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One Word Substitution: One-word substitution is the use of a single word to substitute a sentence or wordy phrase. Clarifying the sentence structure is a process. As the phrase suggests, a single-word substitution is a set of words or a whole sentence that is replaced without altering the meaning of the original sentences in any way. Many one-word phrases may be effectively used in the English language to effectively summarize an essay of writing without reducing the significance of the particular context.

One Word Substitution Examples

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One Word Substitution
One Word Substitution	Meaning	Use of Words
Anthropology	The study of the evolution of mankind	Shikha loves to study Anthropology as a subject.
Lexicography	The practice of writing dictionaries	Rohan was an expert in the field of Lexicography.
Psychology	The study of the human mind	Kiran studied Psychology in college.
Posthumous	Published after someone’s death	Will there be a posthumous vote?
Mint	A place where coins are made	The coins are neither badly minted nor defective.

List of One Word Substitution in English

The following groups include the categories of One Word Substitution in English Grammar:

• Study-related
• Expert or People
• Likes/Dislikes 
• Religion 
• Government/Political Systems-related 
• Killing/Death-related 
• Work 
• Sound/Event/Spots 
• Habits 
• Action/ Direction
• Types of Fear
• Marriages
• Different Terms

One Word Substitutions Related to the Study

Different types of study are there in One Word Substitution.

One Word Substitution
Phrase	One Word
Printing using a stone or a metal plate with a completely smooth surface	Lithography
Mapping of Earth and its formation	Geography
Art related to ornate, good handwriting	Calligraphy
Scientific study of bodily diseases	Pathology
Study of birds	Ornithology
Study of celestial bodies	Astronomy
Study of collection of coins, tokens, paper money, etc.	Numismatics
Study of earth and rocks	Geology
Study of election trends	Psephology
Study of flying airplanes	Aviation
Study of handwriting	Graphology
Study of hereditary, genes and variation in living organisms	Genetics
Study of human development	Anthropology
Study of languages	Philology
Study of living things	Biology
Study of religion	Theology
Study of science of insects	Entomology
Study of sound and sound waves	Acoustics
Study of the influence of planets and stars on human events	Astrology
Study of the law of the flow of water and other liquids	Hydraulics
Study of the relation between the organism and their environment	Ecology
Study of various aspects of aging	Gerontology
The science of time order	Chronology
Study of religion	Theology
The science of human development	Anthropology

One Word Substitutions Related to Expert or People

Words are used by experts and people with various qualities, habits, and abilities.

One Word Substitution
Phrase	One Word
One with unlimited power	Autocrat
One who walks on ropes	Funambulist
An expert in writing by hand	Choreographer
The doctor who attends to child delivery	Obstetrician
The doctor who attends to corns in the feet and hands	Chiropodist
The doctor who deals with the female reproductive system	Gynecologist
The doctor who specializes in root canal and nerve treatment	Endodontist
The doctor who straightens teeth	Orthodontist
The doctor who treats bone problems	Orthopedician
The doctor who treats eye diseases	Ophthalmologist
The doctor who treats gums	Periodontist
The doctor who treats heart problems	Cardiologist
The doctor who treats skin diseases	Dermatologist
One who is all-powerful	Omnipotent
One who is all-knowing	Omniscient
One who is present all over	Omnipresent
One who can throw his voice	Ventriloquist
One who talks while sleeping	Somniloquist
One who takes part in dialogue or conversation	Interlocutor
One who walks into sleep	Somnambulist
One who walks at night	Noctambulist
One who is violently against established beliefs and traditions	Iconoclast
One who turns his thoughts inwards	Introvert
One who turns his thoughts outwards	Extrovert
One who is both inwards and outwards at times	Ambivert
One who demands strict conformity to rules	Martinet
One who believes in ruthless self-aggrandizement	Egoist
One who doesn’t consume alcohol	Teetotaler
One who exhibits courage or fearlessness	Intrepid
One who easily believes others	Credulous
One who is capable of using both hands	Ambidextrous
One who knows a lot about good food and wine	Connoisseur
One who is beyond reform	Incorrigible
Well known for bad qualities	Notorious
Perfectly, highly skilled reached the zenith of art	Consummate
A shrewish loud-mouthed female	Virago
One who is extravagantly romantic, chivalrous, and impractical	Quixotic

One Word Substitutions Related to likes and dislikes

Words used for various likes and dislikes.

One Word Substitution
Phrase	One Word
One who is a boot licker, flatterer	Sycophant
One who has a keen interest in food and drinks	Gourmet
Love for mankind	Philanthropy
Someone who loves collecting books	Bibliophile
One who loves and admires the British	Anglophile
One who loves without seriousness	Philanderer
Fondness towards women	Philogyny
One who loves men	Androphile
One who loves wisdom (hence pursues it)	Philosopher
One who hates men	Misandrist
Madness or obsession with males	Andromania
One who hates women	Misogynist
One who hates mankind	Misanthropist
One who loves his country	Patriot
Excessive love for one’s country	Super patriotism
One who hates marriage	Misogamist
One who loves to speak	Loquacious
Strong, deep dislike	Antipathy
Simultaneously affected by similar feelings	Sympathy
Mentally identifying oneself with another person or a thing	Empathy
Something or someone makes you feel deep sadness or pity	Pathetic

One Word Substitutions Related to Religion

Words used for practices & beliefs related to religion, marriage, and family.

One Word Substitution
Phrase	One Word
Related to marriage	Matrimony
One who believes in the presence of God	Theist
One who doesn’t believe in the presence of God	Atheist
One who believes in the theory of only one God	Monotheist
One who believes in many Gods	Polytheist
One who believes that God is the union of all forces of the universe	Pantheist
Religious madness	Theomania
The battle among the Gods	Theomachy
Practicing only one marriage (having only one wife)	Monogamy
Practicing two marriages (having two wives)	Bigamy
The practice of several marriages (having many wives)	Polygamy
Self-fertilization especially in plants	Autogamy
Marriage within one’s tribe	Endogamy
Marriage outside one’s tribe	Exogamy
Having several husbands	Polyandry
People who have both male and female sexual organs	Hermaphrodite
An inheritance from the father	Patrimony
A name framed after the father’s name	Patronymic
Fatherhood	Paternity
A father-like figure	Patriarch

One Word Substitutions Related to Government

Words used for various systems of governance.

One Word Substitution
Phrase	One Word
Government by one person (royal)	Monarchy
Government by two agencies	Diarchy
Government by a few powerful people	Oligarchy
Government by military class	Stratocracy
Government by divine guidance	Theocracy
Government by departments of state	Bureaucracy
Government by nobility	Aristocracy
Government by wealthy	Plutocracy
Government by the people	Democracy
A system of governing a country suggests a father-child relation	Paternalism
Government by one absolutely	Autocracy
Absence of government	Anarchy
A system ruled or controlled by men	Patriarchy
The rule or control of the mother	Matriarchy
Self-rule or control	Autonomy

One Word Substitutions Related to Killings and Manias

Words used for various kinds of killings and manias.

One Word Substitution
Phrase	One Word
The killing of one’s husband	Mariticide
The killing of parents	Parricide
The killing of a whole race	Genocide
The killing of a newborn child	Infanticide
The killing of a king	Regicide
The killing of a human being	Homicide
The killing of oneself	Suicide
The killing of a father	Patricide
The killing of a mother	Matricide
The killing of one’s brother	Fratricide
The killing of one’s sister	Sororicide
The killing of one’s wife	Uxoricide
The morbid compulsion to keep on consuming alcohol	Dipsomania
The morbid compulsion to steal	Kleptomania
The morbid compulsion to steal books	Bibliokleptomania
A morbid compulsion to start a fire	Pyromania
Morbid delusion of power and the importance of godliness	Megalomania
Morbid, uncontrollable desire on the part of a woman	Nymphomania
Morbid, uncontrollable desire on the part of a man	Satyromania
Person with a one-track mind	Monomania
The compulsion to tell lies	Mythomania
Madness with an obsession with something	Mania

One Word Substitutions Related to Work

Words related to speech and written works.

One Word Substitution
Phrase	One Word
A 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 is 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 beforehand 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

One Word Substitutions Related to Events

Words related to specific types of things, events, and places.

One Word Substitution
Phrase	One Word
A place for the sun to enter where one can sunbath	Solarium
A glass container in which fish and other water animals can be kept	Aquarium
A place for feet or speaker’s platform	Podium
The part of a theater where people who are watching and listening sit	Auditorium
An optical device for projecting various celestial images and effects	Planetarium
An establishment for the treatment of the chronically ill	Sanatorium
A place where objects are exhibited	Museum
Trees whose leaves fall every autumn	Deciduous
That which falls upon, befalls, and happens	Incident
That which falls to someone or something	Accident
That which falls on the Western countries	Occidental
The school or college one attends	Alma Mater
A self-moving vehicle	Automobile
A machine that functions by itself	Automatic
A baby carriage	Perambulator
A carriage for sick people	Ambulance

One Word Substitutions Related to Habits

Words used for various kinds of food eaters and eating habits.

One Word Substitution
Phrase	One Word
Living on all	Omnivorous
Living on fruits	Frugivorous
One who eats only fruits	Fruitarian
One who eats no animal flesh	Vegetarian
One who feeds on human flesh	Cannibal
One who enjoys food with sensual pleasure	Gourmand
One whose eating habits are repulsive	Glutton
Living on flesh	Carnivorous
Living on grass	Herbivorous
Living on fish	Piscivorous
One who eats all kinds of food	Omnivorous

One Word Substitutions Related to Action and Direction

Words related to certain actions, times, and directions.

One Word Substitution
Phrase	One Word
A backward look or a view into the past	Retrospect
A forward look or a view into the future	Prospect
Examine one’s motives or look inward	Introspect
To examine carefully	Inspect
A doubtful look or examination of one’s motives	Suspect
Careful, cautious watch on the surroundings	Circumspect
To walk aimlessly	Amble
When two things befall together	Coincident
A thing occurring again and again for a long time	Chronic
Someone or something is out of time	Anachronism
To send out of one’s native country	Expatriate
To walk around a place, especially in a ritual fashion	Circumambulate
A highly accurate timepiece	Chronometer
Make it happen at the same time	Synchronize
An instrument which records short intervals of time	Chronograph
Capable of moving in all directions	Omnidirectional

One Word Substitution Related to Types of Fear

One Word Substitution related to Types of Fear from different things.

One Word Substitution
One Word Substitution	Phrases
Ecophobia	Fear of home surroundings
Zoophobia	Fear of animals
Claustrophobia	Fear of closed space
Hydrophobia	Fear of Water
Bibliophobia	Fear of books
Xenophobia	Fear or dislike of foreigners
Necrophobia	Fear of dead body
Aerophobia	Fear of height
Ophiophobia	Fear of snakes
Syngenesophobia	Fear of relatives
Nomophobia	Fear of being without your mobile phone

One Word Substitution Related to Marriage

One Word Substitution Related to Marriage, babies

One Word Substitution
One Word Substitution	Phrases
Matrimony	Related to marriage
Sologamy	Marriage with self
Monogamy	Practicing only one marriage (having only one wife)
Bigamy	Practicing two marriages (having two wives)
Polygamy	The practice of several marriages (having many wives)
Autogamy	Self-fertilization, especially in plants
Endogamy	Marriage within one’s tribe
Exogamy	Marriage outside one’s tribe
Polyandry	Having several husbands

One Word Substitution Related to Terms

One Word Substitution related to Terms A to Z.

One Word Substitution
One Word Substitution	Phrase
Aeon	Indefinite period
Aesthetics	Appreciation of beauty, by a set of principles.
Blizzard	Spartan snowstorms with uncontrollable winds
Bohemian	An eccentric manner of living
Bonfire	Huge fire for celebration
Bonsai	Dwarfed varieties of trees and shrubs in pots
Bonfire	Huge fire for celebration
Bonsai	Dwarfed varieties of trees and shrubs in pots
Hinterland	The remote regions of a country which are far away from the rivers
Imbroglio	Complex situation or a mix-up
Rejuvenate	Make someone feel young
Remiss	Not showing enough care and attention
Kennel	A Shelter for a Dog
Lair	Where wild animals live:
Mint	A place where coins are made
Mundane	Ordinary and Dull
Posthumous	Published after someone’s death
Pedagogy	The profession of teaching or the approach or style of teaching
Regalia	The symbols of royalty
Thearchy	A political system solely based on the government of men by God
Oath	A person promises to tell the truth in court
Nascent	Beginning to exist and evolve
Virtue	Ethically good behavior one has
Satire	Humor that describes the weaknesses
Veer	Changing the direction of one’s path suddenly
Savor	Enjoy something for an extended time

One Word Substitution for Government Exams

Words can be substituted with one word to convey the message more clearly. It also makes the words shorter. In “one word substitution,” the words are logically related to one another to create an overall structure of language. 

It is commonly asked in examinations such as SSC CGL, NDA, IBPS, UPSC, MBA, bank, and insurance exams. Students who are proficient in One Word Substitution are better able to write reports and essays. 

One Word Substitution Questions

1. Extreme old age at which a man acts foolishly

1. Imbecility
2. Senility
3. Dotage
4. Superannuation

Answer: Option C

2. That which cannot be corrected

1. Unintelligible
2. Indelible
3. Illegible
4. Incorrigible

Answer: Option D

3. The study of ancient societies

1. Anthropology
2. Archaeology
3. History
4. Ethnology

Answer: Option B

4. Someone with strong mental abilities and logical thinking

1. Expert
2. Intellectual
3. Snob
4. Literate

Answer: Option B

5. A person who insists on something

1. Disciplinarian
2. Stickler
3. Instantaneous
4. Boaster

Answer: Option B

6. A state where the few control the majority

1. Monarchy
2. Oligarchy
3. Plutocracy
4. Autocracy

Answer: Option B

7. A writing style that displays the author’s expertise

1. Pedantic
2. Verbose
3. Pompous
4. Ornate

Answer: Option A

8. A list of the items or topics to be discussed during a meeting

1. Schedule
2. Timetable
3. Agenda
4. Plan

Answer: Option

9. Leave or remove from a harmful area.

1. Evade
2. Evacuate
3. Avoid
4. Exterminate

Answer: Option B

10. A prima facie case is such

1. As it seems at first sight
2. As it appears at first sight,
3. As it appears in the end
4. As it seems to the court, following many hearings

Answer: Option A

11. A person posing as someone they are not

1. Magician
2. Rogue
3. Liar
4. Imposter

Answer: Option D

12. Someone has a strong command of foreign languages

1. Linguist
2. Grammarian
3. Polyglot
4. Bilingual

Answer: Option A

13. Someone who doubts the true nature and kindness of people

1. Egoist
2. Fatalist
3. Stoic
4. Cynic

Answer: Option D

14. One who possesses many talents

1. Versatile
2. Nubile
3. Exceptional
4. Gifted

Answer: Option A

15. Words inscribed on the tomb

1. Epitome
2. Epistle
3. Epilogue
4. Epitaph

Answer: Option D

16. One who eats everything

1. Omnivorous
2. Omniscient
3. Irresistible
4. Insolvent

Answer: Option A

17. A malafide case is one

1. Which is undertaken in good faith
2. Which is undertaken in bad faith
3. Which is undertaken after a long delay
4. Which is not undertaken at all

Answer: Option B

18. The custom or practice of having more than one husband at the same time

1. Polygyny
2. Polyphony
3. Polyandry
4. Polychromy

Answer: Option C

19. Tending to move away from the center or axis

1. Centrifugal
2. Centripetal
3. Axiomatic
4. Awry

Answer: Option A

20. Teetotaller means

1. One who abstains from theft
2. One who abstains from meat
3. One who abstains from taking wine
4. One who abstains from malice

Answer: Option C

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