My hydrophobic uncle nearly drowned in the tub when he was eight.
Source: tatoeba (2869193)
Hydrophobic
//haɪdɹəˈfəʊbɪk//
Synonyms for "hydrophobic" (5 found)
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Closest matches (1)
Strong matches (2)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (2)
Adjective(2 words)
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1 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
8 entriesderived from
2 entrieshas context
2 entriesrelated to
9 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
27 translations across 15 languages.
Catalan
2 entries- hidròfob adj (of, or having, hydrophobia)
- hidròfob adj (lacking an affinity for water)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 疏水 adj (lacking an affinity for water)
Czech
1 entries- hydrofobní adj (lacking an affinity for water)
Danish
2 entries- hydrofob adj (lacking an affinity for water)
- vandskyende adj (lacking an affinity for water)
Finnish
3 entries- hydrofobinen adj (lacking an affinity for water)
- raivotautinen adj (of, or having, hydrophobia)
- vesipakoinen adj (lacking an affinity for water)
French
2 entries- hydrophobe adj (of, or having, hydrophobia)
- hydrophobe adj (lacking an affinity for water)
German
1 entries- hydrophob adj (lacking an affinity for water)
Hungarian
2 entries- hidrofób adj (of, or having, hydrophobia)
- hidrofób adj (lacking an affinity for water)
Irish
1 entries- hidreafóbach adj (of, or having, hydrophobia)
Italian
2 entries- idrofobo adj (of, or having, hydrophobia)
- idrofobo adj (lacking an affinity for water)
Northern Kurdish
3 entries- dijav adj (of, or having, hydrophobia)
- dijav adj (lacking an affinity for water)
- dijavî adj (of, or having, hydrophobia)
Polish
2 entries- hydrofobiczny adj (of, or having, hydrophobia)
- hydrofobowy adj (lacking an affinity for water)
Russian
2 entries- гидрофо́бный adj (of, or having, hydrophobia)
- гидрофобный adj (lacking an affinity for water)
Spanish
2 entries- hidrófobo adj (of, or having, hydrophobia)
- hidrófobo adj (lacking an affinity for water)
Tagalog
1 entries- tubigsikwayin adj (lacking an affinity for water)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
Oil is an amphipathic molecule as it has both hydrophobic and hydrophilic characteristics.
Source: tatoeba (10098073)
Experts suspect the surfaces may be covered with some kind of hydrophobic material that repels water molecules.
Source: tatoeba (12117549)
Alfred is a mad inventor whose project is to create hydrophobic water!
Source: tatoeba (12420942)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.