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Study-related One Word Substitution with Examples

1. Study of Stars

• One Word Substitution: Astronomy
• Example: I love this book on Astronomy.

2. Study of statistics is known as

• One Word Substitution: Demography
• Example: The demography of the whole town’s population has been mapped.

3. The study of ancient writing and scriptures    

• One Word Substitution: Paleography
• Example: These three university professors have been immersed in the research and study of Paleography for over a decade.

4. The study of rocks and soil    

• One Word Substitution: Geology
• Example: My Geology homework is not going to be completed by the final submission date.

5. The ancient search for a universal panacea, and of the philosopher’s stone. The medieval version of the study of Chemistry    

• One Word Substitution: Alchemy
• Example: The magician wanted to learn Alchemy to master some ancient spells.
  

6.  The study of evolution of mankind    

• One Word Substitution: Anthropology 
• Example: Anthropological research helps us trace our civilization.

7. The study of Human Mind    

• One Word Substitution: Psychology
• Example: I am really interested in studying Psychology and how the mind works.

8. The practice of writing dictionaries    

• One Word Substitution: Lexicography    
• Example: She works in the Lexicography department of the publishing house.
  

9. The study of plants    

• One Word Substitution: Botany
• Example: Her interests in plants motivated her to pursue this course in Botany.
  

10. The study of rocks and soils    

• One Word Substitution: Geology
• Example: Do I need to study Geology before going rock climbing?
  

11. The study of languages    

• One Word Substitution: Philology
• Example: How many languages does Philology covers?

Group/Collection-related One Word Substitution

1. A group of sheep

• One Word Substitution: Flock
• Example: I saw a shepherd down the hill with a flock of sheep.

2. A family of young animals

• One Word Substitution: Brood
• Example: Mr. Styles like spending hours bathing the brood of horses in the stable.

3. A number of people travelling together in a big van or jeep

• One Word Substitution: Caravan
• Example: A caravan of hippies just passed by.

4. A series of stars

• One Word Substitution: Constellation
• Example: This constellation looks like a burger!

5. A large group of people    

• One Word Substitution: Horde
• Example: A horde of college students were gathered around the voting booth.

6. A temporary police force

• One Word Substitution: Posse
• Example: Jake went to arrest the criminal with his posse.

7. A group of cattle or sheep    

• One Word Substitution: Herd
• Example: Keep your herd of cows in the backyard.

8. A number of fish swimming together    

• One Word Substitution: Shoal
• Example: I saw a shoal of mackerel on that side of the river.

9. A group of worshippers

• One Word Substitution: Congregation
• Example: The congregation will happen at St. Mary’s Church at 4pm tomorrow.

Person/People-related One Word Substitution

1. The one who loves mankind

• One Word Substitution: Philanthropist
• Example: He became a renowned philanthropist after joining Buddhism.

2. The one who looks at the brighter side of everything

• One Word Substitution: Optimist
• Example: Louis has always been the biggest optimistic person I know.

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

• One Word Substitution: Pessimist
• Example: I am always on the edge of becoming a total pessimist.

4. The one who does not believe in God.    

• One Word Substitution: Atheist
• Example: I am neither an Atheist nor a religious person.

5. The one who eats human flesh    

• One Word Substitution: Cannibal
• Example: The police caught these cannibals from the jungle.

6. Someone who regards the world as their country    

• One Word Substitution: Cosmopolitan
• Example: Globalisation will give rise to more cosmopolitans.

7. The one who loves good food and knows a lot about it    

• One Word Substitution: Gourmet
• Example: I could have been a Gourmet if I liked spicy food!

8. Someone who lives in solitude    

• One Word Substitution: Recluse
• Example: I want to become a recluse after I retire.

9. Someone who speaks more than one language    

• One Word Substitution: Polyglot
• Example: I took up Turkish to become a Polyglot.

10. A person who boasts of one’s achievements    

• One Word Substitution: Egotist
• Example: She saw him as a thoughtless egotist.

11. People who can vote in an election

• One Word Substitution: Electorate    
• Example: Last year’s electorate comprised of many first-time voters.

12. A person who loves himself the most

• One Word Substitution: Narcissist
• Example: John is a narcissist and will never love anyone else but himself.

13. A person who draws maps    

• One Word Substitution: Cartographer
• Example: A cartographer can help you find the right way through a complex forest land through his mastery of maps.

14. A person who abandons his religion    

• One Word Substitution: Apostate
• Example: Watching his daughter die of cancer made Steve become an apostate.

15. A person was appointed to settle a dispute between two parties    

• One Word Substitution: Arbitrator
• Example: In their final judgement, the jury presented that it is necessary for the parties to have an arbitrator to reach mutual consent.

16. The one who knows everything    

• One Word Substitution: Omniscient
• Example: He is such a know-it-all but he is not an omniscient.

17. The one who is all powerful    

• One Word Substitution: Omnipotent
• Example: We often stereotype a superhero as an Omnipotent but it’s important to have some flaws to make them human.

18. The one who is present everything    

• One Word Substitution: Omnipresent
• Example: Technology has become synonymous with omnipresent nowadays.

19. Someone who is eighty years old.    

• One Word Substitution: Octogenarian
• Example: My grandpa is an octogenarian.

20. The one who settles in another country.    

• One Word Substitution: Immigrant
• Example: It isn’t easy being an immigrant in the USA.

21. Someone who cares about mankind.    

• One Word Substitution: Humanitarian    
• Example: She is known for her humanitarian efforts.

Profession-related One Word Substitution

1. Someone trained to travel and operate a spacecraft.    

• One Word Substitution: Astronaut
• Example: Kalpana Chawla is one of the greatest women astronauts.

2. The one who makes maps or charts    

• One Word Substitution: Cartographer    
• Example: We need a cartographer to decode these cryptic maps.

3. Someone who sells or grows flowers or studies or writes about flowers.    

• One Word Substitution: Florist
• Example: Harry is my favorite florist and I like how he gives unique facts about what every flower symbolises.

4. Someone with a beautiful handwriting    

• One Word Substitution: Calligrapher
• Example: I started as a calligrapher and then became a tattoo artist.

5. The supervising person during an examination    

• One Word Substitution: Invigilator
• Example: The invigilator is too lazy to even check the students in the back.
  

6. Someone who presents or hosts a radio show    

• One Word Substitution: Radio Jockey
• Example: A radio jockey needs to have brilliant communication skills.

7. Someone who choreographs dances attuning certain sequences of steps and movements along music    

• One Word Substitution: Choreographer
• Example: Can you find me a wedding choreographer?

8. Someone who is the custodian or the keeper of a museum    

• One Word Substitution: Curator
• Example: I like being a curator as I get to meet artists from different parts of the world.

9. A person who doesn’t like humankind devoids himself of human society    

• One Word Substitution: Misanthrope
• Example: Grinch wasn’t the mean-spirited misanthrope most of us took him to be.
  

10. A person who collects coins as a hobby    

• One Word Substitution: Numismatist
• Example: As a Numismatist, I have a huge collection of currencies from almost all the countries around the world.
  

11. Someone employed to drive a hired car    

• One Word Substitution: Chauffeur
• Example: The chauffeur will come by 4 pm to the venue.

12. Someone who walks by foot.    

• One Word Substitution: Pedestrian 
• Example: This side of the road is for Pedestrians.

13. Someone who is reserved and shy.    

• One Word Substitution: Introvert
• Example: I like being an introvert and I am happy with a small social circle.

Terms-related One Word Substitution

1. Indefinite period of time

• One Word Substitution: Aeon
• Example: Those days became boring, aeon and too long to pass.
  

2. Appreciation of beauty, by a set of principles.    

• One Word Substitution: Aesthetics
• Example: I found this website quite appealing especially because of its aesthetics
  

3. Spartan snowstorms with uncontrollable winds     

• One Word Substitution: Blizzard
• Example: On our way back to the hotel, we got caught in a blizzard.

4. An eccentric manner of living

• One Word Substitution: Bohemian
• Example: She felt embarrassed when her friends made fun of her bohemian clothing.

5. Huge fire for celebration

• One Word Substitution: Bonfire
• Example: The campers spent their night by the bonfire.

6. Dwarfed varieties of trees and shrubs in pots     

• One Word Substitution: Bonsai
• Example: Her room was filled with bonsai plants.
  

7. The remote regions of a country which are far away from the rivers    

• One Word Substitution: Hinterland
• Example: Her cottage was situated in a hinterland deprived of any beautiful scenery.

8. Complex situation or a mix-up    

• One Word Substitution: Imbroglio
• Example: The romantic imbroglio happened when he met my landlords assuming they were my parents.

9. Make someone feel young    

• One Word Substitution: Rejuvenate
• Example: This exfoliating scrub can completely rejuvenate your skin.

10. Not showing enough care and attention    

• One Word Substitution: Remiss
• Example: I realised that she was totally remiss in finishing her daily tasks.

11. A shelter for a Dog

• One Word Substitution: Kennel
• Example: Our new pup spent all his day hiding inside the kennel.

12. Where wild animals live    

• One Word Substitution: Lair
• Example: I found a hidden lair in the forest but was too afraid to go inside it.

13. A place where coins are made    

• One Word Substitution: Mint
• Example: This industrial facility is actually a mint which manufactures coins.

14. Ordinary and Dull    

• One Word Substitution: Mundane
• Example: I am bored with the mundane life of the quarantined days.
  

15. Published after someone’s death

• One Word Substitution: Posthumous
• Example: Mr Smith’s posthumous works brought him an immense number of accolades.

16. The profession of teaching or the approach or style of teaching    

• One Word Substitution: Pedagogy
• Example: It was his unique approach to pedagogy that made him every student’s favourite.
  

17. The symbols of royalty     

• One Word Substitution: Regalia
• Example: The queen was adorned in full regalia.

18. A political system solely based on the government of men by God    

• One Word Substitution: Thearchy
• Example: The village was ruled by the system of thearchy.
  

19. A person promises to tell the truth in court    

• One Word Substitution: Oath
• Example: I couldn’t disrespect the oath and thus revealed everything.

20.  Beginning to exist and evolve    

• One Word Substitution: Nascent
• Example: Biotechnology bloomed from a nascent sector to a booming industry.

21. Ethically good behaviour one has    

• One Word Substitution: Virtue
• Example: Patience is seen as the virtue of a man.

22. Humour that describes the weaknesses    

• One Word Substitution: Satire
• Example: Ghasiram Kotwal is an incredibly written satire on the political scenario of Maharashtra in the early 20th century.

23. Changing the direction of one’s path suddenly    

• One Word Substitution: Veer
• Example: He veered the car in the other direction as the deer came in the way.

24. Enjoy something for an extended time    

• One Word Substitution: Savour
• Example: Don’t forget to savour this delectable wine!

25. Someone who is wrongly blamed for things that others have done    

• One Word Substitution: Scapegoat
• Example: They used him as a scapegoat to accuse him of the whole conspiracy

26. Space where animal hides are tanned    

• One Word Substitution: Tannery
• Example: The leather for this coat has been skinned in the tannery.

27. Determined to achieve something    

• One Word Substitution: Tenacious
• Example: She was tenacious enough to chase after her dream of becoming a film actor.

28. The sound of Parrots    

• One Word Substitution: Screech
• Example: I woke up to the screeching of birds by the window.

29. Using a word or name that is inappropriate    

• One Word Substitution: Misnomer
• Example: It’s quite a misnomer to call it a victory since he scored the lowest marks in the test.

30. A government that has a monarch as the head      

• One Word Substitution: Monarchy
• Example: With a king ruling the country, the Monarchy is different from a democracy.

31. The sound of Camels

• One Word Substitution: Grunt
• Example: In the vastness of the desert, the only sound you can hear is the constant grunting of camels from far away.

32. Events manifested by festivities    

• One Word Substitution: Fiesta
• Example: Last night’s party was a total fiesta.

33. The ranting of a person    

• One Word Substitution: Whine
• Example: Aakriti is always whining about the weather.

34. People who are extremely poor    

• One Word Substitution: Destitute
• Example: Ajay grew up in a destitute existence.

35. Absolute freedom to act as one wishes    

• One Word Substitution: Carte blanche
• Example: Her mother gave her carte blanche to follow the career path she wants to.

36. A person who is unsure about God’s existence    

• One Word Substitution: Agnostic
• Example: Though he was raised in a conservative Hindu family, he remained agnostic most of his life.

37. Extreme physical or mental sufferings    

• One Word Substitution: Agony
• Example: He fell to the ground in agony.

38. Japanese form of self-defense with the usage of locks holds    

• One Word Substitution: Aikido
• Example: He has mastered Aikido and his next goal is to learn Kung fu.

39. A soldier who fights for the sake of money    

• One Word Substitution: Mercenary
• Example: You are a mercenary and you kill people with any guns!

40. An accolade or honour bestowed in recognition for an achievement   

• One Word Substitution: Laurel
• Example: She enjoyed the laurels of her acting achievements.

41. A person who behaves without moral principles

• One Word Substitution: Immoral
• Example: Lying is completely immoral even if it is done for a good purpose.

42. Charging a politician with a serious crime

• One Word Substitution: Impeach
• Example: Trump was impeached recently but it didn’t really affect his position as the president.

43. Government instructions that limit trade in some way     

• One Word Substitution: Embargo
• Example: With the danger of virus hovering over the whole world, an embargo on international trade was mutually decided upon.

44. Believer of fate

• One Word Substitution: Fatalist
• Example: I am fatalist for I believe that our destiny has already been written.

45. Loves being social and enjoys the company of others     

• One Word Substitution: Gregarious
• Example: Gurleen is a gregarious girl and we often call her the social butterfly of our class!

46. Trees grow without underbrush. 

• One Word Substitution: Grove
• Example: This garden is filled with beautiful groves that amazingly complemented the tall trees

47. An office with high salary but no work     

• One Word Substitution: Sinecure
• Example: After listening to the perks that Seema has at her office, Vishal assumes as if she works at a Sinecure.

48. A person who betrays and descents and organisation or country    

• One Word Substitution: Renegade
• Example: It is currently flashing in the news that a renegade policeman shot three innocent people.

49. One who is much concerned about details and accuracy    

• One Word Substitution: Fastidious
• Example: Virat is fastidious about his hair. He makes sure that he visits the salon at regular intervals.

50. A place for storage of arms and ammunition

• One Word Substitution: Arsenal
• Example: The officer informed the soldier about his new posting in Arsenal.

51. One who is expelled from a religious community

• One Word Substitution: Excommunicate
• Example: His misconduct at the previous religious gathering led to his ex-communication.

52. A person who eats too much

• One Word Substitution: Glutton
• Example: As soon as the guests left, Riya didn’t miss a chance to call our cousin glutton.

53. Something which can be copied

• One Word Substitution: Immitable
• Example: As the captain’s approach for the finale was imitable, he is still called a legend.

Killing-related One Word Substitution

1. When someone kills their own father    

• One Word Substitution: Patricide
• Example: Jean was arrested for patricide.

2. The act of killing a king    

• One Word Substitution: Regicide
• Example: The monarchy fell with the regicide.
  

3. The killing of a person by another    

• One Word Substitution: Homicide
• Example: He went to jail on the charge of homicide.

4. The killing of one’s child    

• One Word Substitution: Filicide
• Example: The police filed a report about filicide that happened in the C block.