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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

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.

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