Interactive One Word Substitution Dictionary
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| No. | Description | One Word Substitution |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Pardon given to political prisoners | Amnesty |
| 2. | A place where government records are kept | Archives |
| 3. | A story in which ideas are symbolized as people | Allegory |
| 4. | A slang word for the under world | Alibi |
| 5. | The money that that court asks a man to pay to his divorced or legally separated wife | Alimony |
| 6. | Washing of the human body especially in the religious ceremony | Ablution |
| 7. | A tall, strong, masculine kind of woman | Amazon |
| 8. | A written declaration made as an oath | Affidavit |
| 9. | One who doesn’t believe in god | Atheist |
| 10. | Animals living in water | Aquatic |
| 11. | The right of self government | Autonomy |
| 12. | A country which has no government | Anarchy |
| 13. | A medicine which produces insensitivity | Anesthetic |
| 14. | A substance that destroys germs | Antiseptic |
| 15. | A person who plays for pleasure | Amateur |
| 16. | A person appointed by two parties to settle down the dispute | Arbiter |
| 17. | A group of islands lying together | Archipelago |
| 18. | One who is out to destroy the government | Anarchist |
| 19. | A place for keeping bees | Apiary |
| 20. | Total loss of voice | Aphonia |
| 21. | Yearly return of a date | Anniversary |
| 22. | People at a concert | Audience |
| 23. | A place where weapons and ammunitions are stored | Arsenal/armory |
| 24. | A letter or document which does not bear the name of the author | Anonymous |
| 25. | A person who commits the first act of attack | Aggressor |
| 26. | A government where the powers are concentrated in the hands of one person especially by a king | Autocracy |
| 27. | A minister representing a sovereign state in a foreign country | Ambassador |
| 28. | The study of ancient societies | Archeology |
| 29. | The cutting of an organ by surgery | Amputate |
| 30. | Partial loss of memory | Amnesia |
| 31. | A government by the rich | Aristocracy/plutocracy |
| 32. | Fear of man | Androphobia |
| 33. | Fear of cats | Ailurophobia |
| 34. | A fear of heights | Acrophobia |
| 35. | A person who is not much interested in his own welfare but in the welfare of others | Altruist |
| 36. | A person who is not interested in any materialistic possessions | Ascetic |
| 37. | Study of human being | Anthropology |
| 38. | Strong and settled dislike between two people/ parties | Antipathy |
| 39. | One who studies things of the past | Antiquarian |
| 40. | A person who kills for political reasons | Assassinator |
| 41. | Cutting of the dead body | Autopsy |
| 42. | One who learns under a more experienced person to learn the trade | Apprentice |
| 43. | Commencement of a word with the same letter | Alliteration |
| 44. | Old students of an institution | Alumni |
| 45. | A place on which offerings to god are made | Altar |
| 46. | One who gives up his religion | Apostate |
| 47. | An unmarried man | Bachelor |
| 48. | A person who always wants to fight | Bellicose |
| 49. | A country or soldier engaged in war | Belligerent |
| 50. | Using abusive language towards god | Blasphemous |
| 51. | A place where soldiers stay | Barrack |
| 52. | A place in a church where the bell is hung | Belfry |
| 53. | The collection of flags | Bunting |
| 54. | A person who loves reading books | Bibliophile |
| 55. | A person who is conservative towards his religion | Bigot/fanatic |
| 56. | A mistake | Blunder |
| 57. | A person who breaks into another’s house to steal | Burglar |
| 58. | A bunch of flowers | Bouquet |
| 59. | A state of having no money | Insolvent/bankrupt |
| 60. | A place where beer is made | Brewery |
| 61. | Passion for reading books | Bibliomania |
| 62. | An instrument for measuring pressure | Barometer |
| 63. | An unwanted person | Black sheep |
| 64. | A place where books are bound | Bindery |
| 65. | The practice of marrying two wives/husbands | Bigamy |
| 66. | A religious war | Crusade |
| 67. | A person who introduces the performers and speakers | Compere |
| 68. | The art of beautiful handwriting | Calligraphy |
| 69. | A person who is bad at spellings | Cacographist |
| 70. | A dead body of an animal | Carcass |
| 71. | The dead body of human being | Corpse |
| 72. | A person who mends shoes | Cobbler |
| 73. | A person of the same rank, position or status | Colleague |
| 74. | A person who draws maps and charts | Cartographist |
| 75. | Existing at the same time | Contemporary |
| 76. | The art of smuggling goods | Contraband |
| 77. | Soldiers on horseback | Cavalry |
| 78. | A number of stars grouped together | Constellation |
| 79. | People on a ship | Crew |
| 80. | A place for gambling | Casino |
| 81. | One who eats human cannibal | Cannibal |
| 82. | One who is more than hundred years old | Centenarian |
| 83. | One who believes the whole world as his country | Cosmopolitan |
| 84. | One who sells sweets and pastries | Confectioner |
| 85. | People in a church, temple or mosque for devotion | Congregation |
| 86. | An official bulletin | Communiqué |
| 87. | A state of being unmarried | Celibacy |
| 88. | A fear of enclosed places | Claustrophobia |
| 89. | A fear of dogs | Cynophobia |
| 90. | A doctor who specializes in heart disease | Cardiologist |
| 91. | A person in charge of museum | Curator |
| 92. | A place where dead bodies are burnt | Crematorium |
| 93. | Comical drawing of a person found in newspaper | Caricature |
| 94. | A disease that is spread by touch | Contagious |
| 95. | Something kept secret, hidden | Clandestine |
| 96. | A person who does tricks which appear magical | Conjuror |
| 97. | Money paid for damage of property | Compensation |
| 98. | Study of colour | Chromatics |
| 99. | A place for shelter of ships | Dockyard |
| 100. | An abnormal craving for alcoholic drinks | Dipsomania |
| 101. | A person who has a gloomy nature | Despondent |
| 102. | A person who is skillful with his both hands | Dexterous |
| 103. | A person who looks after cattle | Drover |
| 104. | A language of a region having its own use | Dialect |
| 105. | A doctor who specializes in skin diseases | Dermatologist |
| 106. | To cause troops etc to spread out in readiness for battle | Deploy |
| 107. | A very fashionable person | Dandy |
| 108. | A song sung at a funeral | Dirge |
| 109. | A place where one lives permanently | Domicile |
| 110. | One who stirs others for votes before the elections | Demagogue |
| 111. | To be sent from one’s native country | Expatriate |
| 112. | A person who is sent out on a mission | Emissary |
| 113. | A man who has womanish characteristics | Effeminate |
| 114. | Boredom and frustration in life | Ennui |
| 115. | Bringing about gentle and painless death from incurable disease | Euthanasia |
| 116. | Fit to be choosen | Eligible |
| 117. | That which can be eaten | Edible |
| 118. | A disease that spreads over a large area | Epidemic |
| 119. | That which cannot be explained | Inexplicable |
| 120. | The art of spying | Espionage |
| 121. | A lover of food, drink and entertainment | Epicurean |
| 122. | A group of most powerful and influencing people in a society | Elite |
| 123. | Money given to a person without any legal binding | Ex-gratia |
| 124. | A person who is frank, open, broad minded | Extrovert |
| 125. | A well educated and learned person | Erudite |
| 126. | Study of derivation of words | Etymology |
| 127. | Study of insects | Entomology |
| 128. | Study of unborn babies | Embryology |
| 129. | A book containing all branches of knowledge | Encyclopedia |
| 130. | A speech made at the beginning of a play or epic | Epilogue |
| 131. | An order made by a government in order to stop trade with another country | Embargo |
| 132. | Inscription on a tomb | Epitaph |
| 133. | A large movement of a group of people from one place to another | Exodus |
| 134. | An art of effective speaking | Elocution |
| 135. | One who has settled down in a foreign country permanently | Emigrant |
| 136. | Study of social groups | Ethnology |
| 137. | A person very difficult to please | Fastidious/insatiable |
| 138. | The killing of children | Filicide |
| 139. | The killing of own sister | Felicide/sororicide |
| 140. | The killing of one’s brother | Fratricide |
| 141. | One who takes and active role in the cause of woman’s problems | Feminist |
| 142. | The killing of a whole race of people | Genocide |
| 143. | A very talkative person | Garrulous/ loquacious |
| 144. | Study of manuscripts and written documents | Graphology |
| 145. | Lover of food or who eats much | Gourmand/ gourmet |
| 146. | To over see something at short notice | Glimpse |
| 147. | Study of rocks | Geology |
| 148. | A person who eats too much | Glutton |
| 149. | Study of old aged people | Gerontology |
| 150. | A person who easily believes | Gullible/ credulous |
| 151. | An exaggerated statement | Hyperbole |
| 152. | Fear of water | Hydrophobia |
| 153. | A group of houses in a village | Hamlet |
| 154. | A place where planes are kept | Hanger |
| 155. | Morning prayer in a church | Hymn |
| 156. | Somebody who pretends to be what he is not | Hypocrite |
| 157. | One who acts against religion | Heretic |
| 158. | A case in which a revolver is kept | Holster |
| 159. | Something neat and clean | Immaculate |
| 160. | Capable of easily being burnt | Incombustible |
| 161. | That which cannot be corrected | Incorrigible |
| 162. | That which cannot be avoided | Inevitable |
| 163. | That which cannot be read easily | Illegible |
| 164. | A person who is reserved or speaks less | Introvert |
| 165. | A person who is very lazy , has no desire to work | Indolent |
| 166. | That which is unplanned | Impromptu/ extempore |
| 167. | That which cannot be changed | Irrevocable |
| 168. | A formal charge against a person for some crime or offense | Indictment |
| 169. | Murder of new born babies | Infanticide |
| 170. | A plan for a route to be followed on a journey | Itinerary |
| 171. | One who goes to another country to settle down | Immigrant |
| 172. | Born of illegal parents | Illegitimate |
| 173. | Language difficult to understand because of bad form | Jargon |
| 174. | A short journey for pleasure | Jaunt |
| 175. | Passion for stealing | Kleptomania |
| 176. | A quickly changing scene or pattern | Kaleidoscope |
| 177. | A school for young children | Kindergarten |
| 178. | A place where bricks are burnt | Kiln |
| 179. | Property left to someone by will | Legacy |
| 180. | A false statement to damage a person’s reputation | Libel/ defamation |
| 181. | The scientific study of the language | Linguistic |
| 182. | The art of reasoning | Logic |
| 183. | A person who cuts precious stones | Lapidist |
| 184. | A person who compiles words in a dictionary | Lexicographer |
| 185. | The killing of one’s mother | Matricide |
| 186. | The habit of speaking with self | Monologue |
| 187. | Obsession with one idea | Monomania |
| 188. | The first speech made by a person | Maiden speech |
| 189. | A place where monks stay | Monastery |
| 190. | A person clumsy with one hands | Maladroit |
| 191. | A person who hates the custom of marriage | Misogamist |
| 192. | A person who hates the company of women | Misogynist |
| 193. | A person who is not interested in learning | Misologist |
| 194. | A very generous person | Magnanimous |
| 195. | A person who hates mankind | Misanthrope |
| 196. | A person who pays careful attention to very small details | Meticulous |
| 197. | A handwritten document | Manuscript |
| 198. | A person who kills for money | Mercenary |
| 199. | A hotel for motorist | Motel |
| 200. | A place where dead bodies are kept identification | Morgue |
| 201. | Principles of political party | Manifesto |
| 202. | Fear of nights | Nyctophobia |
| 203. | A person who collects coins | Numismatist |
| 204. | The act of favouring one’s own relatives | Nepotism |
| 205. | Wistful longing of the past | Nostalgia |
| 206. | Act of being bare clothing | Nudity |
| 207. | A person who looks at the bright side of life | Optimist |
| 208. | A ceremony in which somebody becomes priest | Ordinance |
| 209. | Large guns on wheels artillery | Ordnance |
| 210. | A person who has deep knowledge of a particular area | Omniscient |
| 211. | Fear of crowds | Ochlophobia |
| 212. | A person who is good at spellings | Orthographist |
| 213. | A very conservative person | Orthodox |
| 214. | A long wandering journey | Odyssey |
| 215. | That which is all powerful | Omnipotent |
| 216. | That which is no longer in use | Obsolete |
| 217. | Study of mountains | Orology |
| 218. | The act of putting off things | Procrastinate |
| 219. | A person who looks at the dark side of life | Pessimist |
| 220. | Promise made by the prisoner not to escape | Parole |
| 221. | That which can be easily carried | Portable |
| 222. | The killing of one’s father | Patricide |
| 223. | A scholar , a person who displays his knowledge | Pedant |
| 224. | A person who loves mankind | Philanthropist |
| 225. | Fear of everything in general | Panaphobia |
| 226. | Fear of children | Pedaphobia |
| 227. | Passion for money | Plutomania |
| 228. | Study of different language | Philology |
| 229. | Study of prison reforms | Penology |
| 230. | A false name used by an author instead of his real name | Pseudonym |
| 231. | A person who steals words and ideas from others and says that it is his own | Plagiarist |
| 232. | A person who shows off his newly acquired wealth | Parvenu |
| 233. | Land surrounded by water on three sides | Peninsula |
| 234. | The belief that god is present in all natural things | Pantheism |
| 235. | Study of speech sound | Phonetics |
| 236. | Property inherited from ones parents | Patrimony |
| 237. | A person who knows many language | Polyglot |
| 238. | A cure for all diseases | Panacea |
| 239. | Happening, done, published, etc after a person has died | Posthumous |
| 240. | A person who want to make peace | Pacifist |
| 241. | A person who collects stamps | Philatelist |
| 242. | A speech made at the end of the play or epic | Prologue |
| 243. | One who walks on the road | Pedestrian |
| 244. | A person who loves his country very much | Patriot |
| 245. | Physical examination of the dead body | Post-mortem |
| 246. | A wide open view | Panorama |
| 247. | Study of disease | Pathology |
| 248. | Something that can be taken for granted | Postulate |
| 249. | A woman who has several husbands at a time | Polyandry |
| 250. | One who leads in a field | Pioneer |
| 251. | Killing of one’s parents | Parricide |
| 252. | Separation of patients in a hospital to avoid infection | Quarantine |
| 253. | The killing of own king | Regicide |
| 254. | A decision made by a majority | Referendum |
| 255. | A person who gives up his religion and takes another | Renegade |
| 256. | Too much government official formality | Red-tapism |
| 257. | To go to the village side to relax away from the noise of the city | Rusticate |
| 258. | An angry crowd | Rabble/mob |
| 259. | The study of earthquakes | Seismography |
| 260. | A country that respects all religions | Secular |
| 261. | A thing kept in memory of a person | Souvenir |
| 262. | A breaking of religious idols | Sacrilege |
| 263. | Fear of food | Sitophobia |
| 264. | A person who always doubts | Skeptical |
| 265. | A person who talks in his sleep | Somnaloquent |
| 266. | A person who talks to himself | Soliloquist |
| 267. | A person who spends a lot of money | Spendthrift |
| 268. | A person who takes the blame for others | Scapegoat |
| 269. | An unmarried woman | Spinster |
| 270. | One who loads and unloads on a ship | Stevedore |
| 271. | A case in which the sword is kept | Sheath |
| 272. | High salary no work | Sinecure |
| 273. | A person who has given up alcoholic drinks | Teetotaller |
| 274. | A person who remains quiet as a habit | Taciturn |
| 275. | A person who believes in god | Theist |
| 276. | Study of religion | Theology |
| 277. | Study of physical features of land, study of art of printing | Topography |
| 278. | A book of both antonyms and synonyms | Thesaurus |
| 279. | A person who changes sides easily | Turncoat |
| 280. | A person who loves his wife very much | Uxorious |
| 281. | A loud mouthed turbulent kind of woman | Virago |
| 282. | A well experienced person | Veteran |
| 283. | One who sell goods door to door | Vendor |
| 284. | A multi talented person | Versatile |
| 285. | Language that has been used very much | Verbose/ hackneyed |
| 286. | A quarrel among family members | Vendetta |
| 287. | Daily earned money | Wage |
| 288. | A place where clothes are placed | Wardrobe |
| 289. | A man whose wife is dead | Widower |
| 290. | A woman whose husband is dead | Widow |
| 291. | Fear of foreigners | Xenophobia |
| 292. | One who love oneself | Egoist |
| 293. | One who believes in fate | Fatalist |
| 294. | A person who is womanish in his habits | Effeminate |
| 295. | One who breaks images and idols | Iconoclast |
| 296. | One who walks in his sleep | Somnambulist |
| 297. | One who makes scientific study of language | Linguist |
| 298. | One who knows many language | Polyglot |
| 299. | One who enjoys others confident | Confidant |
| 300. | One who sails around stopping and robbing ships at sea | Pirate |
| 301. | One who spends or wastes money for luxury | Extravagant |
| 302. | One who makes eloquent public speech | Orator |
| 303. | One who undergoes the penalty of death for persistence in his faith | Martyr |
| 304. | A child whose parents are dead | Orphan |
| 305. | A person who travels far for learning about it | Explorer |
| 306. | A disease that is found regularly in a particular area | Endemic |
| 307. | A disease that causes death | Fatal |
| 308. | Having a tendency to break the law to do socially unacceptable things | Delinquent |
| 309. | A medicine that causes sleep | Narcotic |
| 310. | A game or battle in which no party gains victory | Drawn |
| 311. | A roundabout way of expression | Circumlocution |
| 312. | A short story designed to teach a moral or religious lesson | Parable |
| 313. | A speech which is delivered without preparation | Extempore |
| 314. | The life story of a man written by himself | Autobiography |
| 315. | The life story of a man written by other | Biography |
| 316. | Animals which live in flocks | Gregarious |
| 317. | Anything no longer in use | Obsolete |
| 318. | Article sold by one country to another | Export |
| 319. | Article bought by one country from another | Import |
| 320. | That which cannot be heard | Inaudible |
| 321. | That which cannot be consumed by fire | Incombustible |
| 322. | That which cannot be believed | Incredible |
| 323. | That which cannot be blotted | Indelible |
| 324. | That which cannot be denied or questioned | Indisputable |
| 325. | That which cannot be cured | Incurable |
| 326. | That without which one can’t do | Indispensable |
| 327. | That which never tires out | Inexhaustible |
| 328. | That which cannot be easily reached | Inaccessible |
| 329. | That which cannot be defended | Indefensible |
| 330. | That which never fails | Infallible |
| 331. | That which can be seen through | Transparent |
| 332. | That which cannot be seen | Invisible |
| 333. | That which cannot be repaired | Irreparable |
| 334. | That which is not to the point | Irrelevant |
| 335. | That which cannot be taken away by force | Impregnable |
| 336. | Incapable of being wounded | Invulnerable |
| 337. | Incapable of being divided | Indivisible |
| 338. | Incapable of being dissolved | Insoluble |
| 339. | Incapable of being understood | Unintelligible |
| 340. | Incapable of being imitated | Inimitable |
| 341. | That which cannot be seen through | Opaque |
| 342. | That which happens every two years | Biennial |
| 343. | That which happens every four years | Quadrennial |
| 344. | That which happens half year | Semiannual |
| 345. | That which occurs time after time | Perennial |
| 346. | A man who leads an immoral life | Libertine |
| 347. | A medicine to counteract the effect of medicine | Antidote |
| 348. | The science of reasoning | Logic |
| 349. | Related to the sun | Solar |
| 350. | Related to the moon | Lunar |
| 351. | The practice of marrying only once | Monogamy |
| 352. | The practice of having more than a wife at a time | Polygamy |
| 353. | Allowance due to a wife on legal separation from her husband | Alimony |
| 354. | The act of speaking disrespectfully about the sacred things | Blasphemy |
| 355. | An office for which no salary is paid | Honorary |
| 356. | The sum paid to a man for his labour | Remuneration |
| 357. | Compulsory enlistment of military and other services | Conscription |
| 358. | Of one’s own free will | Volunteer |
| 359. | All of one mind | Unanimous |
| 360. | Occurring at the same time | Simultaneous |
| 361. | Give tit for tat | Retaliate |
| 362. | A figure with many angles and sides | Polygon |
| 363. | One who is fond of entertaining the guests | Hospitable |
| 364. | One who is revengeful | Vindictive |
| 365. | One who is interested in old things works of books | Antiquarian |
| 366. | The original inhabitants of the country | Aborigines |
| 367. | A person who has many love affairs without intending to marry | Philanderer |
| 368. | One who can use either hand with perfect ease | Ambidextrous |
| 369. | The state of abstention from marriage | Celibacy |
| 370. | Land that grows things in abundance | Fertile |
| 371. | Land that does not grow anything | Barren |
| 372. | A house which is visited by ghosts | Haunted |
| 373. | A place for the burial of the dead body | Cemetery |
| 374. | A place erected in remembrance of a person or event | Monument |
| 375. | Paradise or a place where one gets supreme delight and bliss | Elysium |
| 376. | A small set or committee of top leaders which runs the election for the party | Caucus |
| 377. | Person who pilots or travels in a balloon , airship or other aircraft | Aeronaut |