ONE WORD SUBSTITUTION

One word substitution is the use of one word in place of a wordy phrase in order to make the
sentence structure clearer. The meaning, with the replacement of the phrase remains identical
while the sentence becomes shorter.

Categories of One word Substitution

● Generic Terms
● Government/Systems
● Venue/Spots
● Group/Collection
● People/Person
● Profession/Research

One Word Substitution for Generic Terms

• An act of abdicating or renouncing the throne - Abdication
• An annual calendar containing important dates and statistical information such as
astronomical data and tide tables - Almanac
• A cold-blooded vertebrate animal that is born in water and breathes with gills -
Amphibian
• A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically
a moral or political one - Allegory
• 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
• The arrangement of events or dates in the order of their occurrence - Chronology
• A vigorous campaign for political, social, or religious change - Crusade
• Lasting for a very short time - Ephemeral
• Spoken or done without preparation - Extempore
• Release someone from a duty or obligation - Exonerate
• Fond of company - Gregarious
• Making marks that cannot be removed - Indelible
• Incapable of making mistakes or being wrong - Infallible
• Certain to happen - Inevitable
• A sentimental longing or wistful affection for a period in the past - Nostalgia
• 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
• The practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's
own - Plagiarism
• Safe to drink - Potable
• The emblems or insignia of royalty - Regalia
• 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
• 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

One Word Substitution for Government/Systems

• A state of disorder due to absence or non-recognition of authority or other

controlling systems - 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
• 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
• 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
• Government by the wealthy - Plutocracy
• Government not connected with religious or spiritual matters - Secular
• A form of government with a monarch at the head - Monarchy
• A political system based on government of men by God - Thearchy

One Word Substitution for Venue OR Spot

• A collection of historical documents or records providing information about a place,
institution, or group of people - Archives
• 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 species - Aquarium
• 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
• 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 place where a dead person's body is cremated - Crematorium
• 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 stoppered glass container into which wine or spirit is decanted - Decanter
• 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 room or building equipped for gymnastics, games, and other physical exercise -
Gymnasium
• A storehouse for threshed grain – Granary
• 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
• 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 place where coins, medals, or tokens are made - Mint
• A collection of wild animals kept in captivity for exhibition - Menagerie
• A building or buildings occupied by a community of monks living under religious
vows - Monastery
• 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 water supply - Reservoir
• 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 room or building for sick children in a boarding school - Sanatorium
• A place where animal hides are tanned - Tannery
• A large, tall cupboard in which clothes may be hung or stored - Wardrobe

One Word Substitution for Group/Collection

• 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

One Word Substitution List for Person or People

• 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 profession - Amateur
• 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 of lawlessness - Anarchist
• 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 profession - Amateur
• 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 displaying aggressive or
exaggerated patriotism - Chauvinist
• 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 common people - Demagogue
• 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
• 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 matters - Fanatic
• 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
• One who shows sustained enthusiastic action with unflagging vitality – Indefatigable
• Someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions - Iconoclast
 • 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 society - Misanthrope
• A person who primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics-
Mercenary
• 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 of life - Stoic
• A scolding nagging bad-tempered woman - Termagant
• A person who shows a great or excessive fondness for one's wife - Uxorious
• One who possesses outstanding technical ability in a particular art or field – Virtuoso

One Word Substitutes for Profession/Research

• The medieval forerunner of chemistry - Alchemy
• A person who presents a radio/television programme - Anchor
• 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 economic importance of plants - Botany
• A person who draws or produces maps - Cartographer
• A person who writes beautiful writing - Calligrapher
• A person who composes the sequence of steps and moves for a performance of dance
- Choreographer
• A person employed to drive a private or hired car - Chauffeur
• A person who introduces the performers or contestants in a variety show - Compere
• A keeper or custodian of a museum or other collection - Curator
• The branch of biology concerned with cyclical physiological phenomena -
Chronobiology
• A secret or disguised way of writing - Cypher
• The study of statistics - Demography
• The use of the fingers and hands to communicate and convey ideas - Dactylology
• A person who sells and arranges cut flowers - Florist
• A line of descent traced continuously from an ancestor - Genealogy
• The therapeutic use of sunlight - Heliotherapy
• The art or practice of garden cultivation and management - Horticulture
• 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 teeth - Odontology
• One who presents a radio programme - Radio Jockey
• The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing - Rhetoric
• The branch of science concerned with the origin, structure, and composition of rocks -
Petrology
• 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 animals - Zoology