sybarite
Syllables: sy·bar·ite/ˈsɪbəɹaɪt//ˈsɪbəˌɹaɪt/
sybarite noun: a person devoted to luxury and pleasure; a hedonist.
Noun (1)
sybarite (plural sybarites)
- A person devoted to luxury and pleasure; a hedonist.
- Although the proud lord clothed himself // In purple robes and gem-stones white, // Yet Nero grew to all men’s hate // A wild and cruel sybarite.1969, Victor Ernest Watts (translator), Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius (author), The Consolation of Philosophy, Penguin Books, book III, chapter iv, page 87
- Lisa (Sian Breckin), the blondest and wildest of the women; Kim (Jamie Winstone), who is ready and willing; and Tammi (Nichola Burley), the most reluctant sybarite, are from Leeds.2009 January 22, Stephen Holden, “Passion and Pain at Sea, With Fatal Consequences”, in New York Times
- Synonyms:
- voluptuary, bon viveur, epicure, epicurean, hedonist, high-stepper, lapling, lotus-eater, pleasure seeker, pleasurist
- Antonyms:
- hedonophobe
Adjective
sybarite (comparative more sybarite, superlative most sybarite)
- Synonym of sybaritic (“of or having the qualities of a sybarite; dedicated to excessive comfort and enjoyment; decadent, hedonistic, self-indulgent”).
- Synonyms:
- sybaritic, sybaritical, Babylonian, decadent, epicureal, epicurean, epicureous, epicurish, hedonic, hedonistic
Noun (2) capitalized: Sybarite
Sybarite (plural Sybarites)
- A native or inhabitant of Sybaris.
sybarite meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam
sybarite in Tamil
- ஊதாரிச் செலவினர், சொகுசு வாழ்வினர்
sybarite in Bengali
- বিলাসী, আনন্দপ্রিয় ব্যক্তি
sybarite in Malayalam
- sensualist, hedonist, voluptuary
- വിഷയാസക്തൻ, വിഷയാത്മാവ്, കാമാത്മാ, കാമാത്മാവ്, കാമി, സുഖാസക്തൻ
Synonyms of sybarite
- voluptuary
- bon viveur
- epicure
- epicurean
- hedonist
- high-stepper
- lotus-eater
- pleasure seeker
- pleasurist
- sensualist
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Antonyms
- hedonophobe
Forms of sybarite
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | sybarites |
| plural | Sybarites |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more sybarite |
| superlative | most sybarite |
Origin of sybarite
The noun is a learned borrowing from Latin Sybarīta + English -ite (suffix forming demonyms). Sybarīta is derived from Ancient Greek Σῠβᾰρῑ́της (Sŭbărī́tēs, “(noun) inhabitant of Sybaris; (adjective) decadent; self-indulgent”), from Σῠ́βᾰρῐς (Sŭ́bărĭs, “Sybaris”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs, suffix forming demonyms)). Sybaris, a city of Magna Graecia (the coastal parts of Sicily and southern Italy once colonized by Greek settlers), was known for its wealth and the excesses and hedonism of its inhabitants. The adjective is derived from the noun.
From Sybaris + -ite.
Words formed from sybarite
Questions about sybarite
- What does sybarite mean?
- Sybarite means a person devoted to luxury and pleasure; a hedonist.
- What is sybarite in Tamil?
- Sybarite in Tamil is ஊதாரிச் செலவினர், சொகுசு வாழ்வினர். See Sybarite meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is sybarite?
- Sybarite can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce sybarite?
- Sybarite is pronounced /ˈsɪbəɹaɪt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of sybarite?
- The plural of sybarite is sybarites.
Words near sybarite in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: sybarite (page history and authors); Sybarite (page history and authors); Sybarite (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sybarite (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sybarite (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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