List of Best 300 One Word Substitutions Asked in WBCS, SSC, IBPS, UPSC Exam। One word substitution PDF Download
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1. A building where animals are butchered for meat : Abattoir
2. To formally give up a position of power Abdicate
3. People who live in a country from the very beginning : Aborigines
4. The world of scholars : Academia
5. With sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper : Acrimoniously
6. A word formed by initial letters of several words : Acronym
7. Made for a particular purpose : Ad hoc
8. A firm warning or counselling: Admonition
9. A person with a highly developed sense of art and beauty : Aesthete
10. Study of causes of disease : Aetiology
11. A person who is very knowledgeable and enthusiastic about an activity or pastime : Aficionado
12. One who is employed to intentionally encourage people to break the law so that they can be caught : Agent provocateur
13. One who believes that nothing can be known about god: Agnostic
14. Extreme fear of open and public spaces : Agoraphobia
15. Repetition of sounds : Alliteration
16. One who is habitually kind to others : Altruist
17. Political pardon : Amnesty
18. A shapeless thing : Amorphous
19. That which appears to be in the wrong period: Anachronism
20. Lawnessness and disorder caused by absence of control : Anarchy
21. A short interesting and amusing story: Anecdote
22. A collection of literary pieces : Anthology
23. Attribution of human character to god or animal: Anthropomorphism
24. Places diametrically opposite to each other on the earth: Antipodes
25. A short wise saying : Aphorism
26. A person who works under someone to learn that person's skill : Apprentice
27. A person who renounces his religious and political faith : Apostate
28. A person chosen by two opposing parties to settle a matter of dispute : Arbiter
29. Relating to plants, trees, etc. : Arboreal
30. A place where historical documents are kept : Archive
31. An agreement to stop fighting: Armistice
32. One who sets fire to property for an improper purpose : Arsonist
33. One who avoids physical pleasures and comforts : Ascetic
34. Diminished in size or strength as a result of injury/disease : Atrophied
35. A person who believes in complete allegiance to authority : Authoritarian
36. A small country especially in south and central America that is industrially underdeveloped and politically unsteady: Banana republic
37. Engaged for marriage : Betrothed
38. Addicted to alcoholic drinks : Bibulous
39. Occurring once every two years : Biennial
40. One who has narrow and prejudiced religious belief : Bigot
41. A camp without tents : Bivouac
42. Irreverence towards gods : Blasphemy
43. The quality of being a noble person by birth : Bie blood
44. A broad street having trees on both sides: Boulevard
45. Beonging to a class between gentry and Jabourers, typical of the middle class having strong interest in money and possessions Bourgeois.
46. A person who proudly talks a lot about himself : Braggart
47. A foolish show of bravery: Bravado
48. Small objects kept for decoration : Bric-a-brac
49. Vigorous verbal attack : Broadside
50. A small group of people who make secret plans for political action : Cabal
51. Improper spelling or writing : Cacography
52. A rumour to deceive people : Canard
53. A person who eats human flesh : Cannibal
54. An impossible situation where you are prevented from doing one thing until you do another thing that you are not able to do until you complete the first thing. Catch-22
55. A group within a larger organisation : Caucus
56. Related to sky or heaven: Celestial
57. Pretence of skill : Charlatanry
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58. Exaggerated or aggressive patriotism : Chauvinism
59. Use of tricks to deceive someone : Chicanery
60. The art of telling one's future by examining his hand: Chiromancy (or, palmistry)
61. Treatment of the feet: Chiropody
62. Calendar of events : Chronology
63. Fear of closed spaces: Claustrophobia
64. A complete victory : Clean sweep
65. A hackneyed phrase or opinion : Cliché
66. A badly shaped foot twisted out of position from birth : Club foot
67. Change from a liquid into a solid by chemical action : Coagulate
68. Related by birth : Cognate
69. A row of pillars that support a roof or arches : Colonnade
70. That can catch fire and burn easily: Combustible
71. Man coming from one's own country: Compatriots
72. A gathering for worship, prayer : Congregation
73. The feeling or ideas that are suggested by a word :Connotation
74. Compulsive recruitment in army: Conscription
75. A combination of several companies, banks, etc. for a common purpose : Consortium
76. An official appointed by a govt. to protect and help its citizens and their interests in trade in a foreign city : Consul
77. One who is recovering from illness : Convalescent
78. Study of heavenly bodies : Cosmology
79. Acting with equal force but opposite effect: Countervailing
80. A person who believes in everything : Credulous
81. A point at which an important decision must be taken : Crossroads
82. Centre of attraction : Cynosure
83. A sudden complete failure : Debacle
84. A container of alcoholic drinks : Decanter
85. The feeling of remembering something that one had experienced: Déjà Vu
86. Modest and well-behaved: Demure
87. Forsaking responsibilities : Dereliction
88. An oppressive and cruel ruler : Despot
89. An admirer of fine arts : Dilettante
90. Unusually small : Diminutive
91. A song that is sung at the time of one's death : Dirge
92. Relating to or occurring in a 24 hour period or daily : Diurnal
93. A rounded roof on a building : Dome
94. A place where one lives permanently : Domicile
95. One who is suffering from lack of money, work etc. and is unable to change the situation:Down and out
96. A system of connected actions and methods for catching criminals : Dragnet
97. Sediment in a liquid that sinks to the bottom and is thrown away : Dregs
98. An uninteresting hardwork: Drudgery
99. One who is slow at learning: Dunce
100. The edges of a roof which hangs beyond the walls : Eaves
101. A man with an irrationally fixed idea : Eccentric
102. A circular movement of dust, wind, water etc.: Eddy
103. A thing that can be eaten : Edible
104. To kill by passing electricity through the body : Electrocute
105. A song that is sung in memory of a person who died earlier: Elegy
106. An official order forbidding trade with another country : Embargo
107. Short-lived : Ephemeral
108. One who rides on a horse : Equestrian
109. The study of the conditions in which people work effectively with machines: most Ergonomics
110. The wide lower part of a river : Estuary
111. A feeling of well-being : Euphoria
112. Worthy of duplication : Exemplary
113. A speech without preparation : Extempore
114. Any of the many sides of a cut jewel : Facet
115. Exact impression of the original : Facsimile
106. An official order forbidding trade with another country : Embargo
107. Short-lived: Ephemeral
108. One who rides on a horse: Equestrian
109. The study of the conditions in which people work effectively with machines: most Ergonomics
110. The wide lower part of a river: Estuary
111. A feeling of well-being: Euphoria
112. Worthy of duplication: Exemplary
113. A speech without preparation : Extempore
114. Any of the many sides of a cut jewel: Facet
115. Exact impression of the original : Facsimile
116. The solid waste material passed from the bowels : Faeces
117. A light humorous play full of silly things happening : Farce
118. One who finds fault with everything: Fastidious
119. Caused by fever : Febrile
120. Someone who has committed crime : Felon
121. Severe beating with a wheap or stick: Flogging
122. Relating to flowers : Floral
123. A small rather strange and stupid personal habit : Foible
124. Newspapers and their writers, considered with regard to their political influence : Fourth estate
125. A small flat brown spot in the skin : Freckle
126. A decorative edge to a piece of material : Frill
127. A picture or photograph at the beginning of a book: Frontispiece
128. One who does not understand or approve of modern ideas: Fuddy-duddy
129. To clear off disease, bacteria etc. by means of chemical smoke : Fumigate
130. A long narrow track cut by a plough : Furrow
131. Having the Earth at the centre point: Geocentric
132. Study of ageing and its problem : Gerontology
133. A person whose job is to fit glass, especially into window frames : Glazier
134. A larger supply of something greater than its ab demand: Glut
135. One who eats excessively : Glutton
136. A little pointed beard on the bottom of the chin: Goatee
137. One who is forceful, determined and likely to succeed in getting what one wants : Go-getter
138. One who helps others in trouble, without thinking of oneself: Good Samaritan
139. A deep narrow valley with steep sides: Gorge
140. A person who is fond of eating good food and drinks : Gourmet
141. Drawings or writings on a wall : Graffiti
142. A large house in the countryside with far buildings: Grange
143. A stretch of land, round a town or city, where building is not allowed, to preserve fields, wood etc. : Green belt
144. Animals living in groups: Gregarious
145. Relating to a governor : Gubernatorial
146. Expression which is used repeatedly: Hackneyed
147. A condition in which one has bad breath. Halitosis
148. A peaceful and safe place: Haven
149. A covering for the head : Headgear
150. Determined to do what one wants in spite of all advice : Headstrong
151. A valuable object passed on for generations : Heirloom
152. A person guilty of abusing religion : Heretic
153. The inner part of a country: Hinterland
154. Behaviour resembling a theatrical performance: Histrionics
155. Area destruction by fire (accidental) : Holocaust
156. Unstipulated fee to professional men : Honorarium
157. A party thrown on the occasion of moving into a new house : Housewarming
158. A lump on the back of a camel : Hump
159. One who is over-concerned about one's health: Hypochondriac
160. One who attacks cherished beliefs : Iconoclast
161. The worship of idols : Idolatry
162. That which can't be passed through: Impassable
163. A difficult situation from which there appears to be no escape : Impasse
164. Impossible to satisfy : Implacable
165. One who does not save for the future : Improvident
166. Severely ruthless or harsh: Inclement
167. Without a body: Incorporeal
168. Something that cannot be corrected: Incorrigible
169. The period through which one holds office : Incumbency
170. One who can never be tired: Indefatigable
171. To take food into stomach: Ingest
172. The upper surface of the foot between the toes and the ankle : Instep
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