Published by: Divyanshu Nayak

What are One Word Substitutions?

One word substitutions is a kind of reverse dictionary. Knowledge of One Word Substitutions helps the students not only in scoring well in exams but also achieving excellent proficiency in the English Language.

Often, Learners of English Language use vague words and long sentences. English is a rich language that has a large number of words. By substituting verbose sentences with precise words, one can convey one’s ideas more clearly. Moreover, knowledge of these words will also help the students and learners of the English language to enhance their writing and speaking skills.

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Few Important Substitutions

Phrase	Substitutions
Covered with decorations	Ornate
Something extra that someone receives in addition to regular pay	Perk
An uneducated person	Illiterate
A shortened form of a word or phrase	Abbreviation
Do away with wholly	Abolish
Liable to be called to account	Accountable
A person who loves everybody	Alturist
A person representing a state in a foreign country.	Ambassador
A person who can use both hands equally well	Ambidextrous
Which happens once a year.	Annual
Which happens twice a year.	Biannual
Which happens once in 2 years	Bi-ennial
Which happens once in 3 years	Tri-ennial
A word opposite in meaning to another	Antonym
One who can’t pay the debts.	Bankrupt
One who devotes a lot of time to reading and studying.	Bookworm
To go down in value	Depriciate
Study of environment	Ecology
One who goes to live in a foreign country	Emigrant
Destroy or get rid of something completely; root out evil or bad practice	Eradicate
One who eats too much	Glutton
Study of Earth	Geology
A medicine that kills germs,	Disinfectant
Things of different nature	Heterogeneous
Things of same nature.	Homogeneous
What is got from ancestors or inheritance	Heritage
The point where the earth and sky seem to meet.	Horizon
One who feels sympathetic towards human beings	Humanitarian
Extreme fear of water.	Hydrophobia
One who pretends to be what he is not	Hypocrate
Incapable of being entered or penetrated.	Impenitrable
That which cannot be noticed	Imperceptible
One who assumes the name or title of someone else for deceiving others.	Imposter
Incapable of being burnt.	In-combustable
That which cannot be believed	Incrediable
Something that is essential and cannot be dispensed with	Indispensible
Something that is quickly and easily set on fire and burned	Imflammable
Loss of sleep	Insomnia
To intentionally become involved in a situation	Intervene
That which cannot be conquered	Invincible
The area over which an official has control	Juridstiction
Science of coins or medals	Numismatics
A thing no longer in use	Obsolete
One who is present everywhere	Omnipresent
One who Knows everything	Omnicient
An exact copy	Facsimile
One who advocates women’s rights and equality with men	Feminist
Child brought by persons, Who are not his parents.	Foster Child
Anything that leads to death	Fatal
To explain something mysterious or difficult	Elucidate
A person who is above hundred years	Centenarian
Book published after the death of its author	Posthumous
Book written by an unknown author	Anonymous
Cinema show which is held in the afternoon	Matinee
A citizen of the world	Cosmopolite
A contagious disease which spreads over a huge area	Epidemic
A drug or other substance that induces sleep	Soporific
A flesh eating animal	Carnivorous
Game in which neither party wins	Draw
Something that you say or do to show respect for someone	Tribute
Government by a king or queen	Monarchy
Government by one	Autocracy
Government by the few	Oligarchy
Government by the Nobles	Aristocracy
Government by the officials	Bureaucracy
Government by the people	Democracy
Government by the rich	Plutocracy
Grass eating animal	Herbivorous
Handwriting that cannot be read	Illegible
Land animal that breeds in water	Amphibian
Letter, poem etc. whose author is unknown	Anonymous
Life history written by oneself	Autobiography
Life history written by somebody else	Biography
A list of books	Catalogue
Loss or damage that cannot be compensated	Irreparable
Man devoid of kind feeling and sympathy	Callous
Man who has too much enthusiasm for his own religion	Fanatic
To replace Something	Substitution
Man who is easily irritated	Irritable
Medicine that kills germs	Germicide
Medicine that prevents decomposing	Antiseptic
Medicine to counteract the effect of another medicine	Antidote
A member of the middle class	Bourgeois
A method that cannot be imitated	Inimitable
A pardonable offense	Venial
A person appointed by parties to settle the disputes between them	Arbitrator
Person who is difficult to please	Fastidious
Person liable to be called to account for his action	Answerable
Person supported by another and giving him/her nothing in return	Parasite
Person who always thinks of himself	Egotist
Person who cannot read or write	Illiterate
Person who does not believe in the institution of marriage	Misogamist
Person who hates women	Misogynist
Person who imports or exports goods into or from a country secretly because they are illegal	Smuggler
Person who knows everything	Omniscient
Person who loves every body	Altruist
Person who readily believes whatever is told to him/her.	Credulous
Person who remains unmoved and unaffected by other people’s opinions, suggestions	Impervious
Person who speaks two languages	Bilingual
Person with an evil reputation	Notorious
Person’s peculiar habit	Idiosyncrasy
Place where orphans live	Orphanage
Place where weapons and ammunitions are stored	Arsenal
A position for which no salary is paid	Honorary
A post held without receiving salary	Honorary
Strengh energy or determination	Vigour
Sentence whose meaning is unclear	Ambiguous
A short message added on to the end of a letter after the signature	Postscript
Shortened form of a word or phrase	Abbreviation
Sound that cannot be heard	Inaudible
Speech delivered without any previous preparation	Extempore
Sate of perfect balance	Equilibrium
Statement which cannot be understood	Incomprehensible
The Study of ancient things	Archaeology
The Study of animals	Zoology
The Study of birds	Ornithology
The study of derivation of words	Etymology
The study of man	Anthropology
The study of races	Ethnology
Suddenstart or increase of a disease	Outbreak
Things thai is done to findout secrets from enemies	Espionage
Title or brief Explanation	Caption
Food that a person or animal usually eats	Diet
Foolish talks or ideas	Guff
The study of the body	Physiology
Supposed cure for all diseases or problems	Panacea
A thing no longer in use	Obsolete
Disease that spreads over whole world	Pandemic
A thing that cannot be seen with human eyes	Invisible
Thing that is fit to be eaten	Edible
A word opposite in meaning to another	Antonym
Absence of government	Anarchy
An animal or a human being that eats any kind of food	Omnivorous
An animal who preys on other animals	Predator
An assembly of hearers at a lecture or concert	Audience
An exact copy	Facsimile
An office with high salary but no work	Sinecure
Anything that leads to death	Fatal
Assembly or parliament in which no party has got clear majority	Hung

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Some Helpful PDF

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Question Bank for One word Substitutions / Previously Asked Questions

Type 1: Basic Substitutions / Substitutions of Moderate Level

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References: One Word Substitutions
By: Arihant Publications
ISBN: 9789313160199