List of Phobias by Name
Phobias are listed on this page alphabetically by their medical or scientific label. If you are looking for a specific fear (fear of spiders, fear of animals, etc), go to the list of phobias by category
Ablutophobia– Fear of washing or bathing.
Acarophobia– Fear of itching or of the insects that cause itching.
Achluophobia– Fear of darkness.
Acousticophobia– Fear of noise.
Acrophobia– Fear of heights.
Aeroacrophobia– Fear of open high places.
Agateophobia– Fear of insanity.
Agliophobia– Fear of pain.
Agoraphobia– Fear of open spaces or of being in crowded, public places like markets.
Agraphobia– Fear of sexual abuse.
Agrizoophobia– Fear of wild animals.
Agyrophobia– Fear of streets or crossing the street.
Aichmophobia– Fear of needles or pointed objects.
Ailurophobia– Fear of cats.
Albuminurophobia– Fear of kidney disease.
Alektorophobia– Fear of chickens.
Algophobia– Fear of pain.
Alliumphobia– Fear of garlic.
Allodoxaphobia– Fear of opinions.
Altophobia– Fear of heights.
Amathophobia– Fear of dust.
Amaxophobia– Fear of riding in a car.
Ambulophobia– Fear of walking.
Amnesiphobia– Fear of amnesia.
Amychophobia– Fear of scratches or being scratched.
Anablephobia– Fear of looking up.
Androphobia– Fear of men.
Angrophobia – Fear of anger or of becoming angry.
Anthropophobia– Fear of people or society.
Antlophobia– Fear of floods.
Anuptaphobia– Fear of staying single.
Aphenphosmphobia– Fear of being touched.
Apiphobia– Fear of bees.
Apotemnophobia– Fear of persons with amputations.
Arachibutyrophobia– Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.
Arachnephobia or Arachnophobia– Fear of spiders.
Arithmophobia– Fear of numbers.
Arrhenphobia– Fear of men.
Arsonphobia– Fear of fire.
Asthenophobia– Fear of fainting or weakness.
Astraphobia or Astrapophobia– Fear of thunder and lightning.
Asymmetriphobia– Fear of asymmetrical things.
Ataxophobia– Fear of disorder or untidiness.
Atelophobia- Fear of imperfection.
Athazagoraphobia– Fear of being forgotton or ignored or forgetting.
Atomosophobia– Fear of atomic explosions.
Atychiphobia– Fear of failure.
Autodysomophobia– Fear of one that has a vile odor.
Automatonophobia– Fear of ventriloquist’s dummies, animatronic creatures, wax statues
Automysophobia– Fear of being dirty.
Autophobia– Fear of being alone or of oneself.
Aviophobia or Aviatophobia– Fear of flying.
Bacillophobia- Fear of microbes.
Bacteriophobia– Fear of bacteria.
Bathophobia- Fear of depth.
Batophobia– Fear of heights or being close to high buildings.
Batrachophobia– Fear of amphibians, such as frogs, newts, salamanders, etc.
Belonephobia– Fear of pins and needles
Bibliophobia– Fear of books.
Blennophobia– Fear of slime.
Bogyphobia– Fear of bogeys or the bogeyman.
Botanophobia– Fear of plants.
Bromidrosiphobia or Bromidrophobia– Fear of body smells.
Brontophobia– Fear of thunder and lightning.
Bufonophobia– Fear of toads.
Cacophobia– Fear of ugliness.
Caligynephobia– Fear of beautiful women.
Cancerophobia or Carcinophobia– Fear of cancer.
Carpophobia – fear of wrists
Cardiophobia– Fear of the heart.
Carnophobia– Fear of meat.
Catagelophobia– Fear of being ridiculed.
Catoptrophobia– Fear of mirrors.
Cenophobia or Centophobia– Fear of new things or ideas.
Ceraunophobia – Fear of thunder and lightning.
Chaetophobia– Fear of hair.
Chemophobia– Fear of chemicals or working with chemicals.
Chiraptophobia– Fear of being touched.
Chirophobia– Fear of hands.
Chiroptophobia– Fear of bats.
Chorophobia– Fear of dancing.
Chronophobia– Fear of future
Claustrophobia- Fear of confined spaces.
Cleithrophobia or Cleisiophobia– Fear of being locked in an enclosed place.
Cleptophobia– Fear of stealing.
Climacophobia– Fear of stairs, climbing, or of falling downstairs…
Coimetrophobia– Fear of cemeteries…
Contreltophobia– Fear of sexual abuse.
Coprastasophobia– Fear of constipation.
Coprophobia– Fear of feces.
Coulrophobia– Fear of clowns.
Cyberphobia– Fear of computers or working on a computer…
Cynophobia– Fear of dogs or rabies.
Cypridophobia or Cypriphobia – Fear of prostitutes or venereal disease.
Decidophobia– Fear of making decisions.
Defecaloesiophobia– Fear of painful bowels movements.
Deipnophobia– Fear of dining or dinner conversations.
Dementophobia– Fear of insanity.
Demonophobia or Daemonophobia– Fear of demons.
Demophobia– Fear of crowds.
Dentophobia– Fear of dentists…
Dermatosiophobia or Dermatophobia or Dermatopathophobia– Fear of skin disease…
Diabetophobia– Fear of diabetes.
Didaskaleinophobia– Fear of going to school.
Dikephobia– Fear of justice…
Dipsophobia– Fear of drinking.
Dishabiliophobia– Fear of undressing in front of someone.
Disposophobia– Fear of throwing stuff out. Hoarding.
Doraphobia– Fear of fur or skins of animals.
Doxophobia– Fear of expressing opinions or of receiving praise.
Dysmorphophobia– Fear of deformity.
Dystychiphobia– Fear of accidents.
Ecclesiophobia– Fear of church.
Electrophobia– Fear of electricity.
Eleutherophobia– Fear of freedom.
Elurophobia– Fear of cats.
Emetophobia– Fear of vomiting.
Enetophobia– Fear of pins.
Enochlophobia– Fear of crowds.
Enosiophobia – Fear of having committed an unpardonable sin or of criticism.
Entomophobia– Fear of insects.
Ephebiphobia– Fear of teenagers.
Epistaxiophobia– Fear of nosebleeds.
Epistemophobia– Fear of knowledge.
Equinophobia– Fear of horses.
Eremophobia– Fear of being oneself or of loneliness.
Ereuthrophobia– Fear of blushing.
Ergasiophobia– 1) Fear of work or functioning. 2) Surgeon’s fear of operating.
Ergophobia– Fear of work.
Erotophobia– Fear of sexual love or sexual questions.
Euphobia– Fear of hearing good news.
Eurotophobia– Fear of female genitalia.
Febriphobia or Fibriphobia or Fibriophobia– Fear of fever.
Felinophobia– Fear of cats.
Frigophobia– Fear of cold or cold things.
Galeophobia or Gatophobia– Fear of cats.
Gamophobia– Fear of marriage.
Geliophobia– Fear of laughter.
Gelotophobia– Fear of being laughed at.
Genophobia– Fear of sex.
Gephyrophobia or Gephydrophobia or Gephysrophobia– Fear of crossing bridges…
Gerascophobia– Fear of growing old.
Gerontophobia– Fear of old people or of growing old.
Glossophobia– Fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak.
Gnosiophobia– Fear of knowledge.
Graphophobia– Fear of writing or handwriting.
Gymnophobia– Fear of nudity.
Gynephobia or Gynophobia– Fear of women.
Hadephobia– Fear of hell.
Hagiophobia– Fear of saints or holy things.
Hamartophobia– Fear of sinning.
Haphephobia or Haptephobia– Fear of being touched.
Harpaxophobia– Fear of being robbed.
Hedonophobia– Fear of feeling pleasure.
Helminthophobia– Fear of being infested with worms.
Hemophobia or Hemaphobia or Hematophobia– Fear of blood.
Herpetophobia– Fear of reptiles or creepy, crawly things.
Heterophobia– Fear of the opposite sex.
Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia- Fear of the number 666.
Hierophobia– Fear of priests or sacred things.
Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia- Fear of long words.
Hobophobia– Fear of bums or beggars.
Homilophobia– Fear of sermons.
Hominophobia– Fear of men.
Homophobia– Fear of homosexuality or of becoming homosexual.
Hoplophobia– Fear of firearms.
Hydrophobophobia– Fear of rabies.
Hyelophobia or Hyalophobia– Fear of glass.
Hygrophobia– Fear of liquids, dampness, or moisture.
Hypengyophobia or Hypegiaphobia– Fear of responsibility.
Hypnophobia– Fear of sleep or of being hypnotized.
Hypsiphobia– Fear of height.
Iatrophobia– Fear of going to the doctor or of doctors.
Ichthyophobia– Fear of fish.
Ideophobia– Fear of ideas.
Illyngophobia– Fear of vertigo or feeling dizzy when looking down.
Iophobia– Fear of poison.
Insectophobia – Fear of insects.
Isolophobia- Fear of solitude, being alone.
Isopterophobia– Fear of termites, insects that eat wood.
Ithyphallophobia– Fear of seeing, thinking about or having an erect penis.
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Kakorrhaphiophobia– Fear of failure or defeat.
Katagelophobia– Fear of ridicule.
Kathisophobia– Fear of sitting down.
Katsaridaphobia– Fear of cockroaches.
Kleptophobia- Fear of stealing.
Kolpophobia- Fear of genitals, particularly female.
Kopophobia– Fear of fatigue.
Koniophobia– Fear of dust. (Amathophobia)
Kosmikophobia– Fear of cosmic phenomenon.
Kynophobia- Fear of rabies.
Lachanophobia– Fear of vegetables.
Laliophobia or Lalophobia– Fear of speaking.
Leprophobia or Lepraphobia– Fear of leprosy…
Ligyrophobia– Fear of loud noises.
Lilapsophobia– Fear of tornadoes and hurricanes.
Limnophobia– Fear of lakes.
Linonophobia– Fear of string.
Liticaphobia– Fear of lawsuits.
Lockiophobia– Fear of childbirth.
Logizomechanophobia– Fear of computers.
Logophobia– Fear of words.
Luiphobia– Fear of syphillis.
Lygophobia– Fear of darkness.
Lyssophobia– Fear of rabies or of becoming mad
Macrophobia– Fear of long waits.
Mageirocophobia– Fear of cooking.
Maieusiophobia- Fear of childbirth.
Malaxophobia– Fear of love play.
Maniaphobia– Fear of insanity.
Mastigophobia– Fear of punishment.
Mechanophobia– Fear of machines.
Medomalacuphobia– Fear of losing an erection.
Medorthophobia– Fear of an erect penis.
Megalophobia– Fear of large things.
Melissophobia– Fear of bees…
Melophobia– Fear or hatred of music.
Meningitophobia– Fear of brain disease.
Menophobia– Fear of menstruation.
Merinthophobia– Fear of being bound or tied up.
Metallophobia– Fear of metal.
Metathesiophobia– Fear of changes.
Meteorophobia- Fear of meteors.
Methyphobia– Fear of alcohol.
Microbiophobia– Fear of microbes. (Bacillophobia)
Microphobia– Fear of small things.
Misophobia or Mysophobia– Fear of being contaminated with dirt or germs.
Mnemophobia– Fear of memories.
Molysmophobia or Molysomophobia– Fear of dirt or contamination.
Monophobia– Fear of solitude or being alone.
Monopathophobia– Fear of definite disease.
Motorphobia- Fear of automobiles.
Musophobia or Muriphobia– Fear of mice.
Myctophobia– Fear of darkness.
Myrmecophobia– Fear of ants.
Mythophobia– Fear of myths or stories or false statements.
Myxophobia- Fear of slime.
Necrophobia– Fear of death or dead things.
Neopharmaphobia– Fear of new drugs…
Noctiphobia– Fear of the night.
Nomatophobia– Fear of names.
Nosocomephobia– Fear of hospitals.
Nosophobia or Nosemaphobia– Fear of becoming ill.
Nostophobia– Fear of returning home.
Nudophobia– Fear of nudity.
Numerophobia– Fear of numbers.
Nyctohylophobia– Fear of dark wooded areas or of forests at night
Nyctophobia– Fear of the dark or of night.
Obesophobia– Fear of gaining weight.
Ochlophobia– Fear of crowds or mobs.
Ochophobia– Fear of vehicles.
Odontophobia– Fear of teeth or dental surgery.
Odynophobia or Odynephobia– Fear of pain.
Oenophobia- Fear of wines.
Olfactophobia– Fear of smells.
Ombrophobia– Fear of rain or of being rained on…
Oneirogmophobia– Fear of wet dreams.
Onomatophobia– Fear of hearing a certain word or of names.
Ophidiophobia– Fear of snakes.
Ophthalmophobia– Fear of being stared at.
Opiophobia– Fear medical doctors prescribing pain medications for patients.
Optophobia– Fear of opening one’s eyes.
Ornithophobia– Fear of birds.
Orthophobia– Fear of property.
Osmophobia or Osphresiophobia– Fear of smells or odors.
Ostraconophobia– Fear of shellfish.
Ouranophobia – Fear of heaven.
Pagophobia– Fear of ice or frost.
Panthophobia– Fear of suffering and disease.
Panophobia or Pantophobia– Fear of everything.
Papaphobia- Fear of the Pope.
Paralipophobia– Fear of neglecting duty or responsibility.
Paraphobia– Fear of sexual perversion.
Parasitophobia– Fear of parasites.
Paraskavedekatriaphobia– Fear of Friday the 13th.
Parthenophobia– Fear of virgins or young girls.
Pathophobia– Fear of disease.
Patroiophobia– Fear of heredity.
Parturiphobia– Fear of childbirth.
Peccatophobia– Fear of sinning or imaginary crimes.
Pediculophobia– Fear of lice.
Pediophobia– Fear of dolls.
Pedophobia– Fear of children.
Peladophobia– Fear of bald people…
Peniaphobia– Fear of poverty.
Phagophobia– Fear of swallowing or of eating or of being eaten.
Phalacrophobia– Fear of becoming bald.
Phallophobia– Fear of a penis, esp erect.
Pharmacophobia– Fear of taking medicine.
Phasmophobia– Fear of ghosts.
Phengophobia– Fear of daylight or sunshine.
Philemaphobia or Philematophobia– Fear of kissing.
Philophobia– Fear of falling in love or being in love…
Phobophobia– Fear of phobias.
Photoaugliaphobia– Fear of glaring lights.
Photophobia– Fear of light.
Phonophobia– Fear of noises or voices or one’s own voice; of telephones.
Phronemophobia– Fear of thinking.
Phthiriophobia– Fear of lice
Phthisiophobia– Fear of tuberculosis.
Placophobia- Fear of tombstones.
Plutophobia– Fear of wealth…
Pneumatiphobia– Fear of spirits.
Pnigophobia or Pnigerophobia– Fear of choking of being smothered.
Pogonophobia– Fear of beards…
Polyphobia– Fear of many things.
Poinephobia– Fear of punishment.
Ponophobia– Fear of overworking or of pain…
Potophobia– Fear of alcohol.
Pharmacophobia– Fear of drugs.
Proctophobia– Fear of rectums.
Prosophobia– Fear of progress.
Psellismophobia– Fear of stuttering.
Psychophobia– Fear of mind.
Psychrophobia– Fear of cold.
Pteromerhanophobia– Fear of flying.
Pteronophobia– Fear of being tickled by feathers.
Pupaphobia – Fear of puppets.
Pyrexiophobia– Fear of Fever.
Pyrophobia– Fear of fire.
Radiophobia– Fear of radiation, x-rays.
Ranidaphobia– Fear of frogs.
Rectophobia– Fear of rectum or rectal diseases.
Rhabdophobia– Fear of being severely punished or criticized.
Rhypophobia– Fear of defecation.
Rhytiphobia– Fear of getting wrinkles.
Rupophobia– Fear of dirt.
Samhainophobia: Fear of Halloween.
Sarmassophobia– Fear of love play.
Satanophobia– Fear of Satan.
Scabiophobia– Fear of scabies.
Scatophobia- Fear of fecal matter.
Scelerophibia– Fear of bad men, burglars.
Sciophobia or Sciaphobia– Fear of shadows.
Scoleciphobia– Fear of worms.
Scolionophobia– Fear of school.
Scopophobia or Scoptophobia– Fear of being seen or stared at.
Scotomaphobia– Fear of blindness in visual field.
Scotophobia– Fear of darkness. (Achluophobia)
Scriptophobia– Fear of writing in public.
Selachophobia– Fear of sharks.
Selaphobia– Fear of light flashes.
Seplophobia– Fear of decaying matter.
Sesquipedalophobia– Fear of long words.
Sexophobia– Fear of the opposite sex.
Sitophobia or Sitiophobia– Fear of food or eating. (Cibophobia)
Snakephobia– Fear of snakes.
Social Phobia– Fear of being evaluated negatively in social situations.
Sociophobia– Fear of society or people in general.
Somniphobia– Fear of sleep.
Sophophobia– Fear of learning.
Soteriophobia – Fear of dependence on others…
Spectrophobia– Fear of specters or ghosts.
Spermatophobia or Spermophobia– Fear of germs.
Spheksophobia– Fear of wasps.
Staurophobia– Fear of crosses or the crucifix.
Stenophobia– Fear of narrow things or places.
Stygiophobia or Stigiophobia– Fear of hell.
Suriphobia– Fear of mice.
Symbolophobia– Fear of symbolism.
Symmetrophobia– Fear of symmetry.
Syngenesophobia– Fear of relatives.
Syphilophobia– Fear of syphilis.
Tachophobia– Fear of speed.
Taeniophobia or Teniophobia- Fear of tapeworms.
Taphephobia or Taphophobia– Fear of being buried alive or of cemeteries.
Tapinophobia– Fear of being contagious.
Technophobia– Fear of technology.
Teratophobia– Fear of bearing a deformed child or fear of monsters or deformed people.
Testophobia– Fear of taking tests.
Tetanophobia- Fear of lockjaw, tetanus.
Textophobia– Fear of certain fabrics.
Thanatophobia or Thantophobia– Fear of death or dying.
Theatrophobia– Fear of theatres.
Theologicophobia– Fear of theology.
Theophobia– Fear of gods or religion.
Thermophobia– Fear of heat.
Tocophobia– Fear of pregnancy or childbirth.
Tomophobia– Fear of surgical operations.
Tonitrophobia– Fear of thunder.
Topophobia– Fear of certain places or situations, such as stage fright.
Toxiphobia , Toxophobia or Toxicophobia– Fear of poison or being accidently poisoned.
Traumatophobia– Fear of injury.
Tremophobia- Fear of trembling.
Trichopathophobia or Trichophobia– Fear of hair. (Chaetophobia, Hypertrichophobia)
Triskaidekaphobia– Fear of the number 13.
Tropophobia– Fear of moving or making changes.
Trypanophobia– Fear of injections.
Tuberculophobia– Fear of tuberculosis.
Tyrannophobia– Fear of tyrants.
Uranophobia – Fear of heaven.
Urophobia– Fear of urine or urinating
Vaccinophobia– Fear of vaccination.
Venustraphobia– Fear of beautiful women.
Verbophobia- Fear of words.
Verminophobia– Fear of germs.
Vestiphobia– Fear of clothing.
Virginitiphobia– Fear of rape.
Wiccaphobia: Fear of witches and witchcraft.
Xenoglossophobia– Fear of foreign languages.
Xenophobia– Fear of strangers or foreigners.
Xerophobia– Fear of dryness.
Xyrophobia-Fear of razors.