Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ochlophobic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ochlo-pho-bic
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having an aversion to crowds.

noun

Synonym of ochlophobe.

Example Sentences

"Let ochlophobics in their towers stay, Hugging their egos ’gainst the Master Plan. / I shall ne’er boast that I am not as they, / But glad that I’m an advertising man."
"If they are in a crowd, ochlophobics may fear that they cannot get out fast enough, or that there is no place that is safe with so many people around."
"“Hello indeed,” he said, causing Tynee’s ridiculous pretensions to evaporate as fast as the cryogenic helium from the golf cart, and leaving him with an expression more timorous than that of an ochlophobic who suddenly and inexplicably fmds himself naked and on third base at the World Series opener with a hundred thousand drunken sports fans pointing at him and guffawing."

Etymology

From ochlo- + -phobic.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: ochlo
Suffix: phobic

Inflected Forms

more ochlophobic (comparative) most ochlophobic (superlative) ochlophobics (plural)

Synonyms

ochlophobe

Questions

What does ochlophobic mean?: Having an aversion to crowds.
Where does ochlophobic come from?: From ochlo- + -phobic.

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