| Term | Definition |
| phobia | fear, dread, aversion |
| acrophobia | fear of heights |
| agoraphobia | fear of open spaces |
| claustrophobic | exhibiting a fear of enclosed spaces |
| hydrophobia | fear of water |
| pyrophobia | fear of fire |
| arachnophobia | fear of spiders |
| zoophobia | fear of animals |
| antophobia | fear of everything |
| homophobia | fear of gay people |
| francophobe | one who fears people from france |
| monophobia | fear of being alone |
| photophobia | fear of light |
| xenophobia | fear of foreigners |
| necrophobia | fear of death or dead bodies |
| astrophobia | fear of lightening |
| anglophobe | one who fears people from england |
| homophobic | exhibiting a fear of gay people |
| spermophobia | fear of germs |
| hypnophobia | fear of sleep |
| pelodophobia | fear of bald people |