Sunday, 24 July 2016

100 Best One Word Substitution


1. One who doubts the existence of god – Agnostic 
2. One who is out to subvert a government – Anarchist 
3. A book written by an unknown author – Anonymous 
4. A study of man – Anthropology 
5. A sentence whose meaning is unclear – Ambiguous' 
6. A study of ancient things – Archaeology 
7. A Government by the Nobles – Aristocracy 
8. A life history written by oneself – Autobiography 
9. A Government by one – Autocracy 
10. One who is greedy for money – Avaricious 
11. One who loves books – Bibliophile 
12. Practice of having two wives or husbands – Bigamy 
13. One who can speak two languages – Bilingual 
14. A life history written by somebody else – Biography 
15. A Government by the officials – Bureaucracy 
16. A flesh eating animal – Carnivorous 
17. One who is unmarried – Celibate 
18. People who work together – Colleagues 
19. People living at the same time – Contemporaries 
20. One who is recovering from illness – Convalescent 
21. One who questions everything – Cynic 
22. To transfer one's authority to another – Delegate 
23. A Government by the people – Democracy 
24. A game in which no one wins – Draw 
25. One who has strange habits – Eccentric 
26. One who is quite like a woman – Effeminate 
27. One who thinks only of himself – Egoist 
28. One who is fond of sensuous pleasures – Epicure 
29. Words written on the tomb of a person – Epitaph 
30. A study of races – Ethnology 
31. A study of derivation of words – Etymology 
32. To free somebody from all blame – Exonerate 
33. One who believes in fate – Fatalist 
34. One who thinks only of welfare of women – Feminist 
35. Murder of brother – Fratricide 
36. One who eats too much – Glutton 
37. One who is easily deceived – Gullible 
38. A grass eating animal – Herbivorous 
39. Murder of a human being – Homicide 
40. A position for which no salary is paid – Honorary 
41. One who pretends to be what he is not – Hypocrite 
42. A person's peculiar habit – Idiosyncrasy 
43. That which is against law – Illegal
44. A handwriting that cannot be read – Illegible 
45. One who doesn't know how to read and write – Illiterate 
46. One who lives in a foreign country – Immigrant 
47. That which is not likely to happen – Improbable 
48. One incapable of being tired – Indefatigable 
49. That which cannot be defended – Indefensible 
50. That which cannot be described – Indescribable 
51. That which cannot be avoided – Inevitable 
52. One who does not make mistakes – Infallible 
53. Murder of an infant – Infanticide 
54. That which cannot be imitated – Inimitable 
55. That which cannot be satisfied – Insatiable 
56. One who dies without a Will – Intestate 
57. That which is lawful – Legal 
58. Murder of mother – Matricide 
59. One who can do anything for money – Mercenary 
60. One who hates mankind – Misanthrope 
61. One who hates women – Misogynist 
62. A Government by a king or queen – Monarchy 
63. Rule by the mob – Mobocracy 
64. Practice of having one wife or husband – Monogamy 
65. One who is a newcomer – Neophyte 
66. A thing no longer in use – Obsolete 
67. One who is all powerful – Omnipotent 
68. One who is present everywhere – Omnipresent 
69. One who knows everything – Omniscient 
70. A Government by the few – Oligarchy 
71. That through which light cannot pass – Opaque 
72. One who looks at the bright. side of things – Optimist 
73. A place where orphans live – Orphanage 
74. A study of birds – Ornithology 
75. One who has no money – Pauper 
76. One who copies from other writers – Plagiarist 
77. Murder of father – Patricide 
78. One who goes on foot – Pedestrian
79. One who looks at the dark side of things – Pessimist 
80. One who loves mankind – Philanthropist 
81. A study of the body – Physiology 
82. A Government by the rich – Plutocracy 
83. Practice of having several husbands – Polyandry 
84. Practice of having several wives – Polygamy 
85. One who knows many languages – Polyglot 
86. A book published after the death of its author – Posthumas 
87. An animal who preys on other animals – Predator 
88. To write under a different name – Pseudonym 
89. Violating the sanctity of a church – Sacrilege 
90. One who helps others – Samaritan 
91. One who is indifferent to pleasure or pain – Stoic 
92. Murder of self – Suicide 
93. Murder of the king – Regicide 
94. One who speaks less – Reticent 
95. That through which light can pass – Transparent 
96. That through which light can partly pass – Translucent 
97. One who changes sides – Turncoat 
98. One who always thinks himself to be ill – Valetudinarian 
99. One who can throw his voice – Ventriloquist
100. One who works for free – Volunteer 
101. A study of animals – Zoology
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