Meanings
suffix-phobia (noun-forming suffix, uncountable)
- uncountableUsed to form nouns meaning hate, dislike, or repression of a specific thing.
e.g. homophobia, xenophobia
Synonyms & antonyms
Opposite
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰógʷos
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰógʷos
- Ancient Greekφόβος (phóbos)
- English-phobia
From New Latin, from Latin, from Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía), from φόβος (phóbos, “fear”).
More words from Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans -fobie, -fobie
- -fobieused to form nouns meaning hate
- -fobieused to form nouns meaning fear
Basque -fobia, -fobia
- -fobiaused to form nouns meaning hate
- -fobiaused to form nouns meaning fear
Bulgarian -фо́бия, -фо́бия
- -фо́бия (-fóbija)used to form nouns meaning hate
- -фо́бия (-fóbija)used to form nouns meaning fear
Catalan -fòbia, -fòbia
- -fòbiaused to form nouns meaning hate
- -fòbiaused to form nouns meaning fear
Chinese Mandarin 反-, 仇-
- 反- (fǎn-)used to form nouns meaning hate
- 仇- (chóu-)used to form nouns meaning hate
- -恐懼症 /-恐惧症 (-kǒngjùzhèng)used to form nouns meaning fear
- 反- (fǎn-)used to form nouns meaning fear
Czech -fobie, -fobie
- -fobieused to form nouns meaning hate
- -fobieused to form nouns meaning fear
Danish -fobi, -fobi
- -fobiused to form nouns meaning hate
- -fobiused to form nouns meaning fear
Dutch -fobie, -haat
- -fobieused to form nouns meaning hate
- -haatused to form nouns meaning hate
- -fobieused to form nouns meaning fear
- -vreesused to form nouns meaning fear
Esperanto -fobio, -fobio
- -fobioused to form nouns meaning hate
- -fobioused to form nouns meaning fear
Estonian -foobia, -foobia
- -foobiaused to form nouns meaning hate
- -foobiaused to form nouns meaning fear
Finnish -fobia, -fobia
- -fobiaused to form nouns meaning hate
- -fobiaused to form nouns meaning fear
French -phobie, -phobie
- -phobieused to form nouns meaning hate
- -phobieused to form nouns meaning fear
German -phobie, -hass
- -phobieused to form nouns meaning hate
- -hassused to form nouns meaning hate
- -feindlichkeitused to form nouns meaning hate
- -phobieused to form nouns meaning fear
Greek -φοβία, -φοβία
- -φοβία (-fovía)used to form nouns meaning hate
- -φοβία (-fovía)used to form nouns meaning fear
Hungarian -fóbia, -ellenesség
- -fóbiaused to form nouns meaning hate
- -ellenességused to form nouns meaning hate
- -fóbiaused to form nouns meaning fear
- -iszonyused to form nouns meaning fear
Indonesian -fobia
- -fobiaused to form nouns meaning hate
Irish -fóibe, -fóibe
- -fóibeused to form nouns meaning hate
- -fóibeused to form nouns meaning fear
Italian -fobia, -fobia
- -fobiaused to form nouns meaning hate
- -fobiaused to form nouns meaning fear
Japanese -恐怖症, -嫌悪
- -恐怖症 (-kyōfushō)used to form nouns meaning hate
- -嫌悪 (-ken'o)used to form nouns meaning hate
- -嫌い (-kirai)used to form nouns meaning hate
- -フォビア (fobia)used to form nouns meaning hate
- -恐怖症 (-kyōfushō)used to form nouns meaning fear
- 反- (han-)used to form nouns meaning fear
- -フォビア (fobia)used to form nouns meaning fear
Korean 공포증, 혐오증
- 공포증 (gongpojeung)used to form nouns meaning hate
- 혐오증 (hyeomojeung)used to form nouns meaning hate
- 포비아 (pobia)used to form nouns meaning hate
- 공포증 (gongpojeung)used to form nouns meaning fear
- 포비아 (pobia)used to form nouns meaning fear
Latvian -fobija, -fobija
- -fobijaused to form nouns meaning hate
- -fobijaused to form nouns meaning fear
Lithuanian -fobija, -fobija
- -fobijaused to form nouns meaning hate
- -fobijaused to form nouns meaning fear
Malay -fobia, -fobia
- -fobiaused to form nouns meaning hate
- -fobiaused to form nouns meaning fear
Norwegian Bokmål -fobi, -fobi
- -fobiused to form nouns meaning hate
- -fobiused to form nouns meaning fear
Persian ـهراسی
- ـهراسی (-harâsi)used to form nouns meaning fear
Polish -fobia, -fobia
- -fobiaused to form nouns meaning hate
- -fobiaused to form nouns meaning fear
Portuguese -fobia, -fobia
- -fobiaused to form nouns meaning hate
- -fobiaused to form nouns meaning fear
Romanian -fobie, -фобие
- -fobieused to form nouns meaning hate
- -фобие (-fobie)used to form nouns meaning hate
- -fobieused to form nouns meaning fear
- -фобие (-fobie)used to form nouns meaning fear
Russian -фо́бия, -фо́бия
- -фо́бия (-fóbija)used to form nouns meaning hate
- -фо́бия (-fóbija)used to form nouns meaning fear
Slovak -fóbia, -fóbia
- -fóbiaused to form nouns meaning hate
- -fóbiaused to form nouns meaning fear
Spanish -fobia, -fobia
- -fobiaused to form nouns meaning hate
- -fobiaused to form nouns meaning fear
Swedish -fobi, -fobi
- -fobiused to form nouns meaning hate
- -fobiused to form nouns meaning fear
Turkish -fobi, -fobi
- -fobiused to form nouns meaning hate
- -fobiused to form nouns meaning fear
Ukrainian -фо́бія, -фо́бія
- -фо́бія (-fóbija)used to form nouns meaning hate
- -фо́бія (-fóbija)used to form nouns meaning fear
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with -phobia
phobiahomophobiaxenophobiaagoraphobiaclaustrophobiaaphobiaZenobiaphotophobiaarachnophobiaacrophobiahydrophobiaablutophobiaacephobiaacousticophobiaadverbophobiaaerophobiaagraphobiaaibohphobiaaichmophobiaalgophobiaaltophobiaamathophobiaamaxophobiaambulophobia
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
-phobia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-phobia
MLA
“-phobia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-phobia. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-phobia,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-phobia.
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