One Word Substitution

What is one word substitution?

One Word Substitution is a replacement of a sentence with a single word.

One Word Substitution List for a Person or People

One Word Substitution
Person/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

A person having characteristics of both extrovert and introvert

Ambivert

One who makes an official examination of accounts

Auditor

One with unlimited power

Autocrat

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

A person with an unconventional style of living

Bohemian

One who is bad in spellings

Cacographer

One who feeds on human flesh

Cannibal

A person who is above hundred years

Centenarian

A person who is blindly devoted to an idea/ a person displaying aggressive or exaggerated patriotism

Chauvinist

One who is expert in writing by hand

Chirographer

A critical judge of any art and craft

Connoisseur

Persons living at the same time

Convalescent

A girl/woman who flirts with a 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 espouses 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

A man who is womanish in his habits

Effeminate

A person who enjoys being with other people

Extrovert

One who is 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

A person who believes in fate

Fatalist

A lover of good food

Gourmand

Conferred as an honor

Honorary

A person who acts against religion

Heretic

A person of intellectual or erudite tastes

Highbrow

Someone who cares about mankind

Humanitarian

A patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments

Hypochondriac

A person who is controlled by wife

Henpeck

One who shows sustained enthusiastic action with unflagging vitality

Indefatigable

Someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions

Iconoclast

A person who is shy, quiet and prefers to spend time alone.

Introvert

One who settles in another country

Immigrant

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 is primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics

Mercenary

Someone in love with himself

Narcissist

One who collect coins as hobby

Numismatist

The one who knows everything

Omniscient

The one who looks at the positive side of everything

Optimist

One who lives on others

Parasite

The one who looks at the negative/dark side of everything

Pessimist

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

One who walks in sleep

Somnambulist

One who talks while sleeping

Somniloquist

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 Substitution for Government/Systems

One Word Substitution
Government/System

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

A form of government with a monarch at the head

Monarchy

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 political system based on the government of men by God

Thearchy

List of One Word Substitutes for Profession/Research

One Word Substitution
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 program

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 studies the elections and trends in voting

Psephologist

An artist who makes sculptures

Sculptor

The scientific study of the behavior, structure, physiology, classification and distribution of animals

Zoology

One Word Substitution for Sound

One Word Substitution
Sound

The branch of physics concerned with the properties of sound

Acoustics

The sound of Alligators

Bellow

The sound of Deer

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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