phobic

P3H4O1B3I1C3
UK/ˈfəʊbɪk/US/ˈfoʊbɪk/

adjective

Relating to a phobia.

“The mail carrier was phobic of dogs.”

Similar
neuroticpsychoneurotic
UncommonScrabble 15
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

adjectivephobic (comparative more phobic, superlative most phobic)

comparative more phobic · superlative most phobic

  1. Relating to a phobia.

    Anything can become a phobic stimulus.

  2. Experiencing or expressing phobia (strong fear and/or dislike).

    The mail carrier was phobic of dogs.

    2 more examples

    Even so, in many cases the homophobe truly is phobic of gays and lesbians, […]

    2009, Martin Kantor, Homophobia: The State of Sexual Bigotry Today, 2nd Edition, →ISBN

    Yes, our society is backwards, full of violent phobic unexamined idiot fear people constantly throw at innocent others.

    2019, Justin Blackburn, The Bisexual Christian Suburban Failure Enlightening Bipolar Blues, page 40
nounphobic (plural phobics)

plural phobics

  1. A person who has a phobia.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivesuffering from irrational fears

Similar
neuroticpsychoneurotic
Also see
phobiac

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From phobia + -ic, see -phobic.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Finnish foobinen, foobikko
  • foobinenrelating to a phobia
  • foobikkoperson
Polish fobiczny, -fob
  • fobicznyrelating to a phobia
  • -fobperson
  • -fobkaperson
Portuguese fóbico, fóbica
  • fóbicorelating to a phobia
  • fóbicarelating to a phobia
  • fóbicosrelating to a phobia
  • fóbicasrelating to a phobia
Swedish fobisk, fobiker
  • fobiskrelating to a phobia
  • fobikerperson
  • -fobperson

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with phobic

homophobicxenophobicacephobicbarophobicemetophobichodophobic-phobicwhorephobic
All rhymes →
Cite this entry
APA

phobic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phobic

MLA

“phobic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phobic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “phobic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phobic.

Source: phobic on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.