sybarite
sy·bar·ite/ˈsɪbəˌɹaɪt/noun, adjective
sybarite is spelled S-Y-B-A-R-I-T-E: 8 letters and 3 syllables (sy·bar·ite). It appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 180,281st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sybarite means “A person devoted to luxury and pleasure; a hedonist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sybarite is sybarites.
How many letters and syllables are in sybarite?
| Letters | 8: S-Y-B-A-R-I-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: sy·bar·ite |
| In writing | about once in every 35 million words; the 180,281st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is sybarite?
Sybarite appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 180,281st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce sybarite?
- UK /ˈsɪbəɹaɪt/
- US /ˈsɪbəˌɹaɪt/
Sybarite has 3 syllables, split sy·bar·ite in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-sybarite.wav, En-us-sybarite.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with sybarite?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as sybarite (/ɪbəɹaɪt/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: bestiary.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of sybarite
- sybarites plural
- more sybarite comparative
- most sybarite superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sybarite mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person devoted to luxury and pleasure; a hedonist.
adjective
- 1
Synonym of sybaritic (“of or having the qualities of a sybarite; dedicated to excessive comfort and enjoyment; decadent, hedonistic, self-indulgent”).
noun
- 1
A native or inhabitant of Sybaris.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sybarite in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense person devoted to luxury and pleasure:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does sybarite come from?
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.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).