Acrophobe

//ˈækɹəˌfoʊb// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who suffers from acrophobia, a fear of heights.

    "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."

Synonyms

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acrophobiac

Example

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"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."

Etymology

From acro- + -phobe.

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