Meanings
nounacousticophobia (uncountable)
- uncountableFear of noise.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:acousticophobia.
Synonyms: phonophobia
Synonyms & antonyms
nounFear of noise.
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ṓws
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ḱh₂owsyéti
- Proto-Hellenic*akóuhō
- Ancient Greekἀκούω (akoúō)
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓κουστῐκός (ăkoustĭkós)
- Medieval Latinacousticus
- Englishacoustic
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰógʷos
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰógʷos
- Ancient Greekφόβος (phóbos)
- Englishacousticophobia
From acoustic + -o- + -phobia.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with acousticophobia
phobiahomophobiaxenophobiaagoraphobiaclaustrophobiaaphobiaZenobiaphotophobiaarachnophobiaacrophobiahydrophobiaablutophobiaacephobiaadverbophobiaaerophobiaagraphobiaaibohphobiaaichmophobiaalgophobiaaltophobiaamathophobiaamaxophobiaambulophobiaandrophobia
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
acousticophobia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acousticophobia
MLA
“acousticophobia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acousticophobia. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “acousticophobia,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acousticophobia.
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