List of Various Kinds of Phobias

Phobia

Description

1

Achluophobia

Fear of darkness

2

Acousticophobia

Fear of noise – a branch of phonophobia

3

Acrophobia

Fear of heights

4

Aerophobia

Fear of aircraft or flying

5

Agoraphobia

Fear of open places

6

Agyrophobia

Fear of crossing streets

7

Aichmophobia

Fear of sharp or pointed objects such as a needle or knife

8

Ailurophobia

Fear/dislike of cats, a zoophobia

9

Alektorophobia

Fear/dislike of chickens, a zoophobia

10

Algophobia

Fear of pain

11

Anatidaephobia

Fear/dislike of ducks, a zoophobia

12

Ancraophobia

Fear of wind or drafts

13

Androphobia

Fear of adult men

14

Apeirophobia

Excessive fear of infinity and the uncountable

15

Aphenphosmphobia

Fear of being touched

16

Aquaphobia

Fear of water. Distinct from hydrophobia, a scientific property that makes chemicals averse to interaction with water, as well as an archaic name for rabies.

17

Arachnophobia

Fear of spiders and other arachnids such as scorpions, a zoophobia

18

Astraphobia

Fear of thunder and lightning

19

Atelophobia

Fear of imperfection

20

Autophobia

Fear of isolation

21

Bacteriophobia

Fear of bacteria

22

Basophobia, basiphobia

Fear associated with astasia-abasia (fear of walking/standing erect) and a fear of falling

23

Bathmophobia

Fear of stairs or steep slopes

24

Batrachophobia

Fear/dislike of frogs and other amphibians, a zoophobia

25

Belonephobia

Fear of needles

26

Bibliophobia

Fear of books

27

Botanophobia

Fear of plants

28

Cacophobia, aschimophobia

Fear of ugliness

29

Carcinophobia

Fear of cancer

30

Catoptrophobia

Fear of mirrors

31

Chemophobia

Fear of chemicals

32

Cherophobia

Fear of happiness

33

Chiroptophobia

Fear/dislike of bats, a zoophobia

34

Chromophobia, chromatophobia

Fear of colors

35

Chronomentrophobia

Fear of clocks

36

Chronophobia

Fear of time and time moving forward

37

Cibophobia, sitophobia

Aversion to food, synonymous with anorexia nervosa

38

Claustrophobia

Fear of having no escape and being closed in

39

Coimetrophobia

Fear of cemeteries

40

Coprophobia

Fear of feces or defecation

41

Coulrophobia

Fear of clowns

42

Cyberphobia

Fear of computers

43

Cynophobia

Fear/dislike of dogs, a zoophobia

44

Dental fear, odontophobia

Fear of dentists and dental procedures

45

Dentophobia

Fear of dentists

46

Domatophobia

Fear of houses

47

Dysmorphophobia, body dysmorphic disorder

A phobic obsession with a real or imaginary body defect

48

Ecophobia

Fear of cataclysmic environmental change

49

Eisoptrophobia

Fear of mirrors or seeing one’s reflection in a mirror

50

Emetophobia

Fear of vomiting

51

Enochlophobia

Fear of crowds

52

Entomophobia

Fear/dislike of insects, a zoophobia

53

Ephebiphobia

Fear of youth; inaccurate, exaggerated and sensational characterization of young people

54

Equinophobia

Fear of horses

55

Ergophobia, ergasiophobia

Fear of work or functioning, or a surgeon’s fear of operating

56

Erotophobia

Fear of sexual love or sexual abuse

57

Erythrophobia, erytophobia, ereuthophobia

Fear of the color red, or fear of blushing

58

Eurotophobia

Aversion to female genitals

59

Frigophobia

Fear of becoming too cold

60

Gamophobia

Fear of marriage

61

Gelotophobia

Fear of being laughed at

62

Genophobia, coitophobia

Fear of sexual intercourse

63

Genuphobia

Fear of knees or the act of kneeling

64

Gephyrophobia

Fear of bridges

65

Gerascophobia

Fear of growing old or aging

66

Gerontophobia

Fear of growing old, or a hatred or fear of the elderly

67

Globophobia

Fear of balloons

68

Glossophobia

Fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak

69

Gymnophobia

Fear of nudity

70

Gynophobia

Fear of adult women

71

Halitophobia

Fear of bad breath

72

Haphephobia

Fear of being touched

73

Hedonophobia

Fear of obtaining pleasure

74

Heliophobia

Fear of the sun or sunlight

75

Helminthophobia, scoleciphobia, vermiphobia

Fear of worms,a zoophobia

76

Hemophobia, haemophobia

Fear of blood

77

Heptadekaphobia, heptadecaphobia

Fear of the number 17

78

Herpetophobia

Fear/dislike of reptiles or amphibians, a zoophobia

79

Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia

Fear of the number 666

80

Hippophobia

Fear/dislike of horses, a zoophobia

81

Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia

Fear of long words

82

Hodophobia

Fear of travel

83

Hydrophobia

Fear of water, see aquaphobia

84

Hypnophobia, somniphobia

Fear of sleep or nightmares

85

Hypochondria

Fear of illness

86

Iatrophobia

Fear of doctors

87

Ichthyophobia

Fear of fish, including fear of eating fish, or fear of dead fish, a zoophobia

88

Insectophobia

Fear of insects

89

Koinoniphobia

Fear of rooms

90

Koumpounophobia

Fear of buttons on clothing

91

Lepidopterophobia

Fear of butterflies and moths

92

Leukophobia

Fear of the color white

93

Lilapsophobia

Fear of tornadoes or hurricanes

94

Mageirocophobia

Fear of cooking

95

Masklophobia

Fear of people in masks, costumes and mascots

96

Megalophobia

Fear of large things

97

Melanophobia

Fear of the color black

98

Melissophobia, apiphobia

Fear/dislike of bees, a zoophobia

99

Microphobia

Fear of small things

100

Monophobia

Fear of being alone or isolated or of one’s self

101

Musophobia, murophobia, suriphobia

Fear/dislike of mice or rats, a zoophobia

102

Myrmecophobia

Fear of ants

103

Mysophobia, germophobia

Fear of germs, contamination or dirt

104

Necrophobia

Fear of death or the dead

105

Neophobia, cainophobia, cainotophobia, centophobia, kainolophobia, kainophobia, metathesiophobia, prosophobia

Fear of newness, novelty, change or progress

106

Noctiphobia

Fear of the night

107

Nomophobia

Fear of being out of mobile phone contact

108

Nosocomephobia

Fear of hospitals

109

Nosophobia

Fear of contracting a disease

110

Nostophobia, ecophobia

Fear of returning home

111

Numerophobia

Fear of numbers

112

Nyctophobia, achluophobia, lygophobia, scotophobia

Fear of darkness

113

Obesophobia

Fear of gaining weight

114

Octophobia

Fear of the figure 8

115

Odontophobia

Dental fear

116

Oikophobia

Fear of home surroundings and household appliances

117

Ombrophobia

Fear of rain

118

Ommetaphobia

Fear of eyes

119

Oneirophobia

Fear of dreams

120

Ophidiophobia

Fear/dislike of snakes, a zoophobia

121

Ophthalmophobia

Fear of being stared at

122

Ornithophobia

Fear/dislike of birds, a zoophobia

123

Osmophobia, olfactophobia

Fear of odors

124

Ostraconophobia

Fear/dislike of shellfish, a zoophobia

125

Panphobia

Fear of everything or constant fear of an unknown cause

126

Papyrophobia

Fear of paper

127

Pathophobia

Fear of disease

128

Pedophobia, paedophobia, pediaphobia

Fear of babies and children

129

Phagophobia

Fear of swallowing

130

Phallophobia

Fear of erections

131

Pharmacophobia

Fear of medications

132

Phasmophobia

Fear of ghosts or phantoms

133

Philematophobia

Fear of kissing

134

Philophobia

Fear of love

135

Phobophobia

Fear of fear itself or of having a phobia

136

Phonophobia

Fear of loud sounds or voices

137

Podophobia

Fear of feet

138

Pogonophobia

Fear of beards

139

Porphyrophobia

Fear of the color purple

140

Pteromerhanophobia

Fear of flying

141

Pyrophobia

Fear of fire

142

Radiophobia

Fear of radioactivity or X-rays

143

Ranidaphobia

Fear/dislike of frogs, a zoophobia

144

Roller coaster phobia

Fear of roller coasters

145

Samhainophobia

Fear of Halloween

146

Scolionophobia

Fear of school

147

Scopophobia

Fear of being looked at or stared at

148

Selenophobia

Fear of the moon

149

Sexophobia

Fear of sexual organs or sexual activities

150

Siderodromophobia

Fear of trains or railroads

151

Social phobia

Fear of people or social situations

152

Somniphobia

Fear of sleep

153

Spectrophobia

Fear of mirrors

154

Stasiphobia

Fear of standing or walking

155

Tachophobia

Fear of speed

156

Taphophobia, taphephobia

Fear of graves, or fear of being placed in a grave while still alive

157

Technophobia

Fear of advanced technology (see also Luddite)

158

Telephone phobia

Fear or reluctance of making or taking telephone calls

159

Teratophobia

Fear of giving birth to a monster or a disfigured foetus

160

Tetraphobia

Fear of the number 4

161

Thalassophobia

Fear of the sea, or fear of being in the ocean

162

Thanatophobia

Fear of dying

163

Thermophobia

Fear of intolerance to high temperatures

164

Tokophobia

Fear of childbirth or pregnancy

165

Tomophobia

Fear of invasive medical procedure

166

Tonitrophobia

Fear of thunder

167

Toxiphobia

Fear of being poisoned

168

Traumatophobia

A synonym for injury phobia: fear of having an injury

169

Trichophobia

Delusional fear of something in the roots of the hair that stops it from growing, or fear of hair loss

170

Triskaidekaphobia, terdekaphobia

Fear of the number 13

171

Trypanophobia, belonephobia, enetophobia

Fear of needles or injections

172

Trypophobia

Fear of holes or textures with a pattern of holes

173

Venustraphobia

 Fear of beautiful women

174

Vehophobia

Fear of driving

175

Verminophobia

Fear of germs

176

Wiccaphobia

Fear of witches and witchcraft

177

Workplace phobia

Fear of the workplace, a subset of ergophobia

178

Xanthophobia

Fear of the color yellow

179

Xenophobia

Fear of strangers or foreigners

180

Zoophobia

Fear of animals