English Explanatory Dictionary

bibliophile

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One who loves books.
  2. One who collects books, not necessarily due to any interest in reading them.
  3. One who loves the Bible.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of bibliophile (“one who loves the Bible”).

Word forms

bibliophile bibliophiles bibliophil

Etymology

First attested in 1820. From biblio- + -phile (from Ancient Greek βιβλίον (biblíon, “paper, document, tablet”) + φίλος (phílos, “beloved”)), probably after French bibliophile.

Synonyms

book lover

Antonyms

bibliophobe

Related words

bibliophilia bibliophilic arctophile audiophile conspirophile museophile vexillophile videophile bookworm why buy a book when you can join a library Bibliophile

Derived words

audiobibliophile
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