What is another word for sybarites?

Pronunciation: [sˈɪbɑːɹˌa͡ɪts] (IPA)

Sybarites are people who have a strong interest in luxurious and extravagant things, seeking pleasure and comfort above all else. Synonyms for sybarites include hedonists, pleasure-seekers, epicureans, voluptuaries, and indulgers. Hedonists pursue pleasure in all its forms and are motivated by its pursuit. The pleasure-seekers are those who are always on the lookout for experiences that provide the highest possible level of enjoyment. Epicureans are connoisseurs of food and wine and strive for the finest dining experiences. Voluptuaries seek physical pleasure in all its forms, and indulgers indulge themselves by giving in to their desires and whims. These synonyms all describe people who prioritize and seek out pleasure in their lives.

What are the hypernyms for Sybarites?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Sybarites

If there be a delight unknown to those whose careless lives glide by in lettered leisure; if there be a joy untried by those sybarites of great cities who seek to exhaust the pleasures of this world without risk or fatigue, it is that immense and ineffable rapture which overflows one's heart at the close of a long sea-voyage.
"A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas"
Fanny Loviot
Few dynasties of emperors or kings have lasted so long as this famous order of warrior-monks, whose name was once the synonym for loyalty, but whose end was brought about by treachery within its own ranks,-an organization whose members began as paupers, but who ended as sybarites.
"The Story of Malta"
Maturin M. Ballou
People are apt to fancy that those long, latticed houses on the Bosphorus conceal unheard-of luxuries, and that the people live like sybarites.
"Paul Patoff"
F. Marion Crawford

Famous quotes with Sybarites

  • Step back for a minute and note an important piece of psychohistory — that every generation of Americans faced adversaries who called us "decadent cowards and pleasure-seeking sybarites (wimps), devoid of any of the virtues of manhood."It is the one uniform trait shown by every* vicious, obstinate and troglodytic enemy of the American Experiment.A delusion that our ancestors disproved time and again, decisively — though not without a lot of pain.
    David Brin

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