Phobic is a suffix meaning afraid.
He had ovophobia, that meaning he was afraid of eggs.
posterior is similar in meaning to what?
No, the word "afraid" is not derived from "fray." "Afraid" comes from Old English "a-," meaning "on," and "faran," meaning "to go," combining to form "a-faran," eventually evolving into "afraid" with the sense of feeling fear. "Fray" has a different origin, coming from Old French "freier," meaning "to disturb" or "frighten."
Poly has a similar meaning with multi-.
similar meaning
Representative has a similar meaning to iconic.
similar in meaning to expedite.
A similar meaning to masticate is the word: chew.
similar meaning of pharasel verb economize
prompt, fast, speedy
A "synonym" of a word is one that can have the same or a similar meaning.