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neophilic

neophilic noun: a person or animal that enjoys new or novel experiences or food.

Noun

neophilic (plural neophilics)

  1. A person or animal that enjoys new or novel experiences or food.
    Synonyms:
    paleophobic
    Antonyms:
    paleophilic, neophobic

Adjective

neophilic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to neophiles or to neophilia.
    • Rats are neophilic in their choice of what to gnaw: they select unfamiliar rather than familiar objects. […]1963, S. A. Barnett, The Rat: A Study in Behavior, Transaction Publishers, →ISBN

Synonyms of neophilic

  • paleophobic

Antonyms

Forms of neophilic

pluralneophilics

Origin of neophilic

From neo- + -philic.

Questions about neophilic

What does neophilic mean?
Neophilic means a person or animal that enjoys new or novel experiences or food.
What part of speech is neophilic?
Neophilic can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of neophilic?
The plural of neophilic is neophilics.

Words near neophilic in the dictionary

  1. neophiles
  2. neophilia
  3. neophiliac
  4. neophiliacs
  5. neophilias
  6. neophilic
  7. neophilics
  8. neophilism
  9. neophilological
  10. neophilologist
  11. neophilologists

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