300 One Word substitution in English for Exams

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In English, One Word Substitution is a handy trick where one word does the job of many. This makes talking and writing simpler and clearer. It’s like having a shortcut in language that helps you say what you mean without using too many words. This idea is not just smart, but also makes communication quick and straight to the point, which is something we all can use in our daily lives.

One Word Substitution in English

PHRASE	ONE WORD
One who looks at the bright side of things	Optimist
One who looks at the dark side of things	Pessimist
One who does not believe in God	Atheist
One who believes in God	Theist
One who knows everything	Omniscient
One who is present everywhere	Omnipresent
One who is all powerful	Omnipotent
One who cannot read and write	Illiterate
One who acts against religion	Heretic
One who offers one’s services,	Volunteer
One who loves mankind	Philanthropist
Love for mankind.	Philanthropy
One who hates mankind	Misanthrope
One who is out to destroy the government	Anarchist
One who eats human flesh	Cannibal
Those who live at the same time	Contemporary
One who is more than a hundred years old	Centenarian
One who is eighty years old	Octogenarian
One for whom the world is a home	Cosmopolitan
One who is indifferent to pain and pleasure	Stoic
One who is given to pleasures of the flesh	Epicure
One that lives on others	Parasite
One who is sympathetic to mankind	Humanitarian
One who walks on foot	Pedestrian
One who studies things of the past	Antiquarian
One who is gifted with several talents,	Versatile
One who does not drink wine,	Teetotaler
One who is new to a profession	Novice
One who is a habitual drunkard	Sot
One who settles in another country	Immigrant
One who knows many languages	Polyglot
One who carves in stones	Sculptor
One who cuts precious stones	Lapidary
One who deals in cattle,	Drover
One who cures eye diseases	Oculist
One who sells sweets and pastries	Confectioner
One who collects postage stamps,	Philatelist
One who loads and unloads ships,	Stevedore
One who compiles a dictionary	Lexicographer
One who walks in one’s sleep	Somnambulist
One who has an irresistible tendency to steal	Kleptomaniac
One who breaks images or idols	Iconoclast
One who retires from society to live a solitary life	Recluse
One who has special skill in judging art, music	Connoisseur
One who is devoted to the pleasures of eating and drinking	Epicure
One who is given to the sensual pleasures of body	Voluptuary
One who pretends to be what he is not.	Hypocrite
One who imitates the voice and gestures of another	Mimic
A professional rider in horse races	Jockey
A place with gambling tables	Casino
A number of sheep	Flock
A number of sailors working on a ship	Crew
A collection of flags	Bunting
A number of ships	Fleet
A cluster of houses in a village	Hamlet
A number of stars grouped together	Constellation
The house of an Eskimo	Igloo
The house of an Arab	Dower
A factory for manufacturing beer	Brewery
A place for the collection of dried plants	Herbarium
A building for lodging of oldies	Barrack
A place where money is coined	Mint
A place where orphans are housed	Orphanage
An institution for reforming young offenders	Reformatory
A place for improving one’s health	Resort
A case in which the sword is kept	Sheath
A substance that destroys germs	Antiseptic
A medicine which produces insensitivity	Anesthetic
A medicine to counteract poison	Antidote
An instrument for listening to the activities of the heart and lungs	Stethoscope
Free from infection	Immune
A cure for all diseases	Panacea
A place where dead bodies are kept	Mortuary
A place thought of as the opposite to utopia	Dystopia
A place where dead bodies are kept for identification	Morgue
A place where dead bodies are buried	Cemetery
An examination of a dead body	Post-mortem
Occurring after death	Posthumous
An inscription on a tomb	Epitaph
The dead body of an animal	Carcass
The science of colours	Chromatics
The science of the structure of human body	Anatomy
The art of effective speaking	Elocution
The study of the human mind	Psychology
A man addicted to lewdness,	Lecher
The study of physical life	Biology
The study of plants	Botany
The study of animals	Zoology
The study of rocks and soils	Geology
The study of birds	Ornithology
The study of mountains	Orology
The study of languages	Philology
The study of stars	Astronomy
The study of the origin and history of words	Etymology
The study of ancient writing	Paleography
The art of beautiful handwriting	Calligraphy
The art of preserving skin	Taxidermy
Government by the nobility	Aristocracy
Government by a few	Oligarchy