as in hedonist
a person whose life is devoted to luxury and sensual pleasures
a sumptuous resort that will satisfy even the most demanding sensualists
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Recent Examples of sensualist
Things don’t go well, resulting in a Lord of the Flies–esque battle between, among others, Jude Law’s idealist and Ana de Armas’s shameless sensualist.
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Will Leitch,
Vulture,
22 Aug. 2025
The film would eventually gross more than $16 million worldwide while securing Wong’s reputation as one of cinema’s great sensualists.
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Gregg Kilday,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2019
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
22 Aug. 2025
The film would eventually gross more than $16 million worldwide while securing Wong’s reputation as one of cinema’s great sensualists.
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Gregg Kilday,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sensualist
Noun
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And what fame gave me, what addiction fueled was opportunity for endless consent, which led me to be a hedonist and a fool and an exploiter of women.
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And what fame gave me and what my addiction fueled was opportunity for endless consent, which led me to be a hedonist and a fool and an exploiter of women.
Noun
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Batman used to be rich, the alter ego of Bruce Wayne, a wealthy playboy, philanthropist, and industrialist in Gotham City.
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Yet, with help from Rachel’s former editor at the Boston Globe, Jim Doherty (Darrin Baker) and her ex-boyfriend, wealthy playboy Hayden Payne (Milo Ventimiglia), David and Rachel unravel a massive decade-long conspiracy that spans Revere, Massachusetts and Geneva, Switzerland.
Noun
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Higher volumes of sybarites are also tasking luxury operators with making crowd-free vacation dreams come true.
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What unites these contemporary sybarites with their stylish forebears is a powerful longing for freedom.
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“Sensualist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sensualist. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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