| Term | Definition |
| phobia | fear, dread, aversion |
| acrophobia | fear of being at great height |
| 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 french people |
| agoraphobia | fear of open spaces |
| 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 fear or dislike of gay people |
| spermophobia | fear of germs |
| hypnophobia | fear of sleep |