Everyone should know these 80 Examples of One word substitute

One word substitute means using one word instead of wordy phrase or sentence. It  makes the content concise and opt to understand. And it gives a quality standard to the content.  It allows more in  to be written in smaller space. Even this creates clarity in writing.

1. Ability to undergo hardship in reaching the goal.---- Endurance

2. A cage of chickens -- Coop

3. A cave action showing strength, skill or courage --- Grotto

4. Act of thinking that something will happen -- -  Anticipation

5. A division of the country - Region

6. A far away place --- Remote

7.  A large hairy bee- Bumble - bee

8. A large motorboat -- Launch

9. An area where birds and animals are protected from hunters --- Sanctuary

10. Anything made to look like real in order to deceive people --- Fake

11. A period of ten years - Decade

12. A person not possessing proper knowledge of medicine but is pretending to have it --- Quack

13. A shout of applause - Acclamation

14. Money paid before it is used -- Advance

15. Home for a persons who have not enough money to live on --- Alams - house

16   A representative of highest rank sent by one government to another --- Ambassador

17. A figure used to scared away birds -- Scare - crow

18. A children's game on balanced plank -- See-saw

19. An animal living both on land and in water - Amphibian

20. A poem of fourteen lines with a special rhyme pattern -- Sonnet

21. One employed to obtain secret information -- Spy

22. The punishment of death by burning -- The stake.

23. A group of lines of poetry --- Stanza

A game of marbles -- Raw

24. Study of the relation of living things to environment -- Ecology

25. The dry outer covering -- Husk.

26. The large and stately house -- Mansion

27. After the death of a person-- Posthumously

28. The life history of a man/woman written by himself --- Autobiography

29. Young plant that has grown from seed --- Sedling

30. A piece of land where rabbits breed or bound -- Warren

31. A small hard lump on the skin -- Wart

32. The murder of infants -- Infanticide

33. A place where things are ideally perfect -- Utopia

34. Government by a body of holy  person --  Hagiarchy

35. One whose parents  are from different races -- Half-breed

36. A place of confused winding paths -- Maze

37. A story of by gone times -- Legend

38. Language used in a region or area --- Dialect

39. Choice of words in speech or writing -- Diction

40. A hymn praising God -- Doxology.

41. A style of full words – Verbose

42. Witty, clever retort – Repartee

43. Relationship by blood or birth – consanguinity

44. One cannot die – Immortal

45. A short form of word – Abbreviation

46. A short stay at a place – Sojourn

47. A false or mistaken belief – Fallacy

48. The action of looking within or into one’s own mind – Introspection

49.  A amazing story about a real person – Anecdote

50. A story with moral – Parable

51. To make a thing  holy/sacred  - Consecrate

52. A remedy for all disease – Panacea

53. Short descriptive poem of picturesque scene or incident – Idyll

54.  An animal story with moral – Fable

55. To turn friends  into enemies – Alienate

56. A medicine   which prevents infection by killing gems – Antiseptic

57. A widespread disease affecting many people at the same time - Epidemic

58. An unexpected stroke of good luck – Windfall

59. Mania of travel – Dromomania

 60. Work for which no salary is paid – Honorary

61. A word formed from first letters of a group of words – Acronym

62. Constant efforts to achieve something – Perseverance

63. Line at which the earth or sea and sky seem to meet – Horizon

64. The state of remaining unmarried – Celibacy

65. A woman trained to help other woman in childbirth – Midwife

66. A fictitious name used by an author – Pseudonym

67. Money paid to divorced wife – Alimony

68. A word or a law longer in use - Obsolete

69.  General uprising against the government - Revolt

70. Revolt against the lawful authority – Revolution

71. a platform in a temple where idols are kept – Altar

72. A note to help memory – Memorandom

73. An inscription on a tomb.- Epitaph

74. A list of books – Catalogue

75. A boo containing information about all subjects – Encyclopedia

76. An excessive patriotism – Chauvinism

77. A book shows account of debits and credits. – Ledger

78. A book that consist of an alphabetical list of the words with their meanings – dictionary

79. A list of special words with definitions – Glossary

80. A statement that not likely to be true - Dubious

These are some examples of one word substitute. These are very useful to convey the point very quickly without loosing the context. So friends solve these type of problem you should have good vocabulary. One word substitute is one of the important questions in most of the competitive exam.

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