acrophobia
acrophobia noun: phobia or strong fear of being high above ground level.
Noun
acrophobia (countable and uncountable, plural acrophobias)
- phobia or strong fear of being high above ground level
- You know, being elevated to the position of Chairman has given me rather a bad attack of acrophobia.1888, Association of American Railroads Accounting Division, Association of American Railroads, Accounting Division, Report of the Railway Accounting Officers
- But it's no place for anyone with acrophobia, what with its myriad drop-offs and switchbacks.1956, Information Access Company, ProQuest Direct, Road and Track
- Synonyms:
- altophobia, fear of heights, hypsophobia
acrophobia meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Kannada and Tagalog
acrophobia in Tamil
- உயரமான இடங்களைப் பற்றிய கிலி, உயர மருட்சி
acrophobia in Urdu
- بالا تَرسی
acrophobia in Kannada
- ಎತ್ತರದಂಜಿಕೆ, ಎತ್ತರಂಜಿಕೆ, ಎತ್ತರದಳುಕು, ಏರಿನಂಜಿಕೆ
acrophobia in Tagalog
- fear of heights
- lula, lagimlim
More languagesFewer languages
- acrophobia in Vietnamese
- sợ độ cao
Examples of acrophobia in a sentence
- Acrophobia describes an intense fear of heights that can cause significant anxiety and panic.2019 March 27, Understanding Acrophobia, or Fear of Heights:
- The definition of acrophobia is, simply put, a phobia of heights.2019 September 12, Rosemary Black, Acrophobia (The Fear of Heights): Are You Acrophobic?, archived from the original on 21 Apr 2024:
- Acrophobia is an intense fear of heights.2020 July 27, What to know about acrophobia:
- Acrophobia is a persistent and intense fear of heights.2021 March 3, Sarah Bence; Steven Gans, MD (medical reviewer), “What Is Acrophobia?”, in Verywell Health, archived from the original on 30...
Synonyms of acrophobia
- altophobia
- fear of heights
- hypsophobia
Antonyms
Forms of acrophobia
| plural | acrophobias |
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Origin of acrophobia
From acro- + -phobia.
Words that rhyme with acrophobia
- aerophobia
- gerontophobia
- homophobia
- hydrophobia
- -phobia
- agoraphobia
- bathophobia
- Francophobia
- phobia
- radiophobia
- uxorophobia
- xanthophobia
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- xenophobia
- ablutophobia
- acephobia
- acousticophobia
- 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 acrophobia
- What does acrophobia mean?
- Acrophobia means phobia or strong fear of being high above ground level.
- What is acrophobia in Tamil?
- Acrophobia in Tamil is உயரமான இடங்களைப் பற்றிய கிலி, உயர மருட்சி. See Acrophobia meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use acrophobia in a sentence?
- Acrophobia describes an intense fear of heights that can cause significant anxiety and panic.
- What part of speech is acrophobia?
- Acrophobia is a noun.
- What is the plural of acrophobia?
- The plural of acrophobia is acrophobias.
Words near acrophobia in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: acrophobia (page history and authors); acrophobia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); acrophobia (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); acrophobia (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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