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phobe

phobe noun: a person who experiences a phobia (“fear or dislike”).

Noun

phobe (plural phobes)

  1. A person who experiences a phobia (“fear or dislike”).
    • If you are not a phobe, it is almost impossible not to stroke a cat that comes within range.1972, Paul Gallico, Honorable Cat, page 10
    • What would she have felt about such philes of themselves and phobes of the rest, all those lovers of Jesus and haters of the Jews?1995, John B. Sanford, A Book of American Women, page 140

Forms of phobe

pluralphobes

Origin of phobe

From -phobe.

Questions about phobe

What does phobe mean?
Phobe means a person who experiences a phobia (“fear or dislike”).
What part of speech is phobe?
Phobe is a noun.
What is the plural of phobe?
The plural of phobe is phobes.

Words near phobe in the dictionary

  1. pho
  2. pho-men
  3. phobalysin
  4. phobalysins
  5. phobanthropy
  6. phobe
  7. phobes
  8. Phobetor
  9. phobia
  10. phobiac
  11. phobiacs

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