| 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 lightning |
| 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 |