Home › Words › N › nyctohylophobianyctohylophobianyctohylophobia means the fear of dark forests or wooded areas.EtymologyFrom nycto- + hylo- + -phobia.nounThe fear of dark forests or wooded areas.e.g.“Such was the great man's nyctohylophobia (fear of dark wooded places and forests) he divided his garden into a very formal area where he felt safer and rougher woodland of which he was fearful.” — 2002, Country Life, volume 196, page 88:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.nyctophobia 76% match — A fear of the night, nighttime, or darkness. vs nyctohylophobia →nyctophobe 72% match — Someone who is afraid of the night or darkness. vs nyctohylophobia →nyctophobic 71% match — Afflicted with nyctophobia; fearful of the dark or of night. vs nyctohylophobia →dendrophobia 68% match — A morbid fear of trees. vs nyctohylophobia →achluophobia 67% match — The fear of darkness. vs nyctohylophobia →xylophobia 64% match — A fear of wooden objects. vs nyctohylophobia →nyctophiliac 61% match — A nyctophile, a person who loves the night or darkness. vs nyctohylophobia →noctophobia 61% match — Synonym of nyctophobia. vs nyctohylophobia →