One Word Substitution

Group of Words/Expression

One word

Able to-walk after being bedridden

Ambulatory

Abnormal growth in some part of the body

Tumor

Abnormally high blood pressure

Hypertension

Abnormally low blood pressure

Hypotension

Absence of government in a country

Anarchy

Absence of variety

Monotony

Absolute right

Prerogative

Accept silently or without protest

Acquiesce

According to custom

Customary

According to sequence of time

Chronological

Act of carrying away by force for money

Kidnapping

Act carrying away unlawfully or by force

Abduction

Act or process of looking inward

Introspection

Act of providing information to general public

Publicity

Act of speech for inciting the public against  the government

Sedition

Agent who has a power of attorney

Procurator

Agreeable to the taste or mind

Or

very peasant to eat

Or

Food which agrees with one's taste

Palatable

Agreement by belligerents to stop fighting

Armistice

All powerful

Omnipotent

Allowing the passage of rays of light

Transparent

Amazing or remarkable event

Miracle

Amount of money paid to free a prisoner

Ransom

Amount of money that represents part of a company's profit

Dividend

Amusement or refreshment after hard work

Recreation

Angry at injustice

Indignant

Animals of a certain region

Fauna

Animal that feeds its young with milk

Mammal

Animals living on land and in water

Amphibians

Animal or plant living on another

Parasite

Animal with two-feet

Biped

Anxious to help or serve somebody

Solicitous

Anything that lasts for a short time and leaves

(a) Ephemeral

no trace  

Or

(b) Transient

Of a very short duration or period

Anything written in a letter after it is signed

Postscript

Area of land almost surrounded by sea

Peninsula

Art of beautiful handwriting

Calligraphy

Art of carving figures in wood stone or  clay

Sculpture

Art or craft needing skill with hand

Handicraft

Art of growing vegetables, fruits, flowers

Horticulture

Art of making fireworks

Pyrotechnics

Art of map making

Cartography

Art of performing acrobatic acts

Acrobatics

Art and science of building construction

Architecture

Art or science of flying in aircraft

Aeronautics

Art and technology of making objects from clay

Ceramics

Artificial centre for honey bees

Hive

Artificial lake for restoring water

(a) Reservoir

 (b) Dam

Artificial pond or tank for keeping fish and water plants

Or

Tank where fish or water plants are kept

Aquarium

Assembly of listeners

Audience

Assembly of worshippers

Or

Gathering of worshippers

Congregation

Associate in an office or institution

Colleague

Attitude to see no good in anything

Cynicism

Author's explanatory remarks at the beginning of a book

Preface

Group of Words/Expression

One Word

Badge or distinguishing mark of an office

Insignia

Baggage of a traveler

Luggage

Bearing living young

Viviparous

Bearing young by eggs

Oviparous

Beating of the heart

Pulsation

Bed for a new born baby

(a) Cradle

(b) Crib

Behavior meant to hurt or kill people

Violence

Being connected with different racial groups

Ethnic

Being economical in speech

Or

Expressed in a few words

(Laconic)

Belief accepted without question

Dogma

Belief or notion not based on reason or knowledge

Superstition

Belief or opinion contrary to what is accepted

Heresy

Belonging to a thing by its very nature

Intrinsic

Belonging to all parts of the world

Or

Being familiar with many different countries

Or

Person who regards the whole world as his country

Or

Cosmopolitan

Free from national prejudices

Belonging to long past

Ancient

Binding agreement to supply goods or do some work

Contract

Bird that comes and goes with seasons

Migratory

Bitter and ironical remark

Sarcasm

Blessing given by a priest

Benediction

Blood feud in which the relatives of the dead or injured take revenge

vendetta

Board of directors in a company or orqanisation

Directorate

Body of delegates

Delegacy

Body of people living in one place, district, etc.

Community

Body of voters

Electorate

Bombastic style of writing

Euphemism

Bony framework of a human or animal body

Skeleton

Book containing information on all branches of knowledge

Encyclopedia

Book or writing of a sacred or religious nature

Scripture

Books, pictures, etc. intended to arouse sexual desire

Erotica

Born after one's father's death 

Or

Posthumous

 Child born after the death of its father

Or

Published after the author's death

Crematorium

Building in which bodies of dead people are burned

Museum

Building in which historical things are kept

Monastery

Building in which monks live

Monument

Building or statue, etc. constructed to keep alive one's memory or event

Mortuary

Building where military weapons are prepared or stored

Arsenal

Building where soldiers live

Barracks

Business to be discussed by a committee

Agenda

Group of Words/Expression

One Word

Call back to the mind

Recall

Calmness of mind and temper

Equanimity

Capable of being avoided

Or

That can be avoided

Avoidable

Capable of being broken

That can be broken

Or

Breakable

Capable of being brought into agreement or reconciled

Reconcilable

Capable of being conquered

Or

(a) Vincible

That can be conquered

(b) Conquerable

Capable of being easily set on fire

Or

That can be easily set on fire

Inflammable

Capable of being heard

Or

That can be heard

Audible

Capable of being wounded

Or

That which can be easily damaged or hurt

Vulnerable

Capable of doing various types of task

Or

One who possesses many talents

Versatile

Capable of living without outside help

Or

That can live without outside help

Viable

Care taken in advance to avoid a risk

Precaution

Care taker of a public building

Custodian

Careful in performing duties

Or

Careful and exact

Punctilious

Careful preservation and protection

Conservation

Carefully saved and guarded money/store of money

Hoard

Catch between starting point and destination

Or

Intercept

to check or stop on way

Cause troops etc. to spread out in readiness for battle

Deploy

Cause a person to remember

Remind

Causing a quick and excited reaction

Sensational

Causing people to laugh

Comical

Centre of attraction

Cynosure

Charitable home for orphans

Orphanage

Chief actor or character in a story or drama

Protagonist

Child during the earliest period of its life

Infant

Child of unusual or remarkable talent

Or

Person of unusual or remarkable talent

Prodigy

Child whose parents are dead

Or

Child without father or mother

Orphan

Close and familiar

Intimate

Clusters of houses in a village

Hamlet

Clusters of stars

Galaxy

Code of diplomatic etiquette and precedence

Protocol

Coining or using of new words

Neologism

Commemorative inscription on a tomb

Or

Epitaph

Words inscribed on a tomb

Complete change in appearance or character especially natural)

Metamorphosis

Complete change in something

Volte-face

Complete failure

Fiasco

Composition of stage dance

Choreography

Comprising all kinds

Omnigenous

Compulsory enlistment for military or other service

Conscription

Concluding part of a speech

Peroration

Conferred as an honour

Or

Performed without pay

Honorary

Confused and disorderly

Promiscuous

Confused struggle or fight

Scrimmage

Constant effort to achieve something

Perseverance

Contemptuous talk about sacred things or God

Blasphemy

Cure for all diseases

Or

Remedy for all diseases or troubles

Panacea

Custom of having more than one husband at the same time

Polyandry

Custom of having more than one wife at the same time

Or

Custom of having many wives

Polygamy

Group of Words/Expression

One Word

Damage by breaking or cutting a necessary part of the body

Mutilation

Declaration of plans and promises put forward by a candidate for election

Manifesto

Deriving pleasure from inflicting pain on others

Sadism

Design made by putting together colored pieces of glass or stones

Mosaic

Designed to forbid something'

Prohibitory

Detailed plan for a journey

Or

Plan for or details of or records of a journey

Itinerary

Determination of a disease by its symptoms

Diagnosis

Device or drug to prevent conception

Contraceptive

Deviation from the common rule or standard Desire to steal Or

Anomaly

Mania for stealing articles

Kleptomania

Disease which ends in death

Fatal

Disease which spreads by contact

Contagious

Disease widely epidemic

Pandemic

Dismiss or reduce to a lower position

(a) Relegate (b) Demote

Doctrine that human souls pass from one body to another at the time of death

Transmigration

Document that gives evidence of an expenditure

voucher

Done in an instant

Or

Happening in an instant

Instantaneous

Done or obtained without payment or free of charge

Gratuitous

Drama to be performed by a single man

Monologue

Dramatic performance

Mask

Draw a wrong conclusion

Misinterpret

Drawing dealing with current political events in an amusing way

Cartoon

Drawing on transparent paper

Transparency

Group of Words/Expression

One Word

Easily bending, not stiff

Supple

Eat fast, noisily and greedily

Gobble

Economic structure organised and controlled by capitalists

Capitalism

Egg laying animals that creep or crawl

Reptiles

Elaborate public spectacle

Pageant

Elderly woman in charge of a girl

Chaperon

Equally sensitive to all colours

Panchromatic

Error in printing or writing

Erratum

Establishment for the treatment of invalid or. convalescent people

Sanatorium

Express earnest disapproval of

Deprecate

Expression of mild disapproval

Reproof

Extreme old age when a man behaves like a fool

Senility

Extreme scarcity of food in a region

Famine

Extremely deep crack or opening in the ground

Chasm

Eye witness who makes a broadcast

Commentator

Group of Words/Expression

One Word

Fail to perform a duty

Or

Fail to pay a debt in time

Default

Faithful supporter

Henchman

Fear of a dead body

Necrophilia

Fear of animals

Zoophobia

Fear of being in open space

Agoraphobia

Fear of books

Bibliophobia

Fear of height

Aerophobia

Fear of home surroundings

Eco phobia

Fear of one's self

Autophagy

Fear of snakes

Ophiophobia

Fear of water

Hydrophobia

Fear or dislike of foreigners

Xenophobia

Filled with excessive enthusiasm esp. in religion

Fanatic

Film or lecture about travels

Travelogue

Fixed orbit in space in relation to earth

Geo-stationary

Fixed sum of money paid to somebody as income in his life time

Annuity

Flesh eating animal

Or

Carnivore

One who eats flesh

Flowers fastened in a circle

Wreath

Group of Words/Expression

One Word

Girl or woman who flirts

Coquette

Girl or woman who has not experienced sexual union

Virgin

Give more force or importance to

Accentuate

Give something as a security for debt

(a) Mortgage

(b) Pawn

Giving of personal or special favour to a person  in employment

Or

Giving undue favour  to one's own kith and kin

Nepotism

Government by a few people       

Or

State in which the few govern the many

Oligarchy

Government by a king or queen

Monarchy

Government by divine laws

Theocracy

Government by elected representatives

Democracy

Government by elected representatives without a monarch

Republic

Government by officials

Bureaucracy

Government by one person with absolute power which has been obtained by force

Autocracy

Government run by a dictator

Dictatorship

Government by persons of highest social order                           

Or

Aristocracy

Government by the nobles

Government by the intelligentsia

Meritocracy

Government by the rich and powerful class

Or

Government by rich people

Plutocracy

Group of Words/Expression

One Word

Handwriting that can be easily read

Legible

Happening at the same time

Simultaneous

Harsh sound

Cacophony

Hater of books

Misobiblic

Hater of learning

Or

Hater of learning and knowledge

Mycologist

Hater of mankind

(a) Misanthropy

Or

(b)  Misanthropy

One who hates mankind

Hater of marriage

Misogamist

One who hates women

Misogynist

Having a bad smell or taste

Foul

Having a common terminus or boundary

Coterminous

Having a full, deep sound

Sonorous

Having more than one meaning

Or

(a) Ambiguous

Having a double or doubtful meaning

(b) Equivocal

Having superior or intellectual interests and tastes

Or

Elite

Groups in society considered to be superior  because of the power, talent, privileges, etc.

Helper in a wrong deed or crime

(a) Accomplice

(b) Accessary

Helpful but not an essential part

Accessory

Hiding of true feelings

Dissimulation

Highly developed or to appealing to a mature mind

Sophisticated

House for storing grains

Granary

Huge destructive fire

Conflagration

Hundredth anniversary

Centenary.

Group of Words/Expression

One word

Ideas, customs and art that are produced

and shared by a particular society

Or

Culture

Intellectual and artistic aspects of a society. Ignorant pretender to skill

Or

Person who pretends to have more skill than he actually has

Charlton

Inability to fall asleep

Insomnia

Incapable of being admitted or allowed

Inadmissible

Incapable of being altered

Or

(a) Unalterable

That cannot be altered

(b) Irrevocable

Incapable of being dispensed with

Or

Indispensable

That cannot be done without

Incapable of being explained or accounted

(a) Inexplicable

for

Or

(b) Unaccountable

That cannot be explained or accounted for

Incapable of being expressed in words

(a) Ineffable

Or

(b) Inexpressible

That cannot be expressed in words

(c) Unaccountable

Incapable of being heard

Or

That cannot be heard

Inaudible

Incapable of being put into practice

Or

That cannot be put into practice

Impracticable

Incapable of being reached

Inaccessible

Incapable of being read

Or

A writing that cannot be read

Illegible

Incapable of being recovered or regained

Or

That cannot be recovered or regained

Irrecoverable

Incapable of being seen

Or

Invisible

That cannot be seen

Incapable of being selected for a job

Ineligible

Incapable  of  being understood

Or

That which cannot be understood

Unintelligible

incapable of doing wrong

Or

One who is exempted from liability to error

Infallible

indifference to pleasure or pain

Stoicism

indirect effect or remote effect of some event

Repercussion

inflammation of the lungs

Pneumonia

instruction for measuring the intensity of light

Photometer

instrument for viewing objects at a distance

Telescope

instrument with lenses for making very small objects appear larger

Microscope

intellectual class

Or

intelligent and educated class of society

Intelligentsia

Group of Words/Expression

One Word

Journey by water or sea

Voyage

Judgement of a law court. (Used in British    English)

Verdict

Judgement of a law court. (Used in American English)

Decree

Judgement of literature

Criticism

Judicial process or order to stop something

Injunction

Group of Words/Expression

One Word

Killing/Killer of a human being

Homicide

Killing/Killer of a king

Or

Murder of a King

Regicide

Killing/Killer of an infant

Or

Murder of a new-born child

Infanticide

Killing/Killer of one's brother

Fratricide

Killing/Killer of one's father

Patricide

Killing/Killer of one's husband

Matricide

Killing/Killer of one's mother

Matricide

Killing/Killer of one's wife

Uxoricide

Knowing everything

Or

One who claims to know everything

Or

One who knows everything

Omniscient

Group of Words/Expression

One Word

Lack of respect or religious reverence

Impiety

Lady who remains unmarried

Or

Elderly unmarried woman

Spinster

Lawmaking body of a state

Or

Part of a government which is concerned with making rules

Legislature

Laws and principles to govern a state

Constitution

Leading life of self-discipline

Ascetic

Life-history of a person written by himself

Autobiography

Life-history of a person written by another

Biography

Light sailing boat built especially for racing

Frigate

List of books and writings of one author or about one subject

Bibliography

List of headings of the business to be transacted at a meeting

Agenda

Look forward to

Hope

Loss of ability to use speech Or

Loss of ability to understand speech

Aphasia

Lover of mankind

Or

(a) Philanthropist

Person who loves mankind

(b) Philanthropy

Lover of poetry and art

Phil muse

Lover of women

Philogynist

Group of Words/Expression

One Word

Man of odd habits

Eccentric

Man who makes love without serious

(a) Philander

intention

Or

(b) Philanderer

Man who is engaged in extra-marital sex

(c) Flirt

Man whose wife is dead

Or

One whose wife is dead

Or

Widower

Person whose wife is dead

Mediate between two parties in a dispute

Intercede

Medical study of the skin and its diseases

Dermatology

Medicine which induces vomiting

Emetic

Meeting for discussion or exchange of views

Conference

Member of a band of robbers

Brigand

Move along with quick, short twisting

Wriggle

Move from one country to another

Migrate

Group of Words/Expression

One Word

Name derived from father's name

Patronymic

Name taken by an author instead of his real name

Or

Name adopted by an author in his writing

Pseudonym

No longer used

Or

Out of date

Obsolete

Noisy drinking party or merry making

Carousal

Not allowing light to pass through

Or

Incapable of being see through

Or

Through which light cannot pass

Opaque

Not easily understood

Or

Not easily understood

Inscrutable

Not willing to take a definite stand

Evasive

Notice of the death of a person

Obituary

Group of Words/Expression

One Word

Observation post away from main body of the army

Outpost

Occurring here and there or now and then

Sporadic

Of or for at

Or

Universal

Belonging to all

Of all sorts

Omnifarious

Of the daytime

Diurnal

One who abandons his religious faith

Or

One who deserts his religions

Apostate

One who analyses handwriting

Graphologist

One who believes in fate

Or

One who believes that everything is predestined

Fatalist

One who believes in God

Theist

One who believes that nothing can be said about God

Agnostic

One who brings goods illegally into the country

Smuggler

One who buys goods from a shop

Customer

One who can neither read nor write

Illiterate

One who can use either of his hands with ease

Ambidextrous

One who cannot be corrected

Incorrigible

One who cannot die

Immortal

One who carves out figures

Sculptor

Group of Words/Expression

One Word

Page number of a printed book

Folio

Paper written in one's own handwriting

Manuscript

Parts of a country behind the coast or a river's bank

Hinterland

Destroyer of images

Or

One who breaks images

Iconoclast

The person interested in reading books and nothing else

Bookworm

Person living in the same age or period

Contemporaries

The person living permanently in a certain place

Domicile

The person known for going to many parties

The person prominent in fashionable society

Or

Socialite

The person pretending to be somebody he is not

Impostor

The person taking an important part in state affairs

Statesman

The person who believes that God is everything and everything is God

Pantheist

The person who can perform unusual physical acts

Acrobat

The person who caters to the rich

Or

The person who tries to win a favour by flattering rich or powerful persons

Sycophant

Physical features of an area

Topography

Piece of furniture for keeping clothes

Wardrobe

Place where bees are kept

Apiary

Place where birds are kept

Aviary

Place where neither grass nor trees grow

Desert

Place where one lives permanently

Domicile

Group of Words/Expression

One Word

Quality of being honest and upright in character

Integrity

Question or problem difficult to answer or

(a) Puzzle

understand

Or

(b) Riddle

Quick to judge and understand

(c) Enigma

(a) Perspicacious

(b)Wise

(c) Intelligent

Group of Words/Expression

One Word

Raise a pattern or design on the surface of something

Emboss

Reasoning power of the mind

Intellect

Relation between different aspects of a thing

Perspective

Relationship by blood or birth

Consanguinity

Religious discourse

Responsible according to law

Liable

Restore to former position

Rehabilitate

Group of Words/Expression

One Word

Salt water lake separated from the sea by sand banks

Lagoon

Saving of property from loss by fire, etc

Salvage

Say aloud from memory

Recite

Scarcity of rain or water

Drought

Scatter things among others

Or

Place here and there

Intersperse

Science of birds

Or

Study of birds

Ornithology

Science of poisons

Toxicology

Science of the ancient people, society and culture

Or

Science of mankind as an animal

Anthropology

Science of skin and its diseases.

Or

Medical study of skin and its diseases

Dermatology

Science of the races of mankind and their relation to one another

Ethnology

Scornful and contemptuous language

Opprobrious

Sea with a group of many islands

Or

Sea abounding in islands

Archipelago

Short journey for pleasure

Or

Short journey made by a group of persons together

Excursion

Short stay at a place

Sojourn

Short walk for pleasure or exercise

Stroll

Skill and wisdom in managing public affairs

Statesmanship

Skill in social and domestic art

Accomplishment

Skilled in social and domestic art

Accomplished

Skilled workman who practices a craft

Craftsman

Slap with a flat object

Swat

Sleeping room with many beds

Dormitory

Slow in understanding

Obtuse

Small shop that sells fashionable clothes, cosmetics, etc.

Boutique

Sound of a funeral bell

Knell

Specialist in heart disease

Cardiologist

Specialist in mental or emotional disturbance

Psychiatrist

Specialist in nerve or nervous system

Neurologist

Specialist in pregnancy and childbirth

Obstetrician

Specialist in skin disease

Dermatologist

Specialist in the eye disease

(a) Ophthalmologist

(b) Oculist

Specialist in the non-medical problem of aging

Gerontologist

Suggest indirectly

Insinuate

Suggesting absence of thought or intellect

Vacuous

Group of Words/Expression

One Word

Taking possession of something forcibly or by law

Seizure

Talk about private affairs or other people

Or

Idle talk

Gossip

Talk without respect of something sacred or holy

Blasphemy

Temple dedicated to all the gods

Pantheon

That can be easily injured or broken

Or

Liable to be easily broken

Fragile

That can be explained

Explicable

That can easily be curved without breaking

Flexible

That cannot be cured

Incurable

That cannot be disputed

(a) Indisputable

(b) Incontrovertible

That cannot be erased or removed

Indelible

That cannot be put out or extinguished

Inextinguishable

That cannot be satisfied

Insatiable

That cannot be understood

Incomprehensible

That cannot be weighed

Imponderable

That easily changes into gas or vapour

Volatile

That which appears sweet sounding

Euphonic

That which can be easily believed

Credible

That which can be perceived by touch

Tangible

That which can lessen the severity of (pain, disease)

Palliative

That which can be rooted out

Eradicable

That which cannot be calculated

Incalculable

That which cannot be done without

Indispensable

That which cannot be doubted or questioned

Unimpeachable

That which cannot be perceived by touch

Intangible

That which cannot be rooted out

Ineradicable

That which eats grass

(a) Herbivore

(b) Herbivorous

Thing to be added at the end of a book, etc.

Addendum

Thing to be corrected in a printed book, etc.

Corrigendum

Thing which is used as a sleeping pill

Or

Causing or tending to cause sleep (drug or medicine)

Soporific

Things or circumstances that make life easy or pleasant

Amenities

Things that can be felt or touched

Palpable

To denounce in thundering tones

Fulminate

Too ready to believe things

Or

Ready to believe

Credulous

Traditional story that is concerned with deities

Or

Story or a concept or a belief about the early history of a race

Myth

Group of Words/Expression

One Word

Undue attachment to foreign things

Xenomania

Union of political parties fora Definite purpose

Coalition

Union of states, parties or persons

Confederacy

Unmindful of the feelings of others

Inconsiderate

Unroofed building for public games and amusements

Amphitheatre

Unverified official information acquired from another

(a) Rumour

(b) Hearsay

Group of Words/Expression

One Word

Violation of sacred things

Or

Theft in a sacred place

Sacrilege

Vivid description enabling one to have a clear picture in the mind

Graphic

Group of Words/Expression

One Word

Walking in sleep

Somnambulism

Want of sleep

Insomnia

Without a name

Or

With a name that is not made known

Or

Of unknown author

Anonymous

Without order or plan

(a) Disordered

(b) Haphazard

Woman who is in charge of nursing and domestic arrangement in a hospital

Matron

Woman whose husband is dead Word for word

Widow

Or

Verbalism

Word for word reproduction

Word formed from initial letters of a name

Acronym

Word made by changing the order of the letters in another word

Anagram

Word no longer in use

(a) Obsolete

(b) Archaic

Work for which no salary is paid

Of

A post without remuneration

Or

Honorary

Unpaid work

Work in partnership in art or literature

Collaborate

Working together for a common purpose

Co-operation

Woven fabric richly ornamented with designs

Brocade

Writing material, pen, paper, etc

Stationery

Written statement for a person or committee to give information

Memorandum

Group of Words/Expression

On Word

Yearly celebration of a date or an event

Anniversary