bon vivant

bon vivant
    n 1: a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially
         good food and drink) [syn: {epicure}, {gourmet},
         {gastronome}, {bon vivant}, {epicurean}, {foodie}]
    

Bon vivant \Bon` vi`vant"\ (b[^o]N` v[-e]`v[aum]N"); pl. {Bons
   vivants} (-v[aum]N"z). [F. bon good + vivant, p. pr. of vivre
   to live.]
   A good fellow; a jovial companion; a free liver.
   [1913 Webster]
    

86 Moby Thesaurus words for "bon vivant":
      Brillat-Savarin, Cyrenaic, Heliogabalus, Lucullus, Sardanapalus,
      amateur, arbiter, arbiter elegantiarum, arbiter of taste,
      authority, board-and-roomer, boarder, boon companion, cannibal,
      carnivore, carpet knight, clubman, clubwoman, cognoscente,
      collector, connaisseur, connoisseur, connoisseur of food, consumer,
      critic, dilettante, diner, diner-out, eater, eater-out, epicure,
      epicurean, excellent companion, expert, feeder, flesh-eater,
      fruitarian, gastronome, glutton, good company, good fellow,
      good judge, good mixer, gourmand, gourmet, grain-eater,
      graminivore, granivore, hearty, hedonist, herbivore, high liver,
      hungry mouth, joiner, jolly fellow, judge, lactovegetarian,
      luncher, man-about-town, man-eater, maven, meat-eater, mixer,
      mouth, nightclub habitue, omnivore, omophagist, pantophagist,
      phytophage, picnicker, plant-eater, playboy, pleasant company,
      pleasure-seeker, pot companion, predacean, refined palate,
      sensualist, sensuist, social lion, swine, sybarite, trencherman,
      vegetarian, virtuoso, voluptuary