sybarite

Meaning

Noun

A person devoted to luxury and pleasure; a hedonist.

Adj

Synonym of sybaritic (“of or having the qualities of a sybarite; dedicated to excessive comfort and enjoyment; decadent, hedonistic, self-indulgent”).

Opposite of

hedonophobe

Synonyms

voluptuary

epicure

free-liver

enjoyer

pleasure seeker

pleasure-seeker

bon vivant

comfort-seeker

Translations

sybarite

Schlemmer

sibarita

sibarita

débauché

libertin

roué

débauchée

jouisseur

المترف

libertine

rouée

Sybarite

sibarita

sybariet

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɪbəɹaɪt/

Etymology

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.