adj
Meaning 1
Relating to a phobia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Anything can become a phobic stimulus.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
phobic
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈfəʊbɪk/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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General-American: /ˈfoʊbɪk/
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rhymes with -əʊbɪk
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CMU ARPABET: F OW1 B IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Experiencing or expressing phobia (strong fear and/or dislike).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The mail carrier was phobic of dogs.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A person who has a phobia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
suffering from irrational fears
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From phobia + -ic, see -phobic.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: foobinen — relating to a phobia
- Polish: fobiczny — relating to a phobia
- Portuguese: fóbico — relating to a phobia
- Portuguese: fóbica — relating to a phobia
- Portuguese: fóbicos — relating to a phobia
- Portuguese: fóbicas — relating to a phobia
- Swedish: fobisk — relating to a phobia
- Finnish: foobikko — person
- Polish: -fob — person
- Polish: -fobka — person
- Swedish: fobiker — person
- Swedish: -fob — person