luxuriant

1. 1.

   marked by complexity and richness of detail

   “an elaborate lace pattern”

   Synonymselaborate

   Similarfancy
2. 2.

   displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses

   “an epicurean banquet”

   “enjoyed a luxurious suite with a crystal chandelier and thick oriental rugs”

   “Lucullus spent the remainder of his days in voluptuous magnificence”

   “a chinchilla robe of sybaritic lavishness”

   Synonymsepicureanluxurioussybariticvoluptuaryvoluptuous

   Similarindulgent
3. 3.

   produced or growing in extreme abundance

   “their riotous blooming”

   Synonymsexuberantlushprofuseriotous

   Similarabundant

Questions about luxuriant

What does luxuriant mean?

luxuriant means "marked by complexity and richness of detail". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in luxuriant?

luxuriant has 4 syllables: lux-u-ri-ant. The stress falls on "u". In IPA it is /ləɡˈʒɝiənt/.

What is another word for luxuriant?

Close synonyms include elaborate, epicurean, luxurious, sybaritic, voluptuary. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is luxuriant a common word?

luxuriant is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.