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Adjective: lush (lusher,lushest)  lúsh
  1. Produced or growing in extreme abundance
    - exuberant, luxuriant, profuse, riotous
     
  2. Ostentatiously rich and superior in quality
    "these architecture magazines are full of the lush interiors of the rich and famous";
    - deluxe, gilded, grand, luxurious, opulent, princely, sumptuous, luxury
     
  3. Tender and full of juice
    "lush fruits";
    - succulent
     
  4. [Brit, informal] Of the highest quality, skill, etc.; very good or impressive
    - ace [informal], A-one [informal], crack [informal], first-rate, super, tiptop, topnotch [informal], top-notch [informal], tops [informal], A1 [informal], excellent, first-class, fantabulous [informal], splendid, ripping [Brit, informal], mean [informal], beezer [UK, archaic], stellar [informal], awesome [informal], brilliant, outstanding, top-drawer
     
  5. [Brit, informal] Sexually attractive
    "our new lecturer is lush";
    - sexy [informal], hot [informal], dishy [Brit, informal], tasty [Brit, informal], smoking [informal], yummy [informal]
Noun: lush  lúsh
Usage: N. Amer, informal
  1. A person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
    - alcoholic, alky [informal], dipsomaniac, boozer [informal], soaker [informal], souse [informal], dipso [informal], winebibber [archaic], alkie [informal], tosspot [informal], drunkard, drunk, rummy, sot, inebriate, wino [informal]

Derived forms: lushest, lusher, lushes

See also: abundant, ace [informal], amazeballs [informal], awesomesauce [informal], babelicious [N. Amer, informal], beaut [Austral, NZ, informal], beddable [informal], blinding [Brit, slang], bootylicious [US, informal], brill [Brit, informal], crucial [slang], cushty [Brit, informal], def [slang], fab [Brit, informal], foxy [informal], hunky [informal], juicy, legit [US, slang], lit [US, slang], luscious [informal], magic [Brit, slang], nang [Brit, slang], phat [slang], rad [N. Amer, slang], radical [N. Amer, slang], red-hot [informal], rich, righteous [US, slang], sick [N. Amer, slang], smokin' [slang], smoking [slang], socko [N. Amer, informal], stonking [Brit, informal], storming [Brit, informal], super [informal], super-duper [informal], superior, toothsome [informal], voluptuous, wicked [slang]

Type of: drinker, imbiber, juicer, soak [informal], sponge [informal], toper

Encyclopedia: Lush, Richard