English Explanatory Dictionary

luxury

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/ˈlʌk.ʃə.ɹi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Pvanp7-luxury.wav /ˈlʌɡ.ʒə.ɹi/ En-us-luxury.ogg

Word forms

luxury luxuries more luxury most luxury

Etymology

From Middle English luxurie, from Old French luxurie, from Latin luxuria (“rankness, luxury”), from luxus (“extravagance, luxury”).

Synonyms

luxuriousness luxe splendor grandeur grandness decadence luxurious

Antonyms

austerity spartanness penury poverty necessity essential essentials basics

Related words

luxe luxuriant luxuriate luxurious luxuriously

Derived words

antiluxury hard luxury lap of luxury luxurist luxury belief luxury box luxury good luxury tax nonluxury quiet luxury semiluxury soft luxury superluxury ultraluxury unluxury
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