noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈhəʊ.məˌfəʊb/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈhɒ.mə-/
General-American:/ˈhoʊ.məˌfoʊb/
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rhymes with -əʊməfəʊb
rhymes with -ɒməfəʊb
1
noun
Meaning 1
One who is prejudiced against homosexual people, or LGBTQ people in general; one who exhibits homophobia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: anti-gay
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: heterosexist
2
noun
Meaning 2
A person who fears sameness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A person who fears men.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
a person who hates or fears homosexual people
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bigot
History
Etymology
Back-formation from homophobia, equivalent to homo- + -phobe (notice in Greek it would refer to a self-hater).
From homo- (“man; same”) + -phobe.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Catalan:
homòfob
— one who exhibits homophobia
Catalan:
homòfoba
— one who exhibits homophobia
Dutch:
homofoob
— one who exhibits homophobia
French:
homophobe
— one who exhibits homophobia
Galician:
homófobo
— one who exhibits homophobia
Galician:
homófoba
— one who exhibits homophobia
Georgian:
ჰომოფობი
(homopobi)
— one who exhibits homophobia
German:
Homophober
— one who exhibits homophobia
German:
Homophobe
— one who exhibits homophobia
German:
Homohasser
— one who exhibits homophobia
German:
Schwulenfeind
— one who exhibits homophobia
German:
Schwulenfeindin
— one who exhibits homophobia
German:
Schwulenhasser
— one who exhibits homophobia
German:
Schwulenhasserin
— one who exhibits homophobia
German:
Lesbenfeind
— one who exhibits homophobia
German:
Lesbenfeindin
— one who exhibits homophobia
German:
Schwulengegner
— one who exhibits homophobia
German:
Schwulengegnerin
— one who exhibits homophobia
Italian:
omofobo
— one who exhibits homophobia
Italian:
omofoba
— one who exhibits homophobia
Polish:
homofob
— one who exhibits homophobia
Polish:
homofobka
— one who exhibits homophobia
Portuguese:
homófobo
— one who exhibits homophobia
Portuguese:
homófoba
— one who exhibits homophobia
Portuguese:
homofóbico
— one who exhibits homophobia
Portuguese:
homofóbica
— one who exhibits homophobia
Russian:
гомофо́б
(gomofób)
— one who exhibits homophobia
Russian:
гомофо́бка
(gomofóbka)
— one who exhibits homophobia
Russian:
геененави́стник
(gejenenavístnik)
— one who exhibits homophobia
