Synonyms of phobias

phobias

noun

plural of phobia

as in panics

an extremely strong dislike or fear of someone or something

His fear of crowds eventually developed into a phobia.

Related Words

• panics
• terrors
• anxieties
• scares
• worries
• frights
• dreads
• creeps
• trepidations
• horrors
• jitters
• pangs
• concerns
• willies
• alarms
• qualms
• agitations
• perturbations
• timidities
• twinges
• apprehensions
• funks
• disquiets
• consternations
• dismays
• discomposures
• cowardices

Dissimilar Words

• confidences
• assurances
• nerves
• self-confidences
• aplombs
• guts
• intrepidities
• darings
• braveries
• fortitudes
• hardihoods
• courages
• gallantries
• valors
• audacities

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of phobias

Clinically, phobias are considered anxiety disorders, but some researchers believe that everyone is a little trypophobic. — Gabriela Galvin, Scientific American, 26 Oct. 2026

Cage plays Roy, a gifted con artist with obsessive-compulsive disorder whose tics, phobias and elaborate rituals have turned his immaculate home into a fortress against the world. — Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Turns out that the star had quite the number of phobias to conquer. — Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026

Left untreated, anxiety in dogs tends to escalate into phobias, which are far harder to address. — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 July 2026

Are people with extreme anxiety and phobias dangerous to the people around them? — Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 15 Apr. 2026

This, Wright imagined, was one way Proxi might display its analysis of players’ minds, an aerial map of loves, phobias, triumphs, losses, pets, and near misses plus all the associations connecting them. — Eric Boodman, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2026

The circumstances made the role ill-suited to Bennett, and everyone knew that Shawn was beset by phobias. — Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026

For people with shark phobias—likely traumatized by movies like Jaws—such advances could help make getting in the water a little easier. — IEEE Spectrum, 18 Dec. 2025