Meanings
nounpyrophobia (uncountable)
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn fear or hatred of fire or flames.
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Origin
From pyro- + -phobia. Displaced native Old English līeġeġesa.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French pyrophobie
- pyrophobiefear of fires
German Pyrophobie
- Pyrophobiefear of fires
Greek πυροφοβία
- πυροφοβία (pyrofovía)fear of fires
Icelandic eldfælni
- eldfælnifear of fires
Italian pirofobia
- pirofobiafear of fires
Japanese 炎恐怖症
- 炎恐怖症 (honōkyōfushō)fear of fires
Latin pyrophobia
- pyrophobiafear of fires
Romanian pirofobie
- pirofobiefear of fires
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with pyrophobia
phobiahomophobiaxenophobiaagoraphobiaclaustrophobiaaphobiaZenobiaphotophobiaarachnophobiaacrophobiahydrophobiaablutophobiaacephobiaacousticophobiaadverbophobiaaerophobiaagraphobiaaibohphobiaaichmophobiaalgophobiaaltophobiaamathophobiaamaxophobiaambulophobia
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
pyrophobia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pyrophobia
MLA
“pyrophobia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pyrophobia. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pyrophobia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pyrophobia.
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