One Word Substitutions- A 2 Z

ONE WORD SUBSTITUTIONS-A 2 Z
In This post we will learn all the important one word substitutions that can be asked in competitive exams.

Sentences Start with Alphabet - A
A person who believes in fate	Fatalist
A person who is above hundred years	Centenarian
A book published after the death of its author	Posthumas
A book written by an unknown author	Anonymous
A cinema show which is held in the afternoon	Matinee
A citizen of the world	Cosmopolite
A contagious disease which spreads over a huge area	Epidemic
A drug or other substance that induces sleep	Soporific
A flesh eating animal	Carnivorous
A game in which neither party wins	Draw
A game in which no one wins	Draw
A Job without any work with high salary	Sinecure
A Government by a king or queen	Monarchy
A Government by one	Autocracy
A Government by the few	Oligarchy
A Government by the Nobles	Aristocracy
A Government by the officials	Bureaucracy
A Government by the people	Democracy
A Government by the rich	Plutocracy
A grass eating animal	Herbivorous
A great lover of books	Bibliophile
A handwriting that cannot be read	Illegible
A land animal that breeds in water	Amphibian
A letter, poem etc. whose author is unknown	Anonymous
A life history written by oneself	Autobiography
A life history written by somebody else	Biography
A list of books	Catalogue
A list of names, books etc.	Catalogue
A loss of damage that cannot be compensated	Irreparable
A man devoid of kind feeling and sympathy	Callous
A man who has too much enthusiasm for his own religion	Fanatic
A man who is easily irritated	Irritable
A medicine that kills germs	Germicide
A medicine that prevents decomposing	Antiseptic
A medicine to counteract the effect of another medicine	Antidote
A member of the middle class	Bourgeois
A method that cannot be imitated	Inimitable
A pardonable offense	Venial
A person appointed by parties to settle the disputes between them	Arbitrator
A person difficult to please	Fastidious
A person liable to be called to account for his action	Answerable
A person supported by another and giving him/her nothing in return	Parasite
A person who always thinks of himself; somebody who is selfish or self-centered	Egotist
A person who attacks first	Aggressor
A person who believes easily whatever he is told	Credulous
A person who believes that all events are pre-determined	Fatalist
A person who cannot read or write	Illiterate
A person who does not believe in the institution of marriage	Misogamist
A person who has power over all	Omnipotent
A person who hates women	Misogynist
A person who imports or exports goods into or from a country secretly because they are illegal	Smuggler
A person who knows everything	Omniscient
A person who loves every body	Altruist
A person who readily believes whatever is told to him/her.	Credulous
A person who remains unmoved and unaffected by other people's opinions, suggestions	Impervious
A person who rides on horse-back	Equestrian
A person who speaks two languages	Bilingual
A person with an evil reputation	Notorious
A person's peculiar habit	Idiosyncrasy
A place where orphans live	Orphanage
A place where weapons and ammunitions are stored	Arsenal
A position for which no salary is paid	Honorary
A post held without receiving salary	Honorary
A Place where the Course of Chariots Takes Place	Hippodrome
A remedy which never fails	Infallible
A sentence whose meaning is unclear	Ambiguous
A short message added on to the end of a letter after the signature	Postscript
A shortened form of a word or phrase	Abbreviation
A sound that cannot be heard	Inaudible
A speech delivered without any previous preparation	Extempore
A speech or a presentation made without previous preparation	Extempore
A state of perfect balance	Equilibrium
A statement which cannot be understood	Incomprehensible
A study of ancient things	Archaeology
A study of animals	Zoology
A study of birds	Ornithology
A study of derivation of words	Etymology
A study of man	Anthropology
A study of races	Ethnology
A study of the body	Physiology
A supposed cure for all diseases or problems	Panacea
A thing no longer in use	Obsolete
A thing that cannot be seen with human eyes	Invisible
A thing that is fit to be eaten	Edible
A word opposite in meaning to another	Antonym
Absence of government	Anarchy
All-powerful; possessing complete power and authority	Omnipotent
An absolute government by one man	Autocracy
An animal or a human being that eats any kind of food	Omnivorous
An animal who preys on other animals	Predator
An assembly of hearers at a lecture or concert	Audience
An exact copy	Facsimile
An office with high salary but no work	Sinecure
Anything that leads to death	Fatal
Assembly or parliament in which no party has got clear majority	Hung
Sentences Start with Alphabet – B
Belonging or pertaining to an individual from birth	Congenital
Belonging to the Middle Ages	Medieval
Belonging to the same period of time	Contemporary
Sentences Start with Alphabet – C
Celebration of a hundredth year, once	Centenary
Cut off the head	Behead
Sentences Start with Alphabet – D
Destroy or get rid of something completely	Eradicate
Do away with wholly	Abolish
Sentences Start with Alphabet – F
Free somebody from blame or guilt	Exonerate
Sentences Start with Alphabet – G
General pardon	Amnesty
General pardon for political offenders	Amnesty
Government by officials	Bureaucracy
Government by the nobles	Aristocracy
Government by the officials	Bureaucracy
Government by the people	Democracy
Sentences Start with Alphabet – H
Handwritten book	Manuscript
Hard but liable to be easily broken	Brittle
Hater of mankind	Misanthropist
Having opposing feelings	Ambivalent
Sentences Start with Alphabet - I
Impossible to change	Incorrigible
Incapable of being dissolved in a liquid	Insoluble
Incapable of being seized by attack	Impregnable
Inscription on a tombstone	Epitaph
Sentences Start with Alphabet - K
Killer of one	Matricide
Sentences Start with Alphabet - L
Liable to be called to account	Accountable
Life story of a man written by himself	Autobiography
Life story of a man written by other	Biography
Looking into one	Introspection
Lover of mankind	Philanthropist
Sentences Start with Alphabet - M
Medical examination of a dead body	Postmortem
Men living in the same age	Contemporary
Misappropriation of money	Embezzlement
Murder of a father	Patricide
Murder of a human being	Homicide
Murder of a mother	Matricide
Murder of an brother	Fratricide
Murder of an infant	Infanticide
Murder of self	Suicide
Murder of the king	Regicide
Sentences Start with Alphabet - N
Not applicable	Irrelevant
Sentences Start with Alphabet - O
Of a man showing feminine attributes	Effeminate
Of a man or animal that feeds on its own species	Cannibal
Of a person extremely desirous of money	Avaricious
of a person who can use both hands equally well	Ambidextrous
Of a person who cannot be pleased easily	Fastidious
Of a person who easily believes whatever is told to him	Credulous
Of animals feeding on flesh	Carnivorous
Of animals feeding on grass and plants	Herbivorous
Of animals living in flocks	Gregarious
Of manners more like those of a woman than a man	Effeminate
One incapable of being tired	Indefatigable
One who always thinks himself to be ill	Valetudinarian
One who believes in fate	Fatalist
One who believes in God	Theist
One who calculates premium	Actuary
One who can do anything for money	Mercenary
One who can make himself at home in all countries	Cosmopolitan
One who can speak two languages	Bilingual
One who can throw his voice	Ventriloquist
One who cannot be corrected	Incorrigible
One who cannot read or write	Illiterate
One who changes sides	Turncoat
One who copies from other writers	Plagiarist
One who damages public property	Vandal
One who dies without a Will	Intestate
One who does not believe in the existence of God	Atheist
One who does not care for art, literature etc	Philistine
One who does not make mistakes	Infallible
One who does something not professionally but for pleasure	Amateur
One who doesn't know how to read and write	Illiterate
One who doubts the existence of god	Agnostic
One who eats too much	Glutton
One who feels sympathetic towards human beings	Humanitarian
One who goes on foot	Pedestrian
One who has narrow and prejudiced religious views	Bigot
One who has no money	Pauper
One who has strange habits	Eccentric
One who hates mankind	Misanthrope
One who hates women	Misogynist
One who helps others Good	Samaritan
One who is a newcomer	Neophyte
One who is all powerful	Omnipotent
One who is difficult to please	Fastidious
One who is easily deceived	Gullible
One who is fond of sensuous pleasures	Epicure
One who is greedy for money	Avaricious
One who is indifferent to pleasure or pain	Stoic
One who is new to a trade or profession	Novice
One who is not easily pleased	Fastidious
One who is out to subvert a government	Anarchist
One who is present everywhere	Omnipresent
One who is qualifies for election	Eligible
One who is quite like a woman	Effeminate
One who is recovering from illness	Convalescent
One who is unable to pay his debts	Insolvent
One who is unmarried	Celibate
One who knows everything	Omniscient
One who knows many languages	Polyglot
One who lives in a foreign country	Immigrant
One who looks on the bright side of things	Optimist
One who looks on the dark side of things	Pessimist
One who loves books	Bibliophile
One who loves mankind	Philanthropist
One who makes an official examination of accounts	Auditor
One who pretends to be what he is not	Hypocrite
One who pursues some art or sport as hobby	Amateur
One who questions everything	Cynic
One who speaks less	Reticent
One who thinks only for oneself, a person who is selfish, self absorbed and self centered	Egoist
One who thinks only of himself	Egoist
One who thinks only of welfare of women	Feminist
One who works for free	Volunteer
Sentences Start with Alphabet - P
People living at the same time	Contemporaries
People of noble families or the highest social class	Aristocracy
People who work together	Colleagues
Person who rides on horse-back	Equestrian
Persons living in the same age	Contemporaries
Practice of having one wife or husband	Monogamy
Practice of having several husbands	Polyandry
Practice of having several wives	Polygamy
Practice of having two wives or husbands	Bigamy
Sentences Start with Alphabet - R
Recovering from illness	Convalescent
Remarks which do not ally apply to the subject under discussion	Irrelevant
Rule by the mob	Mobocracy
Sentences Start with Alphabet - S
Science of coins or medals	Numismatics
Science of origin of universe	Cosmology
Somebody or something with the same name as somebody or something else	Namesake
Somebody who doesn	Vegetarian
somebody who eats human flesh	Cannibal
Somebody who is considerably experienced in something	Veteran
Somebody who works or serves only for personal profit	Mercenary
Something said or done without preparation	Extempore
Something that cannot be corrected	Incorrigible
Something that cannot be imitated	Inimitable
Something that has been determined beforehand	Foregone
Something that is essential and cannot be dispensed with	Indispensable
Something that is quickly and easily set on fire and burned	Inflammable
Something that quickly catches fire	Inflammable
Spoken or done without preparation	Extempore
state of antagonism	Hostility
Statements open to more than interpretation	Ambiguous
Study of environment	Ecology
Systematic study of election trends	Psephology
Sentences Start with Alphabet - T
That can be eaten	Edible
That cannot be altered or withdrawn	Irrevocable
That is prohibited by law	Illicit
That through which light can partly pass	Translucent
That through which light can pass	Transparent
That through which light cannot pass	Opaque
That which cannot be avoided	Inevitable
That which cannot be believed	Incredible
That which cannot be changed	Irrevocable
That which cannot be conquered	Invincible
That which cannot be cured	Incurable
That which cannot be defended	Indefensible
That which cannot be described	Indescribable
That which cannot be explained	Inexplicable
That which cannot be hurt	Invulnerable
That which cannot be imitated	Inimitable
That which cannot be noticed	Imperceptible
That which cannot be practiced	Impracticable
That which cannot be put into practice	Impracticable
That which cannot be read	Illegible
That which cannot be satisfied	Insatiable
That which cannot be seen	Invisible
That which does not bear the name of the writer	Anonymous
That which is against law	Illegal
That which is considered wrong or unacceptable by prevailing social standards	Illicit
That which is lawful	Legal
That which is not likely to happen	Improbable
That which is unlikely to happen	Improbable
The act of killing an infant	Infanticide
The action of looking back on past time	Introspection
The area over which an official has control	Jurisdiction
The branch of biology dealing with plant life	Botany
The custom of having more than one husband at a time	Polyandry
The custom of having more than one wife at a time	Polygamy
The first speech made by a person	Maiden
The killing of an infant	Infanticide
The life story of a man written by himself	Autobiography
The murder or murderer of one	Fratricide
The period between childhood and adulthood	Adolescence
The science which treats with life	Biology
To date before the true time	Antedate
To explain something mysterious or difficult	Elucidate
To free somebody from all blame	Exonerate
To give one	Delegate
To go down in value	Depreciate
To go from bad to worse	Deteriorate
To increase the gravity of an offence or the intensity of a disease	Aggravate
To increase the speed; to hasten the progress of	Accelerate
To lay special stress on	Emphasize
To rise in value	Appreciate
To root out an evil, disease	Eradicate
To take away some one	Disenfranchisement
To take somebody away by force and hold him or her prisoner, usually for ransom	Kidnap
To transfer one's authority to another	Delegate
To turn friends in enemies	Alienate
To write under a different name	Pseudonym
Sentences Start with Alphabet - V
Very negative person	Pessimist
Violating the sanctity of a church	Sacrilege
Sentences Start with Alphabet - W
Water fit for drinking	Potable
Without life	Inanimate
Without payment	Gratis
Words which have the same meaning	Synonyms
Words written on the tomb of a person	Epitaph
Work for which no salary is paid	Honorary
Worship of idols	Idolatry

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