100 One word Substitutions

 

One word substitutions
S #	Phrase	One Word
01	A bicycle for two or more people	Tandem
02	A body of persons appointed to hear evidence or judge and give their verdict (decision)	Jury
03	A brief or a short stay at a place	Sojourn
04	A broad road bordered with trees	Boulevard
05	A building in which aircraft are housed	Hanger
06	A building where an audience sits	Auditorium
07	A child born after death of his father	Posthumous
08	A collection of slaves	Coffle
09	A decorative ring of flowers and leaves	Wreath
10	A den for small animals	Hutch
11	A disease that affects a large number of people in an area at the same time	Epidemic
12	A disease which is spread by direct contact	Contagious
13	A doctor who specializes in the eye diseases of the eyes	Ophthalmologist
14	A doctor who treats children	Paediatrician
15	A dramatic performance	Masque
16	A drawing on transparent paper	Transparency
17	A figure of speech by which a thing is spoken of as being that which it only resembles	Simile
18	A fixed orbit in space in relation to earth	Geo-stationary
19	A former student of a school, college or university	Alumnus
20	A four footed animal	Quadruped
21	A four-wheeled carriage for a baby, pushed by a person on foot	Pram
22	A game in which no one wins	Draw
23	A general pardon of offenders	Amnesty
24	A geometrical figure with eight sides	Octagon
25	A government by officials	Bureaucracy
26	A group of girls	Bevy
27	A group of three powerful people	Triumvirate
28	A guide-post pointing out the way for a place	finger-post
29	A heavy continuous fall of rain	Downpour
30	A humorous drawing dealing with current events or politics	Cartoon
31	A jocular person who is full of amusing anecdotes	Wag
32	A large number of fish swimming together	Shoal
33	A large sleeping-room with many beds	Dormitory
34	A light sailing boat built specially for racing	Yacht
35	A list of books and writings of one author or one subject	Bibliography
36	A list of books available in a library	Catalogue
37	A list of passengers and luggage	Waybill
38	A low-area storm with high winds rotating about a centre of low atmospheric pressure	Cyclone
39	A man having no hair on scalp	Bald
40	A man of lax moral	Licentious
41	A man who does not know how to read or write	Illiterate
42	A man who knows a lot about things like food, music and art	Connoisseur
43	A man who waste his money on luxury	Extravagant
44	A man with abnormal habits	Eccentric
45	A medicine to nullify the effect of poison	Antidote
46	A method which never fails	Infallible
47	A mild or indirect expression substituted for an offensive or harsh one	Euphemism
48	A mournful poem or a song	Elegy
49	A narrow stretch of land connecting two large bodies of land	Isthmus
50	A notice of a person's death	Obituary
51	A number of stars grouped together	Constellation
52	A paper written by hand	Manuscript
53	A part of a word that can be pronounced separately	Syllable
54	A person coming to a foreign land to settle there	Immigrant
55	A person devoted to sensual enjoyment, especially that derived from fine food and drink	Epicurean
56	A person eighty years of age	Octogenarian
57	A notice of a person's death	Outrider
58	A person interested in collecting, studying and selling of old things	Antiquarian
59	A person interested in reading books and nothing else	Book-worm
60	A person not sure of the existence of God	Agnostic
61	A person of good understanding knowledge and reasoning power	Intellectua
62	A person who believes that only selfishness motivates human actions	Cynic
63	A person who breaks into houses in order to steal	Burglar
64	A person who brings goods illegally into the country	Smuggler
65	A person who devotes his/her life for the welfare of others	Altruist
66	A person who does not believe in any religion	Pagan
67	A person who gambles or bets	Punter
68	A person who helps even a stranger in difficulty	Samaritan
69	A person who insists on something	Samaritan
70	A person who is always hopeful and looks upon the brighter side of things	Optmist
71	A person who is fluent in two languages	Bilingual
72	A person who is greatly respected because of wisdom	Venerable
73	A person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs	Martyr
74	A person who is skilled in horsemanship	Equestrian
75	A person who is unable to pay debts	Insolvent
76	A person who is well known in an unfavourable way	Notorious
77	A person who is working in the same institution	Colleague
78	A person who kills somebody especially for political reasons	Assassin
79	A person who knows many foreign languages	Linguist
80	A person who lives by himself	Recluse
81	A person who loves mankind	Philanthropist
82	A person who never takes alcoholic drinks	Teetotaller
83	A person who opposes war or use of military force	Pacifist
84	A person who pretends to be what he is not	Imposter
85	A person who supports or speaks in favour of something	Advocate
86	A person who thinks only about himself and not about others needs	Egocentric
87	A person who travels to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion	Pilgrim
88	A person who tries to deceive people by claiming to be able to do wonderful things	Trickster
89	AA person who writes decoratively	Calligrapher
90	A person with a long experience of any occupation	Veteran
91	A person without training or experience in a skill or subject	Colleague
92	A person worships of only one God	Monotheist
93	A person's peculiar habit	Idiosyncrasy
94	AA picture of a person or a thing drawn in such a highly exaggerated manner to cause a laughter	Caricature
95	A place of good climate for invalids	Sanatorium
96	A place of permanent residence	Domicile
97	A place where all religions are honoured	Secular
98	A place where bees are kept	Apiary
99	A place where birds are kept	Aviary
100	A place where clothes are kept	Wardrobe