100+ One Word Substitution

By | June 12, 2016
1. One who is out to subvert a government=> Anarchist
2. One who is recovering from illness=> Convalescent
3. One who is all powerful=> Omnipotent
4. One who is present everywhere=> Omnipresent
5. One who knows everything=> Omniscient
6. One who is easily deceived=> Gullible

7. One who does not make mistakes=> Infallible
8. One who can do anything for money=> Mercenary
9. One who has no money=> Pauper
10. One who changes sides=> Turncoat
11. One who works for free=> Volunteer
12. One who loves books=> Bibliophile
13. One who can speak two languages=> Bilingual
14. One who loves mankind=> Philanthropist
15. One who hates mankind=> Misanthrope
16. One who looks on the bright side of things=> Optimist
17. One who looks on the dark side of things=> Pessimist
18. One who doubts the existence of god=> Agnostic
19. One who pretends to be what he is not=> Hypocrite
20. One incapable of being tired=> Indefatigable
21. One who helps others Good=> Samaritan
22. One who copies from other writers=> Plagiarist
23. One who hates women=> Misogynist
24. One who knows many languages=> Polyglot
25. One who is fond of sensuous pleasures=> Epicure
26. One who thinks only of himself=> Egoist
27. One who thinks only of welfare of women=> Feminist.
28. One who is indifferent to pleasure or pain=> Stoic
29. One who is quite like a woman=> Effeminate
30. One who has strange habits=> Eccentric
31. One who speaks less=> Reticent
32. One who goes on foot=> Pedestrian
33. One who believes in fate=> Fatalist
34. One who dies without a Will=> Intestate
35. One who always thinks himself to be ill=> Valetudinarian
36. A Government by the people=> Democracy
37. A Government by a king or queen=> Monarchy
38. A Government by the officials=> Bureaucracy
39. A Government by the rich=> Plutocracy
40. A Government by the few=> Oligarchy
41. A Government by the Nobles=> Aristocracy
42. A Government by one=> Autocracy
43. Rule by the mob=> Mobocracy
44. That through which light can pass=> Transparent
45. That through which light cannot pass=> Opaque
46. That through which light can partly pass=> Translucent
47. A sentence whose meaning is unclear=> Ambiguous
48. A place where orphans live=> Orphanage
49. That which cannot be described=> Indescribable
50. That which cannot be imitated=> Inimitable
51. That which cannot be avoided=> Inevitable
52. A position for which no salary is paid=> Honorary
53. That which cannot be defended=> Indefensible
54. Practice of having several wives=> Polygamy
55. Practice of having several husbands=> Polyandry
56. Practice of having one wife or husband=> Monogamy
57. Practice of having two wives or husbands=> Bigamy
58. That which is not likely to happen=> Improbable
59. People living at the same time=> Contemporaries
60. A book published after the death of its author=> Posthumas
61. A book written by an unknown author=> Anonymous
62. A life history written by oneself=> Autobiography
63. A life history written by somebody else=> Biography
64. People who work together=> Colleagues
65. One who eats too much=> Glutton
66. That which cannot be satisfied=> Insatiable
67. One who questions everything=> Cynic
68. A flesh eating animal=> Carnivorous
69. A grass eating animal=> Herbivorous
70. One who lives in a foreign country=> Immigrant
71. To transfer one’s authority to another=> Delegate
72. One who is a newcomer=> Neophyte
73. That which is lawful=> Legal
74. That which is against law=> Illegal
75. One who is unmarried=> Celibate
76. A game in which no one wins=> Draw
77. A study of man=> Anthropology
78. A study of races=> Ethnology
79. A study of the body=> Physiology
80. A study of animals=> Zoology
81. A study of birds=> Ornithology
82. A study of ancient things=> Archaeology
83. A study of derivation of words=> Etymology
84. Murder of a human being=> Homicide
85. Murder of a father=> Patricide
86. Murder of a mother=> Matricide
87. Murder of an brother=> Fratricide
88. Murder of an infant=> Infanticide
89. Murder of self=> Suicide
90. Murder of the king=> Regicide
91. To free somebody from all blame=> Exonerate
92. To write under a different name=> Pseudonym
93. A thing no longer in use=> Obsolete
94. A handwriting that cannot be read=> Illegible
95. Words written on the tomb of a person=> Epitaph
96. One who is greedy for money=> Avaricious
97. Something that cannot be imitated=> Inimitable
98. One who doesn’t know how to read and write=> Illiterate
99. A person’s peculiar habit=> Idiosyncrasy
100. An animal who preys on other animals=> Predator
101. Violating the sanctity of a church=> Sacrilege
102. One who can throw his voice=> Ventriloquist

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