sybaritic
sy·bar·it·ic/ˌsɪbəˈɹɪtɪk/adjective
sybaritic is spelled S-Y-B-A-R-I-T-I-C: 9 letters and 4 syllables (sy·bar·it·ic). It appears about once in every 34 million words in written English, the 178,202nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, sybaritic means “Of or having the qualities of a sybarite (“a person devoted to luxury and pleasure”); dedicated to excessive comfort and enjoyment; decadent…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in sybaritic?
| Letters | 9: S-Y-B-A-R-I-T-I-C |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: sy·bar·it·ic |
| In writing | about once in every 34 million words; the 178,202nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 sybaritic?
Sybaritic appears about once in every 34 million words in written English, the 178,202nd 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 sybaritic?
- UK /ˌsɪbəˈɹɪtɪk/
- US /ˌsɪbəˈɹɪtɪk/
- US [-ɾɪk]
Sybaritic has 4 syllables, split sy·bar·it·ic in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-sybaritic.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with sybaritic?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as sybaritic from its last stressed vowel (/ɪtɪk/):
- critic
- Semitic
- parasitic
- electrolytic
- anxiolytic
- diacritic
- martensitic
- Glagolitic
- granulocytic
- chondritic
- mephitic
- proclitic
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 sybaritic
- more sybaritic comparative
- most sybaritic superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sybaritic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of or having the qualities of a sybarite (“a person devoted to luxury and pleasure”); dedicated to excessive comfort and enjoyment; decadent, hedonistic, self-indulgent.
adjective
- 1
Of or relating to Sybaris or its inhabitants.
- 2
Alternative letter-case form of sybaritic (“of or having the qualities of a sybarite (“a person devoted to luxury and pleasure”); dedicated to excessive comfort and enjoyment; decadent, hedonistic, self-indulgent”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sybaritic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of or having the qualities of a sybarite – see also decadent, hedonistic, self-i:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | sybaritique |
| German | sybaritisch |
| Spanish | sibarítico |
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 sybaritic come from?
Learned borrowing from Latin Sybarīticus (“of or pertaining to Sybaris or its inhabitants”) + English -ic (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’, forming adjectives from nouns). Sybarīticus is derived from Ancient Greek Συβαρῑτικός (Subarītikós), from Σῠβᾰρῑ́της (Sŭbărī́tēs, “(noun) inhabitant of Sybaris; (adjective) decadent; self-indulgent”) (from Σῠ́βᾰρῐς (Sŭ́bărĭs, “Sybaris”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs, suffix forming demonyms)) + -κός (-kós, suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’, forming adjectives). The English word is analysable as Sybarite (“inhabitant of Sybaris”) + -ic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).