Home › Words › X › xerophobiaxerophobiaxerophobia · noun — A fear of dryness.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom xero- + -phobia.nounA fear of dryness.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.xerophobous 74% match — Synonym of xerophobic. vs xerophobia →xerophagia 73% match — The eating of dry food. vs xerophobia →xerophobic 73% match — Unable to thrive in dry conditions. vs xerophobia →xerotes 71% match — A general dryness of the body. vs xerophobia →xeransis 70% match — A drying of the tissues. vs xerophobia →xerotic 68% match — dry vs xerophobia →xerophagic 67% match — Of or relating to xerophagy. vs xerophobia →xeromycteria 66% match — Dryness of the nasal mucous membrane. vs xerophobia →