1. a person who has an intense fear of spiders
Usage: derived from arachnophobia (the phobia itself)

Examples

• My sister is an arachnophobe and screams whenever she sees a spider in the house.
• As an arachnophobe, he always asks someone else to remove spiders from his room.
• Many arachnophobes experience panic even when looking at pictures of spiders.
• The arachnophobe avoided the garden after learning it had a large spider population.
• Even though she is an arachnophobe, she tries to manage her fear by learning spider facts.