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List of One Word Substitution For "Individual Character/ Person/ People"

This document contains one word substitutions for various phrases related to individuals, collections or groups, and professions or research areas. It provides concise single word replacements for descriptions like "one who is not sure about God's existence" (agnostic), "a group of guns or missile launchers" (battery), and "the medieval forerunner of chemistry" (alchemy). The list serves as a helpful reference for finding succinct alternatives to longer phrases.

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List of One Word Substitution For "Individual Character/ Person/ People"

This document contains one word substitutions for various phrases related to individuals, collections or groups, and professions or research areas. It provides concise single word replacements for descriptions like "one who is not sure about God's existence" (agnostic), "a group of guns or missile launchers" (battery), and "the medieval forerunner of chemistry" (alchemy). The list serves as a helpful reference for finding succinct alternatives to longer phrases.

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List of One Word Substitution for “Individual Character/ Person/

People”

PHRASE ONE WORD

One who is not sure about God's existence Agnostic

A person who deliberately sets fire to a building Arsonist

One who does a thing for pleasure and not as a


Amateur
profession

One who can use either hand with ease Ambidextrous

One who makes an official examination of accounts Auditor

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


Anarchist
of lawlessness

A person who has changed his faith Apostate

One who does not believe in the existence of God Atheist

A person appointed by two parties to solve a dispute Arbitrator


One who leads an austere life Ascetic

One who does a thing for pleasure and not as a


Amateur
profession

One who can either hand with ease Ambidextrous

An unconventional style of living Bohemian

One who is bad in spellings Cacographer

One who feeds on human flesh Cannibal

A person who is blindly devoted to an idea/ A person


Chauvinist
displaying aggressive or exaggerated patriotism

A critical judge of any art and craft Connoisseur

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 is a centre of attraction Cynosure

One who sneers at the beliefs of others Cynic

A leader or orator who espoused the cause of the


Demagogue
common people

A person having a sophisticated charm Debonair

A leader who sways his followers by his oratory Demagogue

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

One who is for pleasure of eating and drinking Epicure

One who often talks of his achievements Egotist

Someone who leaves one country to settle in another Emigrant

A man who is womanish in his habits Effeminate

One hard to please (very selective in his habits) Fastidious

One who runs away from justice Fugitive


One who is filled with excessive enthusiasm in religious
Fanatic
matters

One who believes in fate Fatalist

A lover of good food Gourmand

Conferred as an honour Honorary

A person who acts against religion Heretic

A person of intellectual or erudite tastes Highbrow

A patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments Hypochondriac

A person who is controlled by wife Henpeck

One who shows sustained enthusiastic action with


Indefatigable
unflagging vitality

Someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional


Iconoclast
institutions

One who does not express himself freely Introvert

Who behaves without moral principles Immoral


A person who is incapable of being tampered with Impregnable

One who is unable to pay his debts Insolvent

A person who is mentally ill Lunatic

A person who dislikes humankind and avoids human


Misanthrope
society

A person who primarily concerned with making money


Mercenary
at the expense of ethics

Someone in love with himself Narcissist

One who collect coins as hobby Numismatist

A person who likes or admires women Philogynist

A lover of mankind Philanthropist

A person who speaks more than one language Polyglot

One who lives in solitude Recluse


Someone who walks in sleep Somnambulist

A person who is indifferent to the pains and pleasures


Stoic
of life

A scolding nagging bad-tempered woman Termagant

A person who shows a great or excessive fondness for


Uxorious
one's wife

One who possesses outstanding technical ability in a


Virtuoso
particular art or field

 
 

One Word Substitution List for “Collection/ Group”

PHRASE ONE WORD

A group of guns or missile launchers operated together at


Battery
one place

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
Bouquet
present

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


Caravan
travelling together

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

 
 

One Word Substitutes List for “Research/ Profession”

PHRASE ONE WORD

The medieval forerunner of chemistry Alchemy


A person who presents a radio/television
Anchor
programme

One who studies the evolution of mankind Anthropologist

A person who is trained to travel in a spacecraft Astronaut

The scientific study of the physiology, structure,


genetics, ecology, distribution, classification, and Botany
economic importance of plants

A person who draws or produces maps Cartographer

A person who writes beautiful writing Calligrapher

A person who composes the sequence of steps


Choreographer
and moves for a performance of dance

A person employed to drive a private or hired car Chauffeur

A person who introduces the performers or


Compere
contestants in a variety show

A keeper or custodian of a museum or other


Curator
collection

The branch of biology concerned with cyclical Chronobiology


physiological phenomena

A secret or disguised way of writing Cypher

The study of statistics Demography

The use of the fingers and hands to communicate


Dactylology
and convey ideas

A person who sells and arranges cut flowers Florist

A line of descent traced continuously from an


Genealogy
ancestor

The therapeutic use of sunlight Heliotherapy

The art or practice of garden cultivation and


Horticulture
management

One who supervises in the examination hall Invigilator

The theory or philosophy of law Jurisprudence

A person who compiles dictionaries Lexicographer

The scientific study of the structure and diseases of Odontology


teeth

One who presents a radio programme Radio Jockey

The art of effective or persuasive speaking or


Rhetoric
writing

The branch of science concerned with the origin,


Petrology
structure, and composition of rocks

One who study the elections and trends in voting Psephologist

An artist who makes sculptures. Sculptor

The scientific study of the behaviour, structure,


physiology, classification, and distribution of Zoology
animals

 
 

Important One Word Substitution for “Spot/ Venue”

PHRASE ONE WORD

A collection of historical documents or records Archives


providing information about a place, institution, or
group of people

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

A building where animals are butchered Abattoir

A place where bees are kept; a collection of beehives Apiary

A building containing tanks of live fish of different


Aquarium
species

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


Asylum
ill

A hole or tunnel dug by a small animal, especially a


Burrow
rabbit, as a dwelling

A collection of items of the same type stored in a


Cache
hidden or inaccessible place
A public room or building where gambling games are
Casino
played

A large burial ground, especially one not in a


Cemetery
churchyard

A room in a public building where outdoor clothes or


Cloakroom
luggage may be left

A place where a dead person's body is cremated Crematorium

a Christian community of nuns living together under


Convent
monastic vows

Nursery where babies and young children are cared for


Creche
during the working day

A stoppered glass container into which wine or spirit is


Decanter
decanted

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


Dormitory
institution

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


Drey
twigs in a tree
A room or building equipped for gymnastics, games,
Gymnasium
and other physical exercise

A storehouse for threshed grain Granary

A large building with an extensive floor area, typically


Hangar
for housing aircraft.

A box or cage, typically with a wire mesh front, for


Hutch
keeping rabbits or other small domesticated animals

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


Infirmary
are ill

A small shelter for a dog Kennel

A place where wild animal live Lair

A place where coins, medals, or tokens are made Mint

A collection of wild animals kept in captivity for


Menagerie
exhibition

A building or buildings occupied by a community of


Monastery
monks living under religious vows

A place where bodies are kept for identification Morgue


A piece of enclosed land planted with fruit trees Orchard

A large natural or artificial lake used as a source of


Reservoir
water supply

A small kitchen or room at the back of a house used for


Scullery
washing dishes and another dirty household work

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

A room or building for sick children in a boarding


Sanatorium
school

A place where animal hides are tanned Tannery

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


Wardrobe
stored

 
 
One Word Substitution PDF for “Government/ Systems”

PHRASE ONE WORD

A state of disorder due to absence or non-recognition of


Anarchy
authority or other controlling systems

A form of government in which power is held by the


Aristocracy
nobility

A system of government by one person with absolute


Autocracy
power

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 Bureaucracy
representatives

A system of government by the whole population or all


the eligible members of a state, typically through elected Democracy
representatives

A state, society, or group governed by old people Gerontocracy

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


Kakistocracy
unscrupulous citizens
Government by new or inexperienced hands Neocracy

Government by the populace Ochlocracy

A small group of people having control of a country or


Oligarchy
organization

Government by the wealthy Plutocracy

Government not connected with religious or spiritual


Secular
matters

A form of government with a monarch at the head Monarchy

A political system based on government of men by God Thearchy

 
 

New One Word Substitution for “Fear/ Phobia”

PHRASE ONE WORD

An extreme or irrational fear of heights Acrophobia


An irrational fear of fresh air or drafts of air Aerophobia

Fear of being egotistical, being alone or isolated Autophobia

A phobia of pain Algophobia

An abnormal fear of heights Altophobia

An emotional disorder characterized by an


Anorexia
obsessive desire to lose weight by refusing to eat

An extreme or irrational fear of open or public


Agoraphobia
places

An abnormal and persistent fear of depths Bathophobia

Fear or hatred of books Bibliophobia

Fear of ugliness and things that are ugly Cacophobia

A dislike of being in the centre Centrophobia

An extreme fear about beauty Cellophobia

Fear of time Chronophobia


Fear of dogs Cynophobia

An extreme or irrational fear of confined places Claustrophobia

A delusion of being possessed by evil spirits Demonomania

An abnormal and persistent fear of drinking


Dipsophobia
alcohol

An abnormal and persistent fear of work or


Ergophobia
finding employment

Fear of getting married, being in a relationship,


Gamophobia
or commitment

Physical or psychological fear of sexual relations


Genophobia
or sexual intercourse

Fear of old age Geraphobia

Fear of knowledge Gnosiophobia

Fear of women Gynaephobia

Fear of writing or handwriting Graphophobia


An irrational and intense fear of travel Hodophobia

An excessive fear or aversion to obtaining


Hedonophobia
pleasure

Fear of disease Haemetophobia

An obsessive fear of words Logophobia

An extreme fear of wind or drafts Menemophobia

An extreme or irrational fear of the night or of


Nyctophobia
darkness

Fear of medication Pharamacophobia

Fear of death Thanatophobia

Extreme superstition regarding the number


Triskaidekaphobia
thirteen

 
 

All One Word Substitution for “Murder/ Death”

 
PHRASE ONE WORD

A solemn procession, especially for a funeral Cortege

A poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for


Elegy
the dead

A phrase or form of words written in memory of a


Epitaph
person who has died

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

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


Obituary
person

Killing of a parent or other near relative Parricide

Killing of one's father Patricide

An examination of a dead body to determine the


Postmortem
cause of death

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

 
 

List of One Word Substitution for “Sound”

 
PHRASE ONE WORD

The branch of physics concerned with the properties of


Acoustics
sound

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

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