phobia

Other forms of phobia

plural

phobias·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about phobia

What does phobia mean?

phobia means "an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations".

How many syllables are in phobia?

phobia has 3 syllables: pho-bi-a. The stress falls on "pho". In IPA it is /ˈfoʊbiə/.

What is another word for phobia?

Close synonyms include phobic disorder, phobic neurosis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is phobia a common word?

phobia is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with phobia?

4 words rhyme with phobia. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.