Word Groups - 44

Group: Words based on liking or fondness

The root 'phile' as a prefix or a suffix, refers to the one that loves, likes, or is attracted to. Thus, all the words would be related to this meaning. Dig into this list of words here:

• Anglophilia - love or fondness for England or the English. The word is formed by using 'Anglo' for English and 'philia' for fondness.
• Astrophile - person interested in astronomy.
• Bibliophile - A bibliophile is someone who loves reading books and in most cases loves collecting books too.
• Foodophile - A foodophile is a person who is really fond of eating or loves to eat.
• Logophile - a lover of words.
• Necrophile - A necrophile is a person who feels an attractive pull towards dead bodies.
• Paedophile - A paedophile is a person who gets sexually attracted towards children.
• Philalethist - lover of truth.
• Philanthropy - Love for mankind.
• Philogyny - love of women.
• Philomath - lover of learning.
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• Philosophy - Love for wisdom.
• Philotherianism - love of animals.
• Theophile - one who loves or is loved by God. This term is mainly used for those people who believe in God and pray regularly.
• Xenophilia - love of foreigners