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Tuesday, 18 May 2021

One Word Substitution

 

One Word Substitution

Person/ People

The stage of growth between boyhood and youth

Adolescent

One who is not sure about God's existence

Agnostic

One who does a thing for pleasure and not as a profession

Amateur

One who is capable of using both hands

Ambidextrous

One who is both inwards and outwards at times

Ambivert

A person who believes in or tries to bring about a state of lawlessness

Anarchist

Madness or obsession with males

Andromania

One who loves men

Androphile

One who loves and admires the British

Anglophile

Strong, deep dislike

Antipathy

A person who has changed his faith

Apostate

A person appointed by two parties to solve a dispute

Arbitrator

A person who deliberately sets fire to a building

Arsonist

One who leads an austere life

Ascetic

One who does not believe in the existence of God

Atheist

One who makes an official examination of accounts

Auditor

One with unlimited power

Autocrat

Self-fertilization especially in plants

Autogamy

Someone who loves collecting books

Bibliophile

Practicing two marriages (having two wives)

Bigamy

An unconventional style of living

Bohemian

One who is bad in spellings

Cacographer

One who feeds on human flesh

Cannibal

The doctor who treats heart problems

Cardiologist

animal or man who eats flesh or other animals

Carnivorous

A person who is blindly devoted to an idea/ A person displaying aggressive or exaggerated patriotism

Chauvinist

An expert in writing by hand

Chirographer

The doctor who attends to corns in the feet and hands

Chiropodist

One who knows a lot about good food and wine; A critical judge of any art and craft

Connoisseur

Perfectly, highly skilled reached the zenith of art

Consummate

Persons living at the same time

Contemporaries

One who is recovering health after illness

Convalescent

A girl/woman who flirts with man

Coquette

A person who regards the whole world as his country

Cosmopolitan

One who easily believes others

Credulous

One who sneers at the beliefs of others

Cynic

One who is a center of attraction

Cynosure

A person having a sophisticated charm

Debonair

A leader or orator who espoused the cause of the common people

Demagogue

The doctor who treats skin diseases

Dermatologist

A dabbler (not serious) in art, science and literature

Dilettante

A man who is womanish in his habits

Effeminate

One who often talks of his achievements

Egotist

Someone who leaves one country to settle in another

Emigrant

Mentally identifying oneself with other person or a thing

Empathy

The doctor who specializes in root canal and nerve treatment

Endodontist

Marriage within one's own tribe

Endogamy

One who is for pleasure of eating and drinking

Epicure

Marriage outside one's tribe

Exogamy

One who turns his thoughts outwards

Extrovert

One who is filled with excessive enthusiasm in religious matters

Fanatic

One hard to please (very selective in his habits)

Fastidious

One who believes in fate

Fatalist

Living on fruits

Frugivorous

One who eat only fruits

Fruitarian

One who runs away from justice

Fugitive

One who walks on ropes

Funambulist

One whose eating habit is repulsive

Glutton

A lover of good food, One who enjoys food with a sensual pleasure

Gourmand

One who has keen interest in food and drinks

Gourmet

The doctor who deals with the female reproductive system

Gynecologist

 a person who is very fond of sensuous enjoyment

Hedonist

A person who is controlled by wife

Henpeck

animal or one who hates grass

Herbivorous

A person who acts against religion

Heretic

People who have both male and female sexual organs

Hermaphrodite

A person of intellectual or erudite tastes

Highbrow

Conferred as an honour

Honorary

A patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments

Hypochondriac

Someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions

Iconoclast

Who behaves without moral principles

Immoral

A person who is incapable of being tampered with

Impregnable

One who is beyond reform

Incorrigible

One who shows sustained enthusiastic action with unflagging vitality

Indefatigable

One who is unable to pay his debts

Insolvent

One who takes part in dialogue or conversation

Interlocutor

One who exhibits courage or fearlessness

Intrepid

One who does not express himself freely

Introvert

One who turns his thoughts inwards

Introvert

One who loves to speak

Loquacious

A person who is mentally ill

Lunatic

One who demands strict conformity to rules

Martinet

Related to marriage

Matrimony

A person who primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics

Mercenary

One who hates men

Misandrist

A person who dislikes humankind and avoids human society

Misanthrope

One who hates mankind

Misanthropist

One who hates marriage

Misogamist

one who hates woman

misogynist

One who hates women

Misogynist

Practicing only one marriage (having only one wife)

Monogamy

One who believes in the theory of only one God

Monotheist

Someone in love with himself

Narcissist

One who walks at night

Noctambulist

Well known for bad qualities, criminal

Notorious

One who collect coins as hobby

Numismatist

The doctor who attends to child delivery

Obstetrician

One who is all powerful

Omnipotent

One who is present all over

Omnipresent

One who is all knowing

Omniscient

One who eats all kinds of food

Omnivorous

The doctor who treats eye diseases

Ophthalmologist

 a person who looks at the bright side of everything

Optimist

a baby without parents

Orphan

The doctor who straightens teeth

Orthodontist

The doctor who treats bone problems

Orthopedician

One who believes that God is union of all forces of the universe

Pantheist

Fatherhood

Paternity

Something or someone makes you feel deep sadness or pity

Pathetic

A father-like figure

Patriarch

An inheritance from father

Patrimony

One who loves his country

Patriot

A name framed after father's name

Patronymic

The doctor who treats gums

Peridontist

 a person who looks at the dark side of everything

Pessimist

One who loves without seriousness

Philanderer

A lover of mankind

Philanthropist

Love for mankind

Philanthropy

A person who likes or admires women

Philogynist

Fondness towards women

Philogyny

One who loves wisdom (hence pursues it)

Philosopher

Living on fish

Piscivorous

woman having many husbands at one and the same time

Polyandry

Practice of several marriages (having many wives)

Polygamy

A person who speaks more than one language

Polyglot

One who believes in many Gods

Polytheist

One who is extravagantly romantic, chivalrous and impractical

Quixotic

One who lives in solitude

Recluse

One who walks in sleep

Somnambulist

One who talks while sleeping

Somniloquist

A person who is indifferent to the pains and pleasures of life

Stoic

Excessive love for one's country

Super patriotism

One who is a boot licker, flatterer

Sycophant

Simultaneously affected by similar feelings

Sympathy

One who doesn't consume alcohol

Teetotaler

A scolding nagging bad-tempered woman

Termagant

One who believes in the presence of God

Theist

Battle among the Gods

Theomachy

Religious madness

Theomania

A person who shows a great or excessive fondness for one's wife

Uxorious

One who eats no animal flesh

Vegetarian

One who can throw his voice

Ventriloquist

A shrewish loud-mouthed female

Virago

One who possesses outstanding technical ability in a particular art or field

Virtuoso

 

One Word Substitution List for “Collection/ Group”

A group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place

Battery

A large bundle bound for storage or transport

Bale

A large gathering of people of a particular type

Bevy

An arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present

Bouquet

A family of young animals

Brood

A group of things that have been hidden in a secret place

Cache

A group of people, typically with vehicles or animals travelling together

Caravan

A closed political meeting

Caucus

An exclusive circle of people with a common purpose

Clique

A group of followers hired to applaud at a performance

Claque

A series of stars

Constellation

A funeral procession

Cortege

A group of worshippers

Congregation

A herd or flock of animals being driven in a body

Drove

A small fleet of ships or boats

Flotilla

A small growth of trees without underbrush

Grove

A community of people smaller than a village

Hamlet

A group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals

Herd

A large group of people

Horde

A temporary police force

Posse

A large number of fish swimming together

Shoal

A strong and fast-moving stream of water or other liquid

Torrent

 

Research/ Profession

Study of sound and sound waves

Acoustics

The medieval forerunner of chemistry

Alchemy

A person who presents a radio/television programme

Anchor

One who studies the evolution of mankind

Anthropologist

The science or Study of human development

Anthropology

Study of the influence of planets and stars on human events

Astrology

A person who is trained to travel in a spacecraft

Astronaut

Study of celestial bodies

Astronomy

Study of flying aero planes

Aviation

Study of living things

Biology

The scientific study of the physiology, structure, genetics, ecology, distribution, classification, and economic importance of plants

Botany

A person who writes beautiful writing

Calligrapher

Art related to ornate, good handwriting

Calligraphy

A person who draws or produces maps

Cartographer

A person employed to drive a private or hired car

Chauffeur

A person who composes the sequence of steps for a performance of dance

Choreographer

The branch of biology concerned with cyclical physiological phenomena

Chronobiology

The science of time order

Chronology

A person who introduces the performers or contestants in a variety show

Compere

A keeper or custodian of a museum or other collection

Curator

A secret or disguised way of writing

Cypher

The use of the fingers and hands to communicate and convey ideas

Dactylology

The study of statistics

Demography

Study of the relation between the organism and their environment

Ecology

Study of science of insects

Entomology

A person who sells and arranges cut flowers

Florist

A line of descent traced continuously from an ancestor

Genealogy

Study of hereditary, genes and variation in living organisms

Genetics

Mapping of earth and its formation

Geography

Study of earth and rocks

Geology

Study of various aspects of aging

Gerontology

Study of handwriting

Graphology

The therapeutic use of sunlight

Heliotherapy

The art or practice of garden cultivation and management

Horticulture

Study of the law of the flow of water and other liquids

Hydraulics

One who supervises in the examination hall

Invigilator

The theory or philosophy of law

Jurisprudence

A person who compiles dictionaries

Lexicographer

Printing using a stone or a metal plate with a completely smooth surface

Lithography

Study of collection of coins, tokens, paper money etc.

Numismatics

The scientific study of the structure and diseases of teeth

Odontology

Study of birds

Ornithology

Scientific study of bodily diseases

Pathology

The branch of science concerned with the origin, structure, and composition of rocks

Petrology

Study of languages

Philology

One who study the elections and trends in voting

Psephologist

Study of election trends

Psephology

One who presents a radio program

Radio Jockey

The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing

Rhetoric

An artist who makes sculptures.

Sculptor

Study of religion

Theology

Study of religion

Theology

The scientific study of the behavior, structure, physiology, classification, and distribution of animals

Zoology

Venue or Place

A building where animals are butchered

Abattoir

That which falls to someone or something

Accident

The school or college one attends

Alma Mater

A carriage for sick people

Ambulance

A place where bees are kept; a collection of beehives

Apiary

A building containing tanks of live fish of different species

Aquarium

A collection of historical documents or records providing information about a place, institution, or group of people

Archives

A place or scene of activity, debate, or conflict

Arena

A collection of weapons and military equipment

Arsenal

An institution for the care of people who are mentally ill

Asylum

The part of a theatre where people who are watching and listening sit

Auditorium

A machine that functions by itself

Automatic

A self-moving vehicle

Automobile

A large cage, building, or enclosure for keeping birds in

Aviary

A hole or tunnel dug by a small animal, especially a rabbit, as a dwelling

Burrow

A collection of items of the same type stored in a hidden or inaccessible place

Cache

A public room or building where gambling games are played

Casino

A large burial ground, especially one not in a churchyard

Cemetery

A room in a public building where outdoor clothes or luggage may be left

Cloakroom

a Christian community of nuns living together under monastic vows

Convent

Nursery where babies and young children are cared for during the working day

Creche

A place where a dead person's body is cremated

Crematorium

A stoppered glass container into which wine or spirit is decanted

Decanter

Trees whose leaves fall every autumn

Deciduous

A large bedroom for a number of people in a school or institution

Dormitory

The nest of a squirrel, typically in the form of a mass of twigs in a tree

Drey

A storehouse for threshed grain

Granary

A room or building equipped for gymnastics, games, and other physical exercise

Gymnasium

A large building with an extensive floor area, typically for housing aircraft.

Hangar

A box or cage, typically with a wire mesh front, for keeping rabbits or other small domesticated animals

Hutch

That which falls upon, befalls, happens

Incident

A place in a large institution for the care of those who are ill

Infirmary

A small shelter for a dog

Kennel

A place where wild animal live

Lair

A collection of wild animals kept in captivity for exhibition

Menagerie

A place where coins, medals, or tokens are made

Mint

A building occupied by a community of monks living under religious vows

Monastery

A place where bodies are kept for identification

Morgue

A place where objects are exhibited

Museum

That which falls on the western countries

Occidental

A piece of enclosed land planted with fruit trees

Orchard

A baby carriage

Perambulator

An optical device for projecting various celestial images and effects    

Planetarium

A place for feet or speaker's platform

Podium

A large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply

Reservoir

A room or building for sick children in a boarding school

Sanatorium

An establishment for the treatment of the chronically ill

Sanatorium

A small kitchen or room at the back of a house used for washing dishes and another dirty household work

Scullery

A close-fitting cover for the blade of a knife or sword

Sheath

A place for sun to enter where one can sunbath

Solarium

A place where animal hides are tanned

Tannery

A large, tall cupboard in which clothes may be hung or stored

Wardrobe

 

Government

A state of disorder due to absence or non-recognition of authority or other controlling systems; Absence of government

Anarchy

A form of government in which power is held by the nobility;

Aristocracy

A system of government by one person with absolute power

Autocracy

A self-governing country or region

Autonomy

A system of government in which most of the important decisions are taken by state officials rather than by elected representatives

Bureaucracy

A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives

Democracy

Government by two agencies

Diarchy

A state, society, or group governed by old people

Gerontocracy

A state or country run by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous citizens

Kakistocracy

The rule or control of mother

Matriarchy

A form of government with a monarch at the head

Monarchy

Government by new or inexperienced hands

Neocracy

Government by the populace

Ochlocracy

A small group of people having control of a country or organization

Oligarchy

A system of governing a country suggesting a father-child relation

Paternalism

A system ruled or controlled by men

Patriarchy

Government by the wealthy

Plutocracy

Government by wealthy

Plutocracy

Government not connected with religious or spiritual matters

Secular

Government by military class

Stratocracy

A political system based on government of men by God

Thearchy

Government by divine guidance

Theocracy

 

Phobia

An extreme or irrational fear of heights

Acrophobia

An irrational fear of fresh air or drafts of air

Aerophobia

An extreme or irrational fear of open or public places

Agoraphobia

A phobia of pain

Algophobia

An abnormal fear of heights

Altophobia

An emotional disorder characterized by an obsessive desire to lose weight by refusing to eat

Anorexia

Fear of being egotistical, being alone or isolated

Autophobia

An abnormal and persistent fear of depths

Bathophobia

Morbid compulsion to steal books

Bibliokleptomania

Fear or hatred of books

Bibliophobia

Fear of ugliness and things that are ugly

Cacophobia

An extreme fear about beauty

Cellophobia

A dislike of being in the centre

Centrophobia

Fear of time

Chronophobia

An extreme or irrational fear of confined places

Claustrophobia

Fear of dogs

Cynophobia

A delusion of being possessed by evil spirits

Demonomania

Morbid compulsion to keep on consuming alcohol

Dipsomania

An abnormal and persistent fear of drinking alcohol

Dipsophobia

An abnormal and persistent fear of work or finding employment

Ergophobia

Fear of getting married, being in a relationship, or commitment

Gamophobia

Physical or psychological fear of sexual relations or sexual intercourse

Genophobia

Fear of old age

Geraphobia

Fear of knowledge

Gnosiophobia

Fear of writing or handwriting

Graphophobia

Fear of women

Gynaephobia

Fear of disease

Haemetophobia

An excessive fear or aversion to obtaining pleasure

Hedonophobia

An irrational and intense fear of travel

Hodophobia

Morbid compulsion to steal

Kleptomania

An obsessive fear of words

Logophobia

Madness with obsession with something

Mania

Morbid delusion of power, importance or godliness

Megalomania

An extreme fear of wind or drafts

Menemophobia

Person with one-track mind

Monomania

Compulsion to tell lies

Mythomania

An extreme or irrational fear of the night or of darkness

Nyctophobia

Morbid, uncontrollable desire on the part of a woman

Nymphomania

Fear of medication

Pharamacophobia

Morbid compulsion to start a fire

Pyromania

Morbid, uncontrollable desire on the part of a man

Satyromania

Fear of death

Thanatophobia

Extreme superstition regarding the number thirteen

Triskaidekaphobia

 

Murder/ Death

A solemn procession, especially for a funeral

Cortege

A poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead

Elegy

A phrase or form of words written in memory of a person who has died

Epitaph

Killing of one's son or daughter

Filicide

Destruction or abortion of a fetus

Foeticide

Killing of one's brother or sister

Fratricide

Killing of a large group of people

Genocide

Killing of one person by another

Homicide

Killing of infants

Infanticide

Burial of a corpse in a grave or tomb

Interment

The killing of one's husband

Mariticide

Killing of one's mother

Matricide

A room or building in which dead bodies are kept

Mortuary

A news article that reports the recent death of a person

Obituary

Killing of a parent or other near relative

Parricide

Killing of one's father

Patricide

An examination of a dead body to determine the cause of death

Postmortem

Action of killing a king

Regicide

Killing of one's sister

Sororicide

Act of intentionally causing one's own death

Suicide

Killing of one's wife

Uxoricide

 

speech and written works

Book containing all the published work of an author

Omnibus

A written message from far off place

Telegraph

Informal, less grammatically rigid language

Colloquial

Talking around, a method of talking indirectly

Circumlocution

Generous, forgiving talk

Magniloquent

Expressive in the use of words

Eloquent

High sounding pompous speech or writing

Grandiloquent

A signature of a celebrity (signature of oneself)

Autograph

Walk before hand or an introductory statement

Preamble

Writing of one's life story

Biography

Writing of one's own life story

Autobiography

Written by light

Photograph

Few words packed with meaning, concise

Laconic

A speech to oneself, alone

Soliloquy

 

Sound

The branch of physics concerned with the properties of sound

Acoustics

The sound of Alligators

Bellow

The sound of Deers

Bell

The sound of Crows

Caw

The sound of Geese

Cackle

The sound of Hens

Cluck

The sound of Dolphins

Click

The sound of Frogs

Croak

The sound of Crickets

Creak

The sound of Monkeys

Gibber

The sound of Camels

Grunt

The sound of Owls

Hoot

The sound of Penguins

Honk

The sound of Cattle

Moo

The sound of Horses

Neigh

The sound of Nightingales

Pipe

The sound of Ducks

Quack

The sound of Parrots

Screech

The sound of Rats

Squeak

The sound of Birds

Twitter

The sound of Elephants

Trumpet

The sound of Mosquitoes

Whine

 “Generic Terms”

An act of abdicating or renouncing the throne

Abdication

A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one

Allegory

An annual calendar containing important dates and statistical information such as astronomical data and tide tables

Almanac

To walk aimlessly

Amble

A cold-blooded vertebrate animal that is born in water and breathes with gills

Amphibian

Someone or something out of time

Anachronism

A statement or proposition on which an abstractly defined structure is based

Axiom

A nation or person engaged in war or conflict, as recognized by international law

Belligerent

An examination of tissue removed from a living body to discover the presence, cause, or extent of a disease

Biopsy

The action or offence of speaking sacrilegiously about God or sacred things; profane talk

Blasphemy

A thing occurring again and again for a long time

Chronic

An instrument which records short intervals of time

Chronograph

The arrangement of events or dates in the order of their occurrence

Chronology

A highly accurate timepiece

Chronometer

To walk around a place especially in a ritual fashion

Circumambulate

Careful, cautious watch on surroundings

Circumspect

When two things befall together

Coincident

A vigorous campaign for political, social, or religious change

Crusade

Lasting for a very short time

Ephemeral

Release someone from a duty or obligation

Exonerate

To send out of one's native country

Expatriate

Spoken or done without preparation

Extempore

Fond of company

Gregarious

Making marks that cannot be removed

Indelible

Certain to happen

Inevitable

Incapable of making mistakes or being wrong

Infallible

To examine carefully

Inspect

Examine one's motives or look inwards

Introspect

Easy to shape in different form

Maleable

A sentimental longing or wistful affection for a period in the past

Nostalgia

Capable of moving in all directions

Omnidirectional

A solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases

Panacea

A doctrine which identifies God with the universe

Pantheism

Excessively concerned with minor details or rules

Pedantic

which can be destroyed easily

Perishable

The practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own

Plagiarism

Easy to carry to long distance

Portable

A child born after the death of its father

Posthumous child

Safe to drink

Potable

A forward look or a view into future

Prospect

The emblems or insignia of royalty

Regalia

A backward look or a view into the past

Retrospect

Violation or misuse of what is regarded as sacred

Sacrilege

A position requiring little or no work but giving the holder status or financial benefit

Sinecure

A thing that is kept as a reminder of a person, place, or event

Souvenir

A doubtful look or examination of one's motives

Suspect

Make to happen at the same time

Synchronize

An imaginary ideal society free of poverty and suffering

Utopia

Denoting a sin that is not regarded as depriving the soul of divine grace

Venial

In exactly the same words as were used originally

Verbatim

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