as in hedonist
a person whose life is devoted to luxury and sensual pleasures
the prince was remembered as a self-indulgent sybarite, not as a statesman or warrior
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Recent Examples of sybarite
Higher volumes of sybarites are also tasking luxury operators with making crowd-free vacation dreams come true.
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Lindsay Cohn, Robb Report, 20 May 2025
What unites these contemporary sybarites with their stylish forebears is a powerful longing for freedom.
—Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 16 May 2025
Masud was celebrated as the literary voice of greater Arabia’s nomadic herdsmen—proud sons of the desert, a noble caste of unhurried sybarites not known for their religious orthodoxy.
—Nell Zink, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
It was said to be situated at one of the portals to Shambhala — a mythical kingdom of peace and tranquillity in the Buddhist imagining — and had been founded in the century before by an artist, saint and sybarite called Danzanravjaa, known as the lama of the Gobi.
—Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
Nadia was a sybarite who seemed poised to tip over into genuine addiction.
—Philippa Snow, The New Republic, 18 Apr. 2022
Mickey is a simpler case, and Sebastian Stan gets to swap his heavy duties as the Winter Soldier, in the Marvel franchise, for those of a summer sybarite.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2021
What to eat and drink The Romantic Road is a sybarite’s dream come true, cutting through Franconia’s wine country and Bavaria’s beer territory with southern Germany's hearty cuisine served along the way.
—National Geographic, 14 Aug. 2019
Lindsay Cohn, Robb Report, 20 May 2025
What unites these contemporary sybarites with their stylish forebears is a powerful longing for freedom.
—Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 16 May 2025
Masud was celebrated as the literary voice of greater Arabia’s nomadic herdsmen—proud sons of the desert, a noble caste of unhurried sybarites not known for their religious orthodoxy.
—Nell Zink, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
It was said to be situated at one of the portals to Shambhala — a mythical kingdom of peace and tranquillity in the Buddhist imagining — and had been founded in the century before by an artist, saint and sybarite called Danzanravjaa, known as the lama of the Gobi.
—Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
Nadia was a sybarite who seemed poised to tip over into genuine addiction.
—Philippa Snow, The New Republic, 18 Apr. 2022
Mickey is a simpler case, and Sebastian Stan gets to swap his heavy duties as the Winter Soldier, in the Marvel franchise, for those of a summer sybarite.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2021
What to eat and drink The Romantic Road is a sybarite’s dream come true, cutting through Franconia’s wine country and Bavaria’s beer territory with southern Germany's hearty cuisine served along the way.
—National Geographic, 14 Aug. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sybarite
Noun
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Another cousin, the son of my industrialist uncle, has given up regattas and the hedonist’s life for a position in his father’s company that is, like all companies in Turkey, faltering under the tremendous burden of an economy in tailspin.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Feb. 2026
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Maison Souquet Just across the street from the Moulin Rouge, the marvelously lavish Maison Souquet offers a sensual retreat that pays homage to the hideaway’s former reputation as a discreet brothel for wealthy hedonists.—
Sophie Dodd,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Things don’t go well, resulting in a Lord of the Flies–esque battle between, among others, Jude Law’s idealist and Ana de Armas’s shameless sensualist.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
22 Aug. 2025
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The film would eventually gross more than $16 million worldwide while securing Wong’s reputation as one of cinema’s great sensualists.—
Gregg Kilday,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2019
Noun
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Nothing important happens in this movie, which the Italian voluptuary Luca Guadagnino directed and yet, being as manically alive as Mr. Fiennes is here has to count for something.—
WESLEY MORRIS,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2017
Noun
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Until this season, Benedict has been a playboy compared to his brothers.—
Carly Thomas,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Jan. 2026
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Furthermore, at his funeral, Juliet learns that Romeo was quite the playboy and had a host of other relationships — not just with other females.—
Rick Mauch,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Nov. 2025
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“Sybarite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sybarite. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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