This document provides 102 one-word substitutions for common phrases or concepts. It emphasizes that using precise one-word terms can aid clear communication by avoiding verbosity. Some examples given include "psephology" for the study of election trends, "hung" for a parliament with no majority, and "abolish" for doing away with something wholly. Overall, the document encourages the use of succinct one-word substitutions to speak or write precisely.
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One Word Substitution
This document provides 102 one-word substitutions for common phrases or concepts. It emphasizes that using precise one-word terms can aid clear communication by avoiding verbosity. Some examples given include "psephology" for the study of election trends, "hung" for a parliament with no majority, and "abolish" for doing away with something wholly. Overall, the document encourages the use of succinct one-word substitutions to speak or write precisely.
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One Word Substitution
One who is out
1. to subvert a Anarchist government One who is 2. recovering from Convalescent illness One who is all 3. Omnipotent powerful One who is 4. present Omnipresent everywhere One who knows 5. Omniscient everything One who is 6. Gullible easily deceived One who does 7. not make Infallible mistakes One who can do 8. anything for Mercenary money One who has no 9. Pauper money One who 10. Turncoat changes sides One who works 11. Volunteer for free One who loves 12. Bibliophile books One who can 13. speak two Bilingual languages One who loves 14. Philanthropist mankind 15. One who hates Misanthrope mankind One who looks 16. on the bright Optimist side of things One who looks 17. on the dark side Pessimist of things One who doubts 18. the existence of Agnostic god One who 19. pretends to be Hypocrite what he is not One incapable 20. Indefatigable of being tired One who helps 21. Samaritan others Good One who copies 22. from other Plagiarist writers One who hates 23. Misogynist women One who knows 24. Polyglot many languages One who is fond 25. of sensuous Epicure pleasures One who thinks 26. Egoist only of himself One who thinks 27. only of welfare Feminist. of women One who is 28. indifferent to Stoic pleasure or pain One who is 29. quite like a Effeminate woman 30. One who has Eccentric strange habits One who speaks 31. Reticent less One who goes 32. Pedestrian on foot One who 33. Fatalist believes in fate One who dies 34. Intestate without a Will One who always 35. thinks himself Valetudinarian to be ill A Government 36. Democracy by the people A Government 37. by a king or Monarchy queen A Government 38. Bureaucracy by the officials A Government 39. Plutocracy by the rich A Government 40. Oligarchy by the few A Government 41. Aristocracy by the Nobles A Government 42. Autocracy by one 43. Rule by the mob Mobocracy That through 44. which light can Transparent pass That through 45. which light Opaque cannot pass That through 46. which light can Translucent partly pass 47. A sentence Ambiguous whose meaning is unclear A place where 48. Orphanage orphans live That which 49. cannot be Indescribable described That which 50. cannot be Inimitable imitated That which 51. cannot be Inevitable avoided A position for 52. which no salary Honorary is paid That which 53. cannot be Indefensible defended Practice of 54. having several Polygamy wives Practice of 55. having several Polyandry husbands Practice of 56. having one wife Monogamy or husband Practice of having two 57. Bigamy wives or husbands That which is 58. not likely to Improbable happen People living at 59. Contemporaries the same time 60. A book Posthumas published after the death of its author A book written 61. by an unknown Anonymous author A life history 62. written by Autobiography oneself A life history 63. written by Biography somebody else People who 64. Colleagues work together One who eats 65. Glutton too much That which 66. cannot be Insatiable satisfied One who 67. questions Cynic everything A flesh eating 68. Carnivorous animal A grass eating 69. Herbivorous animal One who lives in 70. a foreign Immigrant country To transfer one's 71. authority to Delegate another One who is a 72. Neophyte newcomer That which is 73. Legal lawful That which is 74. Illegal against law One who is 75. Celibate unmarried 76. A game in which Draw no one wins 77. A study of man Anthropology 78. A study of races Ethnology A study of the 79. Physiology body A study of 80. Zoology animals 81. A study of birds Ornithology A study of 82. Archaeology ancient things A study of 83. derivation of Etymology words Murder of a 84. Homicide human being Murder of a 85. Patricide father Murder of a 86. Matricide mother Murder of an 87. Fratricide brother Murder of an 88. Infanticide infant 89. Murder of self Suicide Murder of the 90. Regicide king To free 91. somebody from Exonerate all blame To write under a 92. Pseudonym different name A thing no 93. Obsolete longer in use A handwriting 94. that cannot be Illegible read Words written 95. on the tomb of Epitaph a person One who is 96. greedy for Avaricious money Something that 97. cannot be Inimitable imitated One who doesn't know 98. Illiterate how to read and write A person's 99. Idiosyncrasy peculiar habit An animal who 100. preys on other Predator animals Violating the 101. sanctity of a Sacrilege church One who can 102. Ventriloquist throw his voice One word substitution is very important to write precisely and speak in a single word. Generally, we speak or write in a garrulous way. But, it is seen that precise words are always understood easily by all. At times we become verbose but sometimes the verbosity is not required and we are required to talk or speak precisely. In English language there are a lot of single words for a group of words. So, speak precisely and avoid the fear of being misunderstood. Let me quote some one words for a group of words.
• Systematic study of election trends:
Psephology. • Assembly or parliament in which no party has got clear majority: Hung. • Do away with wholly: Abolish. • A shortened form of a word or phrase: Abbreviation. • To increase the speed; to hasten the progress of: Accelerate. • One who calculates premium: Actuary. • To increase the gravity of an offence or the intensity of a disease: Aggravate. • To turn friends in enemies: Alienate. • One who does something not professionally but for pleasure: Amateur. • A diplomatic minister of the higher order sent by a country to another: Ambassador. Diplomat, Envoy. • A statement open to more than interpretation: Ambiguous. • Having opposing feelings: Ambivalent. • A letter, poem etc. whose author is unknown: Anonymous. • Absence of government: Anarchy. • A person liable to be called to account for his action: Answerable. • To rise in value: Appreciate. • To go down in value: Depreciate. • One who does not believe in the existence of God: Atheist. • One who believe in God: Theist. • One who makes an official examination of accounts: Auditor. • The life story of a man written by himself: Autobiography. • Life story of a man written by other: Biography. • Government by the officials: Bureaucracy. • Government by the people: Democracy. • To take away some one’s right t vote: Disenfranchisement. • The science which treats with life: Biology. • One who has narrow and prejudiced religious views: Bigot. • A member of the middle class: Bourgeois. • General pardon: Amnesty. • One who damages public property: Vandal. • One who does not care for art, literature etc.: Philistine. • People working together in the same office or department: Colleagues. • Belonging or pertaining to an individual from birth: Congenital. • Men living in the same age: Contemporary. • One who can make himself at home in all countries: Cosmopolitan. • A person who believes easily whatever he is told: Credulous. • To give one’s authority to another: Delegate. • A game or batter in which neither party wins: Drawn. • A thing that is fit to be eaten: Edible. • Water fit for drinking: Potable. • Study of environment: Ecology. • One who thinks only for oneself: Egoist. • One who is qualifies for election: Eligible. • To explain something mysterious or difficult: Elucidate. • To lay special stress on: Emphasize. • A state of perfect balance: Equilibrium. • To root out an evil, disease: Eradicate. • A speech delivered without any previous preparation: Extempore or Impromptu. • A man who has too much enthusiasm for his own religion: Fanatic. • An exact copy: Facsimile. • One who is not easily pleased: Fastidious. • A medicine that kills germs: Germicide. • Work for which no salary is paid: Honorary. • One who feels sympathetic towards human beings: Humanitarian. • An office with high salary but no work: Sinecure. • That which cannot be read: Illegible. • A trade that is prohibited by law: Illicit. • One who cannot read or write: Illiterate. • Science of coins or medals: Numismatics. • Misappropriation of money: Embezzlement. • A sound that cannot be heard: Inaudible. • A statement which cannot be understood: Incomprehensible. • One who cannot be corrected: Incorrigible. • That which cannot be explained: Inexplicable. • A remedy which never fails: Infallible. • A method that cannot be imitated: Inimitable. • That which cannot be satisfied: Insatiable. • One who is unable to pay his debts: Insolvent. • That which cannot be hurt: Invulnerable. • The action of looking back on past time: Introspection. • A thing that cannot be seen with human eyes: Invisible. • Looking into one’s own thoughts: Introspection. • Remarks which do not ally apply to the subject under discussion: Irrelevant. • A loss of damage that cannot be compensated: Irreparable. • That cannot be altered or withdrawn: Irrevocable. • The area over which an official has control: Jurisdiction. • The first speech made by a person: Maiden. • Hater of mankind: Misanthropist. • Lover of mankind: Philanthropist. This is only a small list as there are so many words that can be practiced by the help of a dictionary or internet. So master those words as much as you can to make your writing or speaking precise and comprehensible to all.