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-phobes

-phobes is the plural of -phobe.

Meaning of -phobe

Suffix

-phobe (noun-forming suffix, plural -phobes)

  1. Used to form nouns denoting a person having a fear of a specific thing.
    • claustrophobe
  2. Used to form nouns denoting a person who hates or dislikes a type of person, thing, etc.
    • homophobe

Questions about -phobes

What is -phobes the plural of?
-phobes is the plural of -phobe.

Words near -phobes in the dictionary

  1. -philist
  2. -philite
  3. -philous
  4. -phily
  5. -phobe
  6. -phobes
  7. -phobia
  8. -phobiac
  9. -phobic
  10. -phobics
  11. -phone

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Adapted from Wiktionary: -phobes (page history and authors); -phobe (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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