One Word Substitution

One Word Substitution

One Word Substitution: Study Material Made Easy with Emojis 📝✨

What is One Word Substitution? 🤔

Using a single word to replace a lengthy phrase, making sentences clearer and shorter.
Example: “A person who can use both hands with ease” → Ambidextrous ✋🤚

Categories of One Word Substitution 📚

Generic Terms 🏷️
Government/Systems 🏛️
Venue/Spots 🏟️
Group/Collection 👥
People/Person 🧑‍🤝‍🧑
Murder/Death ⚰️
Profession/Research 👩‍🔬
Sound 🔊

Important Examples with Emojis

Generic Terms

Abdication: Giving up the throne 👑
Almanac: Annual calendar with important dates 📅
Amphibian: Animal living in water & land 🐸
Allegory: Story with a hidden meaning 📖
Belligerent: Nation/person at war ⚔️
Biopsy: Examining tissue from a living body 🧫
Blasphemy: Speaking disrespectfully about sacred things 🙊
Chronology: Arrangement of events by date 📆
Crusade: Vigorous campaign for change ✊
Ephemeral: Lasting for a very short time ⏳
Extempore: Done without preparation 🎤
Exonerate: Free from blame or duty 🆓
Gregarious: Fond of company 🤗
Indelible: Cannot be removed 🖊️
Infallible: Incapable of making mistakes ✅
Inevitable: Certain to happen ☑️
Nostalgia: Longing for the past 🕰️
Panacea: Remedy for all problems 💊
Pedantic: Too concerned with rules 📏
Plagiarism: Copying someone’s work 📝
Potable: Safe to drink 💧
Regalia: Royal emblems 👑
Sacrilege: Violation of something sacred 🚫
Sinecure: Job with little work but good status 💼
Souvenir: A keepsake or reminder 🎁
Utopia: Imaginary perfect society 🌈
Verbatim: In exactly the same words 🗣️

Government/Systems

Anarchy: Absence of government 🏴
Aristocracy: Rule by nobility 👑
Autocracy: Rule by one absolute power 👤
Bureaucracy: Rule by officials 🗂️
Democracy: Rule by the people 🗳️
Gerontocracy: Rule by old people 👴
Kakistocracy: Rule by the worst people 😬
Monarchy: Rule by a king/queen 👑
Oligarchy: Rule by a few 👥
Plutocracy: Rule by the wealthy 💰
Secular: Not religious 🚫✝️

Venue/Spots

Archives: Place for historical documents 📚
Aviary: Place for keeping birds 🐦
Abattoir: Slaughterhouse 🐄
Apiary: Place for bees 🐝
Aquarium: Place for fish 🐠
Arena: Place for events/conflicts 🏟️
Arsenal: Place for weapons 🔫
Asylum: Place for mentally ill 🏥
Burrow: Rabbit’s home 🐇
Casino: Place for gambling 🎰
Cemetery: Burial ground ⚰️
Cloakroom: Place for coats/luggage 🧥
Crematorium: Place for cremation 🔥
Dormitory: Shared bedroom 🛏️
Gymnasium: Place for exercise 🏋️
Granary: Storehouse for grain 🌾
Hangar: Place for aircraft 🛩️
Kennel: Dog’s shelter 🐕
Mint: Place for making coins 🪙
Menagerie: Collection of wild animals 🦁
Morgue: Place for keeping dead bodies 🧟
Orchard: Place for fruit trees 🍏
Reservoir: Large water supply 💧
Scullery: Small kitchen room 🍽️
Wardrobe: Cupboard for clothes 👗

Group/Collection

Battery: Group of guns/missiles 💣
Bale: Large bundle 📦
Bevy: Large gathering of people 👥
Bouquet: Arrangement of flowers 💐
Brood: Family of young animals 🐣
Caravan: Group traveling together 🚙
Clique: Exclusive group 🕴️
Constellation: Group of stars ✨
Cortege: Funeral procession ⚰️
Congregation: Group of worshippers 🙏
Drove: Herd/flock being driven 🐑
Flotilla: Small fleet of boats 🚤
Grove: Small group of trees 🌳
Hamlet: Small community 🏡
Horde: Large group of people 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦
Shoal: Group of fish 🐟
Torrent: Fast-moving stream 🌊

People/Person

Agnostic: Not sure about God’s existence 🤔
Arsonist: Sets fire to buildings 🔥
Amateur: Does for pleasure, not profession 🎨
Ambidextrous: Uses both hands easily ✋🤚
Auditor: Examines accounts 📊
Anarchist: Believes in lawlessness 🚫
Apostate: Changes faith 🔄
Atheist: Does not believe in God 🚫🙏
Arbitrator: Settles disputes ⚖️
Ascetic: Lives a simple life 🧘
Bohemian: Unconventional lifestyle 🎭
Cacographer: Bad at spellings ❌✍️
Cannibal: Eats human flesh 🧟
Chauvinist: Aggressively patriotic 🇫🇷
Connoisseur: Art/craft expert 🎨
Contemporaries: Living at the same time 🕰️
Convalescent: Recovering from illness 🤒➡️🙂
Coquette: Flirtatious woman 💃
Cosmopolitan: Citizen of the world 🌍
Cynic: Sneers at others’ beliefs 😏
Demagogue: Leader who appeals to emotions 🗣️
Dilettante: Dabbler in arts/sciences 🎭
Epicure: Loves eating/drinking 🍽️
Egotist: Talks about achievements 🗣️🏆
Emigrant: Leaves country to settle elsewhere ✈️
Effeminate: Man with womanly habits 👱‍♂️💃
Fastidious: Hard to please 😤
Fugitive: Runs from justice 🏃‍♂️
Fatalist: Believes in fate 🧿
Gourmand: Loves good food 🍲
Heretic: Acts against religion 🚫
Hypochondriac: Imagines illnesses 🤒
Henpeck: Controlled by wife 👩‍❤️‍👨
Iconoclast: Attacks traditions 🪓
Introvert: Shy, reserved person 🙈
Insolvent: Unable to pay debts 💸
Misanthrope: Dislikes people 🙅‍♂️

Murder/Death

Cortege: Funeral procession ⚰️
Elegy: Poem for the dead 📝
Epitaph: Words on a tombstone 🪦
Filicide: Killing one’s child 🙅‍♂️
Genocide: Killing a large group 🧑‍🤝‍🧑❌
Homicide: Killing a person 🗡️
Infanticide: Killing an infant 👶❌
Matricide: Killing one’s mother 👩❌
Obituary: Death notice in news 📰
Parricide: Killing a parent/relative 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦❌
Patricide: Killing one’s father 👨❌
Postmortem: Examining a dead body 🕵️‍♂️
Regicide: Killing a king 🤴❌
Suicide: Killing oneself 😔
Uxoricide: Killing one’s wife 👩❌

Profession/Research

Alchemy: Medieval chemistry 🧪
Anchor: TV/radio presenter 🎤
Anthropologist: Studies mankind evolution 🧑‍🔬
Astronaut: Space traveler 👩‍🚀
Botany: Study of plants 🌱
Cartographer: Map maker 🗺️
Calligrapher: Beautiful handwriting ✍️
Choreographer: Dance sequence creator 💃
Chauffeur: Hired driver 🚗
Compere: Show host 🎤
Curator: Museum keeper 🏛️
Demography: Study of statistics 📊
Florist: Sells flowers 💐
Genealogy: Study of ancestry 🧬
Horticulture: Gardening expert 🌻
Invigilator: Exam supervisor 🕵️‍♀️
Lexicographer: Dictionary compiler 📖
Odontology: Study of teeth 🦷
Radio Jockey: Radio presenter 📻
Rhetoric: Art of effective speaking 🗣️
Sculptor: Makes sculptures 🗿
Zoology: Study of animals 🦁

Sound

Acoustics: Study of sound properties 🎶
Bellow: Sound of alligators 🐊
Bell: Sound of deer 🦌
Caw: Sound of crows 🦅
Cackle: Sound of geese 🦢
Cluck: Sound of hens 🐔
Croak: Sound of frogs 🐸
Gibber: Sound of monkeys 🐒
Grunt: Sound of camels 🐫
Hoot: Sound of owls 🦉
Honk: Sound of penguins 🐧
Moo: Sound of cattle 🐄
Neigh: Sound of horses 🐎
Quack: Sound of ducks 🦆
Squeak: Sound of rats 🐀
Trumpet: Sound of elephants 🐘
Whine: Sound of mosquitoes 🦟

Sample Practice Questions with Answers 📝

Government wing making rules: Legislature 🏛️
Life history written by oneself: Autobiography ✍️
One who does not drink alcohol: Teetotaller 🚱
Speech without preparation: Extempore 🎤
Disease attacking many in an area: Epidemic 🦠
Sound of monkeys: Gibber 🐒
People living at the same time: Contemporaries 🕰️
Sets fire to buildings: Arsonist 🔥
Bad in spellings: Cacographer ❌✍️
Community smaller than a village: Hamlet 🏡

Tip:

Practice these one word substitutions to make your English concise and impressive!
Use emojis to help you remember meanings quickly! 😃

Keep revising and practicing for a high score! 🌟¹

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