acrophobe

English

Etymology

From acro- +‎ -phobe.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈækɹəˌfoʊb/

Noun

acrophobe (plural acrophobes)

1. A person who suffers from acrophobia, a fear of heights.
   • 2009 July 19, Lizette Alvarez, “Whee! Also, There’s a Net”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Pass the chalk. Dr. Levine was there with a friend and fellow psychiatrist (detect a pattern?), Alexa Albert, Coco’s mother, who squinted up into the sun as her daughter effortlessly sailed skyward. Dr. Albert is an acrophobe.

Related terms

• acrophobia