adj · noun · 3 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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Received-Pronunciation:/ˌzɛn.əˈfəʊ.bɪk/
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General-American:/ˌzi.nəˈfoʊ.bɪk/
General-American:/ˌzɛn.əˈfoʊ.bɪk/
rhymes with -əʊbɪk
CMU ARPABET:Z EH2 N AH0 F AA1 B IH0 K
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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adj
Meaning 1
Exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia, a fear or hatred of strangers, foreigners, or extraterrestial life.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: xenophobous
Antonyms: xenophilic
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noun
Meaning 2
A xenophobe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 3
suffering from xenophobia; having abnormal fear or hatred of the strange or foreign
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 xeno- + -phobic, from Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “foreign, strange”) + φόβος (phóbos, “fear”).
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
այլատյաց
(aylatyacʻ)
— exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia
Belarusian:
ксенафо́бскі
(ksjenafóbski)
— exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia
Bulgarian:
ксенофо́бски
(ksenofóbski)
— exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia
Catalan:
xenòfob
— exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia
Catalan:
xenòfoba
— exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia
Czech:
xenofobní
— exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia
Danish:
fremmedfjendsk
— exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia
Danish:
fremmedfjendtlig
— exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia
Danish:
xenofobisk
— exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia
Dutch:
xenofobisch
— exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia
Dutch:
xenofoob
— exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia
Esperanto:
ksenofobia
— exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia
Finnish:
muukalaisvihamielinen
— exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia
Finnish:
ksenofobinen
— exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia
French:
xénophobe
— exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia
German:
fremdenfeindlich
— exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia
German:
xenophob
— exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia
German:
xenophobisch
— exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia
German:
ausländerfeindlich
— exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia
Greek:
ξενοφοβικός
(xenofovikós)
— exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia
Hungarian:
xenofób
— exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia
Irish:
seineafóbach
— exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia
Italian:
xenofobo
— exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia
Polish:
ksenofobiczny
— exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia
Portuguese:
xenófobo
— exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia
Portuguese:
xenofóbico
— exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia
Russian:
ксенофо́бский
(ksenofóbskij)
— exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia
Slovak:
xénofóbický
— exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia
Spanish:
xenófobo
— exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia
Spanish:
xenófobico
— exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia
Swedish:
främlingsfientlig
— exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia
Swedish:
xenofobisk
— exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia
Turkish:
zenofobi
— exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia
Ukrainian:
ксенофо́бський
(ksenofóbsʹkyj)
— exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia
