Home › Words › P › pupaphobiapupaphobiapupaphobia means the fear of puppets.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, pupaphobia ranks #14,806 of 42,752 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom Latin pūpa (“doll, puppet”) + -phobia.nounThe fear of puppets.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.pediophobia 70% match — A fear of dolls. vs pupaphobia →clownophobia 66% match — The fear of clowns. vs pupaphobia →myrmecophobia 65% match — The fear of ants. vs pupaphobia →coulrophobia 63% match — The fear of clowns. vs pupaphobia →phasmophobia 62% match — The fear of ghosts/supernatural beings. vs pupaphobia →phobophobia 61% match — The fear of fear; the fear of developing a phobia. vs pupaphobia →puppethood 61% match — The state or quality of being a puppet. vs pupaphobia →pedophobic 61% match — Having a fear of children. vs pupaphobia →