arachnophobia
/æˌɹæk.nəˈfəʊ.bɪ.ə/
arachnophobia noun: an abnormal or irrational fear of arachnids, especially spiders.
Noun
arachnophobia (usually uncountable, plural arachnophobias)
- An abnormal or irrational fear of arachnids, especially spiders.
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- Synonyms:
- araneophobia, spiderphobia
arachnophobia meaning in Tamil, Kannada, Tagalog and Arabic
arachnophobia in Tamil
- எட்டுக்கால் பூச்சி அச்சம்
arachnophobia in Kannada
- ಜೇಡಂಜಿಕೆ, ಜೇಡದಂಜಿಕೆ
arachnophobia in Tagalog
- an abnormal or irrational fear of spiders
- takot-gagamba
arachnophobia in Arabic
- an abnormal or irrational fear of spiders
- رُهَاب اَلْعَنَاكِب ruhāb al-ʕanākib
Synonyms of arachnophobia
Forms of arachnophobia
| plural | arachnophobias |
|---|---|
| alternative form | arachnephobia |
| alternative form | arachniphobia |
Origin of arachnophobia
From arachno- + -phobia, from Ancient Greek ἀράχνη (arákhnē, “spider”) + φόβος (phóbos, “fear”). Piecewise doublet of araneophobia.
Words formed from arachnophobia
Words that rhyme with arachnophobia
- aerophobia
- gerontophobia
- homophobia
- hydrophobia
- -phobia
- agoraphobia
- bathophobia
- Francophobia
- phobia
- radiophobia
- uxorophobia
- xanthophobia
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- xenophobia
- ablutophobia
- acephobia
- acousticophobia
- acrophobia
- adverbophobia
- agraphobia
- aibohphobia
- aichmophobia
- algophobia
- altophobia
- amathophobia
- amaxophobia
- ambulophobia
- androphobia
- anthophobia
- aphobia
- apiphobia
- arachibutyrophobia
- 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 arachnophobia
- What does arachnophobia mean?
- Arachnophobia means an abnormal or irrational fear of arachnids, especially spiders.
- What is arachnophobia in Tamil?
- Arachnophobia in Tamil is எட்டுக்கால் பூச்சி அச்சம். See Arachnophobia meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is arachnophobia?
- Arachnophobia is a noun.
- How do you pronounce arachnophobia?
- Arachnophobia is pronounced /æˌɹæk.nəˈfəʊ.bɪ.ə/.
- What is the plural of arachnophobia?
- The plural of arachnophobia is arachnophobias.
Words near arachnophobia in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: arachnophobia (page history and authors); arachnophobia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); arachnophobia (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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