gourmand

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of GOURMAND

a person with refined tastes in food and wine <a finicky gourmand who vacationed in Europe every year simply for the wine>

Synonyms bon vivant, epicurean, gastronome, gastronomist, gourmand, gourmet

Related Words connoisseur, dilettante; foodie; savorer; oenophile, turophile

Near Antonyms glutton, gorger, guzzler, hog, overeater, stuffer, swiller, trencherman

one who eats greedily or too much <the kind of gourmand who swallows food without even pausing to taste it>

Synonyms cormorant, gorger, gormandizer, gourmand, hog, overeater, pig, stuffer, swiller

Related Words feaster, trencherman; muncher; guzzler

Near Antonyms dieter, nibbler, picker

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