| Term | Definition |
| Phobia | fear, dread, aversion |
| acrophobia | fear of being at great height |
| agoraphobia | fear of open spaces |
| claustrophobic | exhibiting a fear of enclosed spaces |
| hydrophobia | abnormal 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 or dislikes people from france |
| monophobia | fear of being alone |
| photophobia | morbid aversion to light |
| xenophobia | aversion to foreigners |
| necrophobia | fear of death or dead bodies |
| astrophobia | fear of lightening |
| anglophobe | one who fears or dislikes people from england |
| homophobic | exhibiting a fear or dislike of gay people |
| spermophobia | fear of germs |
| hypnophobia | fear of sleep |
| podophobia | fear of feet |