lush

/ləʃ/

/ləʃ/

Other forms: lushly; lusher; lushest; lushes

Lush describes something growing in abundance, like the lush green grass that covers the lawn in the spring.

Lush usually describes thick healthy plant growth, like the jungles of the rainforest that were so lush you couldn't walk through without chopping down branches. (Then it wasn't so lush anymore...oops!) Lush also means "plush" or even "extravagant" — like a thick shag carpet, music with lots of layers, or a bedroom wallpapered in velvet. Plants full of juice are lush, which is perhaps why a person who drinks too much alcohol is called a lush.

Definitions of lush

1. adjective

   produced or growing in extreme abundance
   synonyms: exuberant, luxuriant, profuse, riotous

   abundant, aplenty

   present in great quantity
2. adjective

   full of juice
   “lush fruits”

   synonyms: succulent

   juicy

   full of juice
3. adjective

   characterized by extravagance and profusion
   synonyms: extravagant, lavish, lucullan, plush, plushy

   rich

   suggestive of or characterized by great expense
4. noun

   a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
   synonyms: alcoholic, alky, boozer, dipsomaniac, soaker, souse

   type of:

   drunk, drunkard, inebriate, rummy, sot, wino

   a chronic drinker