Meanings
nounnyctophobia (uncountable)
- uncountableA fear of the night, nighttime, or darkness.
"You're afraid of the dark. That's nyctophobia. And you're afraid of deep places, or depth. That's bathophobia."
2004, Michael A. Gibbs, A Fairy of Anneliese Glade, →ISBNSynonyms: noctiphobia, scotophobia, night-fear, nightfright, noctophobia
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA fear of the night, nighttime, or darkness.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian страх от тъмното
- страх от тъмното (strah ot tămnoto)fear of the night
Danish mørkeræd, nyktofobi
- mørkerædfear of the night
- nyktofobifear of the night
Finnish pimeänpelko
- pimeänpelkofear of the night
French nyctophobie
- nyctophobiefear of the night
German Nyktophobie
- Nyktophobiefear of the night
Greek νυχτοφοβία
- νυχτοφοβία (nychtofovía)fear of the night
Hindi अन्धकार भय
- अन्धकार भय (andhakār bhay)fear of the night
Portuguese nictofobia
- nictofobiafear of the night
Swedish nyctofobi, skotofobi
- nyctofobifear of the night
- skotofobifear of the night
- mörkrädslafear of the night
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with nyctophobia
phobiahomophobiaxenophobiaagoraphobiaclaustrophobiaaphobiaZenobiaphotophobiaarachnophobiaacrophobiahydrophobiaablutophobiaacephobiaacousticophobiaadverbophobiaaerophobiaagraphobiaaibohphobiaaichmophobiaalgophobiaaltophobiaamathophobiaamaxophobiaambulophobia
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
nyctophobia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nyctophobia
MLA
“nyctophobia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nyctophobia. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nyctophobia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nyctophobia.
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