We have compiled the complete list of Important Phobias which are generally asked in various Competitive Exams (i.e. SSC CGL, IBPS, RRB etc.). Students should consider this as an essential post for all Upcoming Competitive Exams.
According to the American Psychiatric Association, phobias are the most common psychiatric illness among women and the second most common among men. The National Institute of Mental Health suggests that phobias affect approximately 19.2 million U.S. adults. These phobias typically emerge during childhood or adolescence and continue into adulthood. They also impact twice as many women as they do men.
These common phobias typically involve the environment, animals, fears of injections and blood, as well as certain specific situations.
| Name of Phobia | Fear of |
| Ablutophobia | Fear of washing or bathing. |
| Acarophobia | Fear of itching |
| Achluophobia | Fear of darkness. |
| Acousticophobia | Fear of noise. |
| Acrophobia | Fear of heights. |
| Aerophobia | Fear of drafts |
| Aeroacrophobia | Fear of open high places. |
| Agliophobia | Fear of pain. |
| Ailurophobia | Fear of cats. |
| Alektorophobia | Fear of chickens. |
| Algophobia | Fear of pain. |
| Altophobia | Fear of heights. |
| Amathophobia | Fear of dust. |
| Ancraophobia | Fear of wind |
| Androphobia | Fear of men. |
| Anthrophobia | Fear of flowers. |
| Anthropophobia | Fear of people or society. |
| Antlophobia | Fear of floods. |
| Apiphobia | Fear of bees. |
| Arsonphobia | Fear of fire. |
| Atychiphobia | Fear of failure. |
| Aulophobia | Fear of flutes. |
| Aurophobia | Fear of gold. |
| Aviophobia | Fear of flying. |
| Bacteriophobia | Fear of bacteria. |
| Ballistophobia | Fear of missiles or bullets. |
| Bathophobia | Fear of depth. |
| Bibliophobia | Fear of books. |
| Botanophobia | Fear of plants. |
| Brontophobia | Fear of thunder and lightning |
| Cacophobia | Fear of ugliness. |
| Cainophobia | Fear of newness, novelty. |
| Cardiophobia | Fear of the heart. |
| Carnophobia | Fear of meat. |
| Cathisophobia | Fear of sitting. |
| Catoptrophobia | Fear of mirrors. |
| Cenophobia | Fear of new things or ideas. |
| Chaetophobia | Fear of hair. |
| Cheimaphobia | Fear of cold. |
| Chionophobia | Fear of snow. |
| Chiraptophobia | Fear of being touched. |
| Chiroptophobia | Fear of bats. |
| Cholerophobia | Fear of anger or the fear of cholera. |
| Chorophobia | Fear of dancing. |
| Chrometophobia | Fear of money. |
| Chromophobia | Fear of colors. |
| Chronophobia | Fear of time. |
| Chronomentrophobia | Fear of clocks. |
| Cibophobia | Fear of food |
| Cryophobia | Fear of extreme cold, ice or frost. |
| Crystallophobia | Fear of crystals or glass. |
| Cyberphobia | Fear of computers or working on a computer. |
| Cyclophobia | Fear of bicycles. |
| Cynophobia | Fear of dogs or rabies. |
| Decidophobia | Fear of making decisions. |
| Demophobia | Fear of crowds |
| Dendrophobia | Fear of trees. |
| Dipsophobia | Fear of drinking. |
| Dystychiphobia | Fear of accidents. |
| Ecclesiophobia | Fear of church. |
| Ecophobia | Fear of home. |
| Electrophobia | Fear of electricity. |
| Eleutherophobia | Fear of freedom. |
| Elurophobia | Fear of cats. |
| Emetophobia | Fear of vomiting. |
| Enetophobia | Fear of pins. |
| Entomophobia | Fear of insects. |
| Epistemophobia | Fear of knowledge. |
| Equinophobia | Fear of horses. |
| Febriphobia | Fear of fever. |
| Frigophobia | Fear of cold |
| Galeophobia | Fear of cats. |
| Gamophobia | Fear of marriage. |
| Geliophobia | Fear of laughter. |
| Genuphobia | Fear of knees. |
| Geumaphobia | Fear of taste. |
| Glossophobia | Fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak. |
| Hadephobia | Fear of hell. |
| Hagiophobia | Fear of saints or holy things. |
| Hamartophobia | Fear of sinning. |
| Hedonophobia | Fear of feeling pleasure. |
| Heliophobia | Fear of the sun. |
| Hemophobia | Fear of blood. |
| Hodophobia | Fear of road travel. |
| Hormephobia | Fear of shock. |
| Homichlophobia | Fear of fog. |
| Hylophobia | Fear of forests. |
| Hypengyophobia | Fear of responsibility. |
| Ichthyophobia | Fear of fish. |
| Ideophobia | Fear of ideas. |
| Iophobia | Fear of poison. |
| Judeophobia | Fear of Jews. |
| Koinoniphobia | Fear of rooms. |
| Kynophobia | Fear of rabies. |
| Kyphophobia | Fear of stooping. |
| Lachanophobia | Fear of vegetables. |
| Laliophobia or Lalophobia | Fear of speaking. |
| Limnophobia | Fear of lakes. |
| Logophobia | Fear of words. |
| Melissophobia | Fear of bees. |
| Metallophobia | Fear of metal. |
| Mnemophobia | Fear of memories. |
| Myrmecophobia | Fear of ants. |
| Necrophobia | Fear of death or dead things. |
| Nelophobia | Fear of glass. |
| Nephophobia | Fear of clouds. |
| Noctiphobia | Fear of the night. |
| Nomatophobia | Fear of names. |
| Nosocomephobia | Fear of hospitals. |
| Ochophobia | Fear of vehicles. |
| Octophobia | Fear of the figure 8. |
| Oneirophobia | Fear of dreams. |
| Ophidiophobia | Fear of snakes. |
| Ornithophobia | Fear of birds. |
| Papaphobia | Fear of the Pope. |
| Papyrophobia | Fear of paper. |
| Pediophobia | Fear of dolls. |
| Pedophobia | Fear of children. |
| Phasmophobia | Fear of ghosts. |
| Photophobia | Fear of light. |
| Phronemophobia | Fear of thinking. |
| Potophobia | Fear of alcohol. |
| Pharmacophobia | Fear of drugs. |
| Psychophobia | Fear of mind. |
| Pyrophobia | Fear of fire. |
| Quadraphobia | Fear of the number four. |
| Quintaphobia | Fear of the number five. |
| Radiophobia | Fear of radiation, x-rays |
| Ranidaphobia | Fear of frogs. |
| Scolionophobia | Fear of school. |
| Selenophobia | Fear of the moon. |
| Siderophobia | Fear of stars. |
| Somniphobia | Fear of sleep. |
| Suriphobia | Fear of mice. |
| Syngenesophobia | Fear of relatives. |
| Tachophobia | Fear of speed. |
| Technophobia | Fear of technology. |
| Telephonophobia | Fear of telephones. |
| Thaasophobia | Fear of sitting. |
| Thalassophobia | Fear of the sea. |
| Theophobia | Fear of gods or religion. |
| Thermophobia | Fear of heat. |
| Traumatophobia | Fear of injury. |
| Tuberculophobia | Fear of tuberculosis. |
| Uranophobia | Fear of heaven. |
| Vaccinophobia | Fear of vaccination. |
| Verbophobia | Fear of words. |
| Vestiphobia | Fear of clothing. |
| Walloonphobia | Fear of the Walloons. |
| Xenoglossophobia | Fear of foreign languages. |
| Xenophobia | Fear of strangers or foreigners. |
| Xerophobia | Fear of dryness. |
| Xyrophobia | Fear of razors. |
| Zelophobia | Fear of jealousy. |
| Zeusophobia | Fear of God or gods. |
| Zoophobia | Fear of animals. |