The meaning of Sybarite

ˈsɪb.ər.aɪt

Sybarite – definition

noun
A person who is self-indulgent in their fondness for sensuous luxury.
Usage examples:
I've encountered people who lived as self-involved sybarites for years but assumed a new christian …
Synonims:
Hedonist Sensualist Voluptuary Libertine Pleasure seeker Playboy Epicure Glutton Gourmand Gastronome Bon vivant Bon viveur

noun
A person who loves expensive things and pleasure

Sybarite translation into English

Sybarite: translate from English into Chinese

重磅石

Sybarite: translate from English into Dutch

Sybarite

Sybarite: translate from English into French

Sybarite

Sybarite: translate from English into German

Sybarit, Genussmensch

Sybarite: translate from English into Hindi

विषयी, विलासी

Sybarite: translate from English into Italian

Sibarite, Sibarita

Sybarite: translate from English into Korean

시바라이트, 시바리스 시민

Sybarite: translate from English into Russian

Сибарит

Sybarite: translate from English into Spanish

Sibarita, Sibarítico

Word origin

mid 16th century (originally denoting an inhabitant of Sybaris, an ancient Greek city in southern Italy, noted for luxury): via Latin from Greek Subaritēs .

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Sybarite – similar words

sybaritic

ˌsɪbəˈrɪtɪk

adjective
Fond of sensuous luxury or pleasure; self-indulgent.
Usage examples:
Their opulent and sybaritic lifestyle

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sybarites

ˈsɪbərʌɪt

noun
A person who is self-indulgent in their fondness for sensuous luxury.
Usage examples:
I've encountered people who lived as self-involved sybarites for years but assumed a new christian …

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Sybarite synonims

bon vivant

ˌbɔ̃ːŋ viˈvɑ̃ːŋ

idiom
A sociable person who enjoys fine food and luxury

noun
A person who devotes themselves to a sociable and luxurious lifestyle.
Usage examples:
He was a diplomat, bon vivant, and womanizer par excellence

noun
A person who enjoys good food and wines and likes going to restaurants and parties

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epicure

ˈɛpɪkjʊə

noun
A person who takes particular pleasure in fine food and drink.
Usage examples:
They see themselves as epicures—delighting in food that is properly prepared

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glutton

ˈɡlʌt.ən

noun
An excessively greedy eater.
Usage examples:
Not only does pushing and shoving seem undignified, but such behaviour immediately marks the offend…

noun
A person who regularly eats too much
Usage examples:
What a glutton – he ate a whole pizza by himself.

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gourmand

ɡɔːˈmɑ̃ː

noun
A person who enjoys eating and often eats too much.
Usage examples:
I realise i'm doing what gourmands never do - reveal their favourite restaurants for fear of overpo…

noun
A person who enjoys eating large amounts of food

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hedonist

noun
A person who believes that the pursuit of pleasure is the most important thing in life; a pleasure-seeker.
Usage examples:
She was living the life of a committed hedonist

noun
Someone who tries to have as much pleasure as possible, according to the belief that the most important thing in life is to enjoy yourself
Usage examples:
The marquis de sade was a hedonist who believed there should be no limits on human behaviour., wils…

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libertine

ˈlɪb.ə.tiːn

noun
A person, especially a man, who freely indulges in sensual pleasures without regard to moral principles.
Usage examples:
His image as an unbridled libertine is a total myth

adjective
Characterized by free indulgence in sensual pleasures.
Usage examples:
His more libertine impulses

noun
A person, usually a man, who has few moral principles and has sexual relationships with many people
Usage examples:
She considers him an arrogant, dandified libertine., the infamous libertine casanova was more compl…

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sensualist

ˈsɛnʃʊəlɪst

noun
A person devoted to physical, especially sexual, pleasure.
Usage examples:
A dedicated sensualist

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voluptuary

vəˈlʌptjʊəri

noun
A person devoted to luxury and sensual pleasure.
Usage examples:
The novel's italians are listless voluptuaries, its germans are dedicated and earnest, its nuns are…

adjective
Concerned with or characterized by luxury and sensual pleasure.
Usage examples:
A voluptuary decade when high living was in style

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