Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun phobia

1 sense of phobia

Sense 1
phobia, phobic disorder, phobic neurosis -- (an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations; "phobic disorder is a general term for all phobias")
       => anxiety disorder -- (a cover term for a variety of mental disorders in which severe anxiety is a salient symptom)