English Vocabulary

75 One word Substitutes You Must Know

One word may often express the idea of a phrase. Here is a collection of 75 one word substitutes you should know.

Abdicate – To give up a throne voluntarily

Autobiography – Life story of a man written by himself.

Aggressor – A person who attacks first

Amateur – One who pursues some art or sport as hobby

Arbitrator – A person appointed by parties to settle the disputes between them

Adolescence – The period between childhood and adulthood

Bibliophile – A great lover of books

Botany – The branch of biology dealing with plant life

Bilingual – A person who speaks two languages

Catalogue – A list of books

Centenary – Celebration of a hundredth year, once –a-century

Colleague – A co-worker or a fellow-worker in the same institution

Contemporaries – Persons living in the same age

Credulous – A person who readily believes whatever is told to him/her.

Callous – A man devoid of kind feeling and sympathy

Cosmopolitan – A man with a broad and international outlook

Celibacy – Abstinence from sex

Deteriorate – To go from bad to worse

Democracy – Government of the people, for the people, by the people

Monarchy – A political system in which a state is ruled by one person

Draw – A game in which neither party wins

Egotist – A person who always thinks of himself; somebody who is selfish or self-centered

Epidemic – A contagious disease which spreads over a huge area

Extempore – A speech or a presentation made without previous preparation

Etiquette – Established rules of conduct; rules of acceptable behavior

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