Home › Words › P › phobistphobistphobist means A person who has a phobia.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, phobist ranks #36,621 of 42,752 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom phobia + -ist.nounA person who has a phobia.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.phobism 82% match — A phobia. vs phobist →phobiac 74% match — Relating to a phobia; phobic. vs phobist →acrophobe 71% match — A person who suffers from acrophobia, a fear of heights. vs phobist →phobia 71% match — An irrational, abnormal, or obsessive fear (of something). vs phobist →acrophobic 71% match — Of or pertaining to or suffering from acrophobia. vs phobist →insectophobe 71% match — A person afflicted by insectophobia, the abnormal fear of insects. vs phobist →phobophobia 70% match — The fear of fear; the fear of developing a phobia. vs phobist →aquaphobe 70% match — Person who has aquaphobia. vs phobist →