- high liver,
- hungry mouth,
- joiner,
- jolly fellow,
- judge,
- lactovegetarian,
- Lucullus,
- 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,
- Sardanapalus,
- sensualist,
- sensuist,
- social lion,
- swine,
- sybarite,
- trencherman,
- vegetarian,
- virtuoso,
- voluptuary