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xenophobe

adj · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

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Pronunciation

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  • US: /ˈzɛ.nə.foʊb/
  • US: /ˈzi.nə.foʊb/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈzɛ.nə.fəʊb/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

One who hates or fears strangers or foreigners.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

One who hates or fears extraterrestial life.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: nonstandard, rare

Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From xeno- + -phobe. From Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “foreign, strange”), + Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos, “fear”).

Across languages

Translations

64 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: vreemdelinge hater — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • Albanian: ksenofob — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • Armenian: այլատյաց (aylatyacʻ) — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • Belarusian: ксенафобскія (ksjenafóbskija) — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • Bengali: বিদেশাতঙ্কগ্রস্ত (bideśatoṅkogrosto) — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • Bulgarian: ксенофоб (ksenofob) — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • Burmese: မုန်းတီးမိနျးမ (mun:ti:mi.nya:ma.) — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • Catalan: xenòfob — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • Chinese Mandarin: 排外 (páiwài) — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • Czech: xenofob — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • Czech: xenofobka — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • Danish: fremmedhader — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • Danish: xenofob — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • Dutch: xenofoob — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • Esperanto: ksenofobo — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • Estonian: ksenofoob — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • Finnish: muukalaisvihaaja — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • French: xénophobe — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • Georgian: ქსენოფობი (ksenopobi) — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • German: Fremdenfeind — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • German: Fremdenfeindin — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • German: Fremdenhasser — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • German: Fremdenhasserin — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • German: Ausländerfeind — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • German: Ausländerfeindin — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • German: Ausländerhasser — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • German: Ausländerhasserin — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • German: Xenophober — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • German: Xenophobe — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • Greek: ξενόφοβος (xenófovos) — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • Hungarian: xenofób — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • Irish: seineafóbach — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • Italian: xenofobo — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • Italian: xenofoba — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • Japanese: ゼノフォーブ (zenofōbu) — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • Kannada: ಪರಕೀಯ ದ್ವೇಷಿ (parakīya dvēṣi) — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • Korean: 외국 것을 싫어하는 (oeguk geoseul sireohaneun) — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • Latvian: ksenofobs — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • Macedonian: ксенофоб (ksenofob) — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • Persian: دشمن بیگانه — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • Polish: ksenofob — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • Polish: ksenofobka — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • Portuguese: xenófobo — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • Portuguese: xenófoba — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • Romanian: xenofob — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • Romanian: xenofobă — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • Russian: ксенофо́б (ksenofób) — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • Russian: ксенофо́бка (ksenofóbka) — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • Serbo-Croatian: ksenofob — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • Serbo-Croatian: ksenofobkinja — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • Serbo-Croatian: непријатељски према странцима — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • Serbo-Croatian: neprijateljski prema strancima — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • Slovak: xenofób — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • Slovak: xenofóbka — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • Spanish: xenófobo — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • Spanish: xenófoba — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • Swedish: xenofob — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • Swedish: främlingshatare — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • Tamil: வெளிநாட்டவரை வெறுப்பவரும் (veḷināṭṭavarai veṟuppavarum) — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • Telugu: విదేశీ (vidēśī) — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • Turkish: yabancı düşmanı — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • Turkish: yabancı sevmez — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • Ukrainian: ксенофо́б (ksenofób) — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners
  • Ukrainian: ксенофо́бка (ksenofóbka) — one who fears or hates strangers or foreigners