Home › Words › U › ursophileursophileursophile means one who loves bears.EtymologyFrom Latin ursus + -o- + -phile.nounOne who loves bears.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.arctophile 68% match — One who has a fondness for teddy bears, usually a collector of them. vs ursophile →arctophilia 68% match — love of bears vs ursophile →beerophile 67% match — A lover of beer. vs ursophile →elephantophile 61% match — One who loves elephants. vs ursophile →arachnophile 60% match — A person who loves spiders, a spider-lover. vs ursophile →ornithophile 60% match — A person who loves birds; a bird-lover. vs ursophile →museophile 60% match — One who loves museums. vs ursophile →foodophile 59% match — A food lover. vs ursophile →