-phobia
Syllables: -pho·bia/-ˈfəʊ.bi.ə/US/-ˈfoʊ.bi.ə/
-phobia suffix: used to form nouns meaning fear of a specific thing.
Suffix
-phobia (noun-forming suffix, uncountable)
- Used to form nouns meaning fear of a specific thing.
- e.g. claustrophobia, chemophobia
- Used to form nouns meaning hate, dislike, or repression of a specific thing.
- e.g. homophobia, xenophobia
-phobia meaning in Persian
-phobia in Persian
- used to form nouns meaning fear
- ـهراسی -harâsi
Antonyms of -phobia
Origin of -phobia
From New Latin, from Latin, from Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía), from φόβος (phóbos, “fear”).
Words formed from -phobia
Words that rhyme with -phobia
- aerophobia
- gerontophobia
- homophobia
- hydrophobia
- agoraphobia
- bathophobia
- Francophobia
- phobia
- radiophobia
- uxorophobia
- xanthophobia
- xenophobia
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- ablutophobia
- acephobia
- acousticophobia
- acrophobia
- adverbophobia
- agraphobia
- aibohphobia
- aichmophobia
- algophobia
- altophobia
- amathophobia
- amaxophobia
- ambulophobia
- androphobia
- anthophobia
- aphobia
- apiphobia
- arachibutyrophobia
- arachnophobia
- astraphobia
- astrophobia
- aviatophobia
- aviophobia
- bacillophobia
- batrachophobia
- botanophobia
- brontophobia
- bryobia
- cacophobia
- cancerphobia
- carcinophobia
- claustrophobia
- clinophobia
- clithrophobia
- coulrophobia
- cynophobia
- decidophobia
- emetophobia
- epistolophobia
- erotophobia
- eurotophobia
- gephyrophobia
- graphophobia
- gymnophobia
- gynophobia
- heliophobia
- hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia
- hippophobia
Questions about -phobia
- What does -phobia mean?
- -phobia means used to form nouns meaning fear of a specific thing.
- What is -phobia in Persian?
- -phobia in Persian is ـهراسی (-harâsi). See -phobia meaning in Persian.
- What part of speech is -phobia?
- -phobia is a suffix.
- How do you pronounce -phobia?
- -phobia is pronounced /-ˈfəʊ.bi.ə/ (UK).
Words near -phobia in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: -phobia (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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