Here are One Word Substitutions, One Word Equivalents, use of One Word Substitution, Examples of One Word Substitution, and exercise of One Word Substitution.
- A battle or match in which neither party wins: Draw
- A belief contrary to the belief generally accepted: Heresy
- A book that has information of all the branches o knowledge: Encyclopedia
- A cluster of houses in a village: Hamlet
- A collection of wild animals kept in captivity for exhibition (P-09): Menagerie
- A condition of disorder and lawlessness: Anarchy
- A conditional release of a prisoner from jail before official end: Parole
- A country ruled by two countries: Condominium
- A decision on which all agree: Unanimous
- A festive courtly dramatic performance: Masque
- A festival of the hundredth anniversary: Centenary
- A girl who flirts: Coquette
- A group that consists of different types of things or people: Heterogeneous
- A group that contains elements of the same type: Homogenous
- A lady’s purse: Reticule
- A lady’s umbrella: Parasol
- A lover of books: Bibliophile
- A lover of food and drink: Gourmet
- A lover of others: Altruist
- A man of odd habits: Eccentric
- A man who dances to the tunes of his wife: Henpecked
- A masculine woman: Amazon
- A nation engaged in war: Belligerent
- A noisy turbulent kind of woman: Virago
- Apartner in crime: Accomplice
- A period of one thousand years: Millennium
- A person behind time: Antiquated
- A person free from infection: Immune
- A person with the same name as another: Namesake
- A person who comes to live in a country from some other country: Immigrant
- A person who is fond of fighting: Bellicose
- A person who keeps changing his opinions (P-04): Turncoat
- A person who wishes to throw his establishment: Anarchist
- A place for keeping bees (T-04): Apiary
- A place of good climate: Sanatorium
- A place of washing dishes adjoining kitchen: Scullery
- A place of shelter or refuge, or psychiatric hospital (P-04, 10): Asylum
- A place with gambling tables: Casino
- A place where prostitutes are available: Brothel
- A political leader who tries to get support by making false promises and using arguments based on emotion (P-09): Demagogue
- A printed note of someone’s death: Obituary
- A religious song: Hymn
- A remarkable talent: Prodigy
- A room for the display of works of art (P-05): Gallery
- A short but amusing story: Anecdote
- A short and clear description of something: Vignette
- A speech or piece of writing that praises someone: Panegyric
- A style full of words: Verbose
- A thing kept in the memory of a person: Memento
- A verse letter: Epistle
- A war of religion: Crusade
- A woman who lures men to destroy them: Circe
- A woman who has never married: Spinster
- A word no longer in use: Obsolete
- A written declaration as an oath: Affidavit
- Act of killing one’s wife: Uxoricide
- -Allowance given to wife on legal divorce: Alimony
- An animal story with a moral: Fable
- An army of soldiers on horse: Cavalry
- An instrument for viewing objects at a distance: Telescope
- An office for which high salary is paid (P-05): Sinecure
- An unknown person: Anonymous
- Animals living on land and in water: Amphibian
- Appointment by two parties to settle a dispute: Arbiter
- Art of cutting tree and bushes into ornamental shape: Topiary
- Award given after death: Posthumous
- Borrowing ideas and stealing other’s words is called (T-10) Plagiarism
- Care taker of a public building: Custodian
- Change one’s mind too quickly: Vacillation
- Congratulate somebody in formal manner:Felicitate
- Contempt of God: Blasphemy
- Creature having both male and female organs: Hermaphrodite
- Cure for all disease (P-2000, T-01, 04): Panacea
- Custom of having many husbands: Polyandry
- Custom of having many wives (P-04): Polygamy
- Dealing of counterfeit things: Forgery
- Disease which is spread by contact: Contagious
- Doctor who treats children: Pediatrician
- Doctor of heart diseases: Cardiologist
- Doctor old age diseases: Gerontologist
- Doctor of nerve diseases: Neurologist
- Doctor of eye diseases: Ophthalmologist
- Doctor of ear diseases: Otologist
- Doctor/Specialist in detecting the origin/nature of diseases: Pathologist
- Doctor in nose diseases: Rhinologist
- Doctor of mental aberrations: Psychiatrist
- Doctor/Specialist in treating crooked teeth: Orthodontist
- Doctor of women’s diseases: Gynaecologist
- Evening prayer in the church: Vesper
- Equal in rank: Peer hellow
- Fault that may be forgiven: Venial
- Favouring own kith and kin: Nepotism
- Fear of bathing: Ablutophobia
- Fear of becoming bald: Phalacrophobia
- Fear of being robbed: Harpaxophobia
- Fear of cockroaches: Katsaridaphobia
- Fear of crowd: Ochlophobia
- Fear of darkness: Lygophobia
- Fear of death: Nicrophobia
- Fear of dentist: Dentophobia
- Fear of disease: Pathophobia
- Fear of failure: Atychiphobia
- Fear of foreigners: Xenophobia
- Fear of God: Zeusophobia
- Fear of making decisions Decidophobia
- Fear of poverty Peniaphobia
- Fear of property. Onthophobia
- Fear of radiation: Radiophobia
- Fear of riding a car Amaxophobia
- Fear of school: Scolionophobia
- Fear of sex: Genophobia
- Fear of speaking: Lalophobia
- Fear of speed: Tachophobia
- Fear of water: Hydrophobia
- Foar of words: Logophobia
- Fear of high places: Acrophobia
- Fear of large, open spaces: A goraphobia
- Fear of Britain: Anglophobia
- Fear of lightning, thunder, and storm: Astraphobia
- Fear of books: Bibliophobia
- Fear of hands: Chirophobia
- Fear of small, narrow, or enclosed place: Claustrophobia
- Fear of work: Ergophobia
- Fear of crowds: Demophobia Ochlophobia
- Fear of trees: Dendrophobia
- Fear of the French: Francophobia
- Fear of Women: Gynephobia
- Fear of speaking: Lalophobia
- Fear of germs/contamination: Mysophobia
- Fear of darkness: Nyctophobia
- Fear of everything in general: Panophobia
- Fear of strong light: Photophobia
- Fear of feet: Podophobia
- Fear of children: Pedophobia
- Fear of horses: Hippophobia
- Fear of sinning: Peccatophobia
- Fear of speaking aloud: Phonophobia
- Fear of fire: Pyrophobia
- Fear of food: Sitophobia
- Fear of syphilis (sexually transmitted disease): Syphilophobia
- Fear of death: Thanatophobia
- Fear of being poisoned: Toxophobia
- Fear of strangers: Xenophobia
- Fear of animals: Zoophobia
- First speech: Maiden
- Food agrees with one’s taste: Puldiddle
- Funny imitation of a poem:Parody
- Giving up throne by the king: Abdication
- Go back and forth: Shuttle
- Government by a few people: Oligarchy
- Government by the nobles (T-09): Aristocracy
- Government by the rich: Plutocracy
- Government by a single person: Autocracy
- Government by the Gods: Theocracy
- Government by the officials: Bureaucracy
- Government by a dictator: Autocracy
- Government by old men: Gerontocracy
- Government by women: Gynecocracy
- Government by worst citizens: Kakistocracy
- -Government by mob: Mobocracy/Ochlocracy
- Government by new, inexperienced officials: Neocracy
- Government by all: Pantisocracy
- Government by a few people: Oligarchy
- Group of three novels: Trilogy
- Group of stars: Constellation
- Incapable of being wounded: Invulnerable
- In-charge of museum /Pitch: Curator
- Indifference to pleasure or pain: Stoicism
- Instruments which makes smaller objects larger: Microscope
- Intentional destruction of racial group: Genocide
- Interval between two events: Interlude
- Just punishment for wrong doing: Nemesis
- Killing of another human being: Homicide
- Killing of bees: Apicide
- Killing of pests: Pesticide
- Killing of one’s children: Filicide
- Killing of one’s father: Patricide
- Killing of a race of people: Genocide
- Killing of one’s parents: Parricide
- Killing of populations: Populicide
- Killing of one’s sister: Sororicide
- Killing of oneself: Suicide
- Killing of one’s wife: Uxoricide
- Language difficult to understand: Jargon
- Large scale departure of people: Exodus
- List of explanation of words: Glossary
- List of goods with their price: Invoice
- Longing for things that are past (T-09): Nostalgia
- Loop of rope is called: Noose
- Loud talk, speech or quarrel (P-09): Harangue
- Lover of books: Bibliophile
- Lover of children: Paedophile
- Lover of animals: Zoophile/Zoophilist
- Lover of vegetables: Vegetarian
- Lover of meat: Carnivore/Non-vegetarian
- Lover of human flesh: Cannibal
- Lover of grandeur: Megalomaniac
- Lover of War: Warmonger
- Lover of peace: Pacifist, Peace-loving
- Lover of food: Gourmet
- Lover of good taste in art, painting etc: Connoisseur
- Lover of travelling around the world: Globe-trotter
- Lover of self: Narcissist
- Made ordinary by overuse: Hackneyed
- Man having the qualities of woman (P-2000, 05): Effeminate
- Man of lax moral: Licentious
- Man whose wife has been unfaithful to him: Cuckold
- -Mania for setting fires: Pyromania
- Mania for stealing things: Kleptomania
- Mania for talking: Logomania
- Mania for travel: Dromomania
- Mania of being important: Megalomania
- Mania for rare books: bibliomania
- Mania for drinking alcohol: Dipsomania
- Mania for writing: Graphomania
- Mania for sexual desire in female: Nymphomania
- Mania/ delusion that one has become god: Theomania
- Medical examination of a dead body: Postmortem
- Medicine which lessens pain: Anodyne
- Member of a band of robbers: Brigand
- Morning prayer: Matin
- Murdering of a family: Familicide
- Murdering of an infant: Infanticide
- Murdering of Brother: Fratricide
- Murdering of husband by his wife: Mariticide
- Murdering of the king: Regicide
- Murdering of tyrant: Tyrannicide
- Next to, but not necessarily touching (T-05): Adjacent
- Old age when a man behaves like a fool: Dotage
- One who believes one is God: Theomania
- One who believes in God Motheis
- One who believes in my God Flytheist
- One who believes that Universe are the: Panther
- One who believes that everything is pre destined: Fatalist
- One who believes that pleasure is the chief good: Hedonist
- One who bunks the chess: Tran
- One who betrays one: Traitor
- One who cats vegetables, herbaceous plats (P-09): Herbivorous
- One who steals others ideas and words: Plagiarist
- One who can easily be deceived: Gullible
- One who cannot be corrected: Incorrigible
- One who can speak two languages: Bilingual
- One who can use either of his hands with ease: Ambidextrous
- One who champions the cause of women (P-05): Feminist
- One who claims to be skilled in medicine, but he his not: Quack
- One who collects coins: Numismatis
- One who comes from a village and considered stupid: Bumpkin
- One who compiles dictionary: Lexicographer
- One who cuts precious stones: Lapidist
- One who deserts his religion/faith: A postale
- One who does not believe in God: Atheist
- One who does not care for literature: Philistine
- One who does not respect something sacred or holy: Blasphemy
- One who does not take definite stand: Evasive
- One who draws maps and charts: Cartographer
- One who cats everything (P-09): Omnivorous
- One who eats human flesh: Cannibal
- One who fights for the sake of money (T-09): Mercenary
- One who forsakes religion: Renegade
- One who has many talents: Versatile
- One who has suddenly gained new wealth: Parvenu
- One who has unreasoning enthusiasm for the glorification of one’s country: Chauvinism
- One who hates knowledge and learning (T-03): Misologist
- One who hates mankind (T-05): Misanthrope
- One who hates the institution of marriage (P-09): Misogamist
- One who is bad in spelling: Cacographic
- One who is fond of collecting postage stamps: Philatelist
- One who is fond of company (P-09): Gregarious
- One who is guilty of firing property: Arsonist
- One who is hard to please: Fastidious
- One who is imaginative, or hopeful but unrealistic: Quixotic
- One who is more interested in himself: Introvert
- One who is more interested in others: Extrovert
- One who is more than a hundred years old: Centenarian
- One who is narrow and prejudiced in religious views: Bigot
- One who is neither intelligent nor dull: Mediocre
- One who is new to a profession: Novice
- One who is not the citizen of country (T-04): Alien
- One who is opposed to war (P-09): Pacifist
- One who is talkative: Garrulous
- One who is the most powerful: Omnipotent
- One who is unable to pay his debt: Bankrupt
- One who is very careful and particular:Meticulous
- One who is very well versed in music art or any subject: Connoisseur
- One who knows everything: Omniscient
- One who knows many languages: Linguist
- One who leaves his country to settle in another: Emigrant
- One who lends money at high rate: Usurer
- One who lives on flesh: Carnivorous
- One who lives/depends on others: Parasite
- One who looks at the bright side of things: Optimist
- One who looks at the dark side of things (P-09): Pessimist
- One who loves all and sundry: Philanthropist
- One who loves books: Bibliophile
- One who loves creating humour (T-10): Humorist
- One who passes through the gate without taking permission: Trespasser
- One who pays too much attention to his clothes and appearance: Dandy
- One who plays a game for pleasure not professionally: Amateur
- One who pretends illness to escape duty: Malingerer –
- One who reads only books: Bookworm
- One who relies on experience: Empiric
- One who runs away from the law: Fugitive
- One who sacrifices his life for country: Martyr
- One who sneaks into a country: Infiltrator
- One who speaks many languages: Polyglot
- One who speaks through puppets: Ventriloquist
- One who studies skin and its diseases: Dermatologist
- One who studies the formation of the earth: Geologist
- One who talks continuously: Loquacious
- One who thinks human nature is evil: Cynic
- One who totally abstain from alcohol P-2000, 09): Teetotaler
- One who travels from place to place: Itinerant
- One who treats female problems: Gynecologist
- One who tries to break traditional ideas or institutions: Iconoclast
- One who wants to see others unhappy: Sadist
- One who works in return for being taught the trade: Disciple
- One who works without rottin any salary: Honorary
- Original inhabitants of a country: Aborigines
- One whose attitude is to eat, drink and merry: Epicurean
- Opposing arguments: Rebut
- Paper written in one’s own handwriting: Manuscript
- Part of a church in which bells are hung: Belfry
- Part of a Government which is concerned with making of rules (P-04): Legislature
- People in rowdy scene: Rabble
- People belonging to the middle class – (P-09): Bourgeoisie
- Person different to pleasure and pain: Stoic
- Person obsessed with one idea or subject: Monomaniac
- Person pretending to be somebody he is not: Imposter
- Person who believes God is everything: Bantheist.
- Person who believes that the world can be made better by human efforts (P-13): A Meliorist
- Person who easily believes others (P-09): Credulous
- Person who does not believe in any religion: Pagan
- Person who enjoys sensuous enjoyments: Epicure
- Person who has long experience: Veteran
- Person who hates women: Misogynist
- Person who holds scholarship at a university: Bursar
- Person who is against ordinary society especially dressing: Hippy
- Person who is always dissatisfied: Malcontent
- Person who is made to bear the blame: Scapegoat
- Person who kill others for political reason: Assassin
- Person who lives alone and avoids other people (P- 10)Recluse
- Person who loves nature: Aesthere
- Person who makes love for amusement: Philanderer
- Person who pretends to have more knowledge (P- 05): Charlatan
- Person who regards the whole world as his country: Cosmopolitan
- Person with a beautiful handwriting: Calligrapher
- Person without manners: Rustic
- Persuasive and fluent speech: Eloquence
- Physician who delivers babies: Obstetrician
- Place where birds are kept (T-09): Aviary
- Place where cows are sheltered: Byre
- Place where govt. records are kept: Archives
- Place where women dwelled (Ancient time): Harem
- Place which provides both board and lodging: Inn
- Plants and vegetation: Flora
- Poem narrating a popular story: Ballad
- Poem written on the death of someone loved and lost: Elegy
- Policy of political party: Manifesto
- Power of reading thoughts of others: Telepathy
- Practice of one marriage: Monogamy
- Public building where weapons are made and stored: Arsenal
- Putting off for tomorrow what can be done today (P- 04): Procrastination
- Relationship by blood or birth: Consanguinity
- Responsible according to law: Legitimate
- Ride on someone else back: Piggyback
- Ridiculous use of words: Malapropisan
- Room leading into a large room: Anteroom
- Room with toilet facilities: Lavatory
- School for infants and children: Kindergarten
- Science of birds: Ornithology
- Scat on elephant’s back. Howdah
- Send unwanted person out of the country: Deport
- Set of facts systematically arranged in rows and columns (P-03) Table
- Short journey made by a group of persons together: Ercursion
- Short remaining end of cigarette: Stub
- Short walk for pleasure or exercise: Stroll
- Slow witted person Duffer
- Song sung at burial: Dirge
- Speech by an actor at the end of play Epilogue
- Speech without preparation (P-09, T-04) Extempore
- Stage between boyhood and youth: Adolescence
- Statement which cannot be understood: Incomprehensible
- Stories of old time Gods and heroes: Legend
- Story that cannot be believed: Incredible
- Study of ancient science: Archaeology
- Study of birds: Ornithologist
- Study of human body Anatomy
- Study of mankind: Anthropology
- Study of statistics of birth, death and diseases: Demography
- Sudden rush of winds: Gust
- That may cause death: Fatal
- That which cannot be changed or altered (P-04): Irrevocable
- That which stays for a long time (P-05): Durable
- The amount paid to a man for his work: Remuneration
- The art of effective speaking: Elocution
- The life history of a person written by himself (T-03): Autobiography
- The quality of being a spendthrift (T-10): Parsimony
- The scientific study of history and development of languages (P-13): Philology
- Thing incapable of being burnt: Incombustible
- Thing that bring gentle and painless death from incurable death: Euthanasia
- Thing that cannot be touched of felt: Palpable
- Thing that destroys the effect of poison: Antidote
- Thing through which light cannot pass: Opaque
- Thing which cannot be done without: Indispensable
- Things that can be seen and touched: Tangible
- Things that cannot be understood: Unintelligible
- Those who live at the same time (T-03): Contemporary
- To accustom oneself to a foreign climate: Acclimatize
- To do away with a rule: Abrogate
- To explain a spiritual truth: Parable
- To play a role in place of another person: Surrogate
- To spread troops for battle: Deploy
- Tumour which is not likely to spread: Benign
- Unexpected stroke of good luck: Windfall
- Using of new words: Neology
- Views which are not of one’s liking: Irritating
- Walking in sleep: Somnambulism
- Which cannot be rectified: Irreparable
- Woman who has extra marital relationship: Adultery
- inscribed on a tomb: Epitaph
- Work which involves too much official formalities (T-04): Red-Tapism