gastronome

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noun

a lover of good food; a connoisseur or gourmet

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gastronomistgastronomerepicuregourmetbon vivantepicureanfoodie
OriginFrench gastronome →
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Meanings

noungastronome (plural gastronomes)

plural gastronomes

  1. a lover of good food; a connoisseur or gourmet

    A gastronome ought to fast sometimes on principle: we appreciate no pleasures unless we are occasionally debarred from them. Restraint is the golden rule of enjoyment.

    1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XI, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 231

    Synonyms: gastronomist, gastronomer

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna lover of good food; a connoisseur or gourmet

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gastronomistgastronomer

More synonyms by meaning

nouna person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)

Similar
epicuregourmetbon vivantepicureanfoodie
Broader
sensualist
Also see
bon vivantepicureepicureanfoodiegastronomergourmet

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frenchgastronome
  2. Frenchgastronome
  3. Englishgastronome

Borrowed from French gastronome.

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APA

gastronome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gastronome

MLA

“gastronome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gastronome. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gastronome,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gastronome.

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