ONE WORD SUBSTITUTE

 

ONE WORD SUBSTITUTE

Introduction

•       In a world where time is money, brevity in communication is appreciated. In the professional world, you are expected to be precise and efficient with words.

•       Let us look at two sentences with the same meaning, but with different word counts.

•       1. I would like to study the branch of science that studies space and celestial objects.

•       One word for ‘ the branch of science that studies space and celestial objects is “ astronomy

•       So the sentence 1 can be written as

2. I would like to study astronomy

 

One word substitutes (Examples)

•       1. One who can use both hands equally well- ambidextrous

•       2. Animals that can live on both land and water-amphibious

•       3. A person who loves books-bibliophile

•       4. The art of beautiful writing-calligraphy

•       5. One who journeys on foot- pedestrian

•       6. One who eats human flesh- cannibal

•       7. A period of ten years-decade

•       8. A period of 15 days-fortnight

•       9. A specialist who treats skin diseases-dermatologist

•       10. a person who leaves his country to live in another-  emigrant

•       11. mercy killing-euthanasia

•       12. Animal that eats only plants herbivore

•       13. Animal that eats only flesh   -carnivore

•       14. Animal that eats plants and flesh-omnivore

•       15. that which cannot be eaten inedible

•       16. One who is unable to read and write   illiterate

•       17. One who collects coins- numismatist

•       18. One who collects stamps- philatelist

•       19. One who looks at the brighter side of life- optimist

•       20. One who looks at the dark side if the life-pessimist

•       21.  The study of birds- ornithology

•       22. murder of one’s father- patricide

•       23. murder of one’s mother- matricide

•       24. killing of one’s brother or sister- fratricide

•       25. murder of one’s wife- uxoricide

•       26. murder of a husband by his wife-matricide

•       27. murder of a king-regicide

•       28. killing oneself deliberately- suicide

•       29. one who loves mankind- philanthropist

•       30. one who carves on stone- sculptor

•       31.Some one who does not take alcohol- teetotaler

•       32. A woman whose husband is dead-widow

•       33. A man whose wife is dead- widower

•       34. fear of strangers- xenophobia

•       35. one who is all powerful - omnipotent

•       36.one who si present everywhere- omnipresent

•       37. one who knows many languages- polyglot

•       38. practice of having several wives-polygamy

•       39. practice of having several husbands-polyandry

•       40. a study of animals- zoology

•       41. life history of a person written by some one- biography

•       42. Life history of a person written by himself-autobiography

•       43. practice of having two wives/ husbands-bigamy

•       44. a study of a man- anthropology

•       45. murder of human being- homicide

•       46. murder of infant-infanticide

•       47. a medical examination of a dead body-postmortem

•       48. a sound which can not be heard- inaudible

•       49. an instrument of seeing distant objects- telescope

•       50. fear of water- hydrophobia

•       51. one who can not be corrected-incorrigible

•       52. one who hates man kind- misanthrope

•       53. the scientific study of plants-botany

•       54. the scientific study of insects-entomology

•       55. a person who does not believe in god- atheist

•       56.a collection of poems- anthology

•       57. a list of headings of the business to be transacted in a meeting-agenda

•       58. government by officials- bureaucracy

•       59. specialist in heart diseases- cardiologist

•       60. murder of race -genocide

•       61. the art of cultivating and managing gardens-horticulture

•       62. one who supervises in the exam hall-invigilator

•       63. a place where dead bodies are kept for post mortem- mortuary

•       64. one who knows everything-omniscient

•       65. a place for horses- stable

•       66. a partner in crime- accomplice

•       67. one who has strange habits- eccentric.

•       68. one who copies from other writers- plagiarist

•       69. a pleasant  song used for causing children to sleep-lullaby

•       70. an instrument for measuring temperature- thermometer

 

Additional exercises:

•       A. Substitute a single word from the list, for the underlined words in the sentence(November/December 2019)

•       ( malnourished, illiterate. Irreparable, sculpture)

•       1. The children on Somalia are not given good food

•       2. One could find lots of art in stones in Mahapalipuram.

•       3.The bag is old and can not be repaired

•       4. The man does not know to read and write

•       B.Give single word substitute for the following: (April/May 2019)

•       1. A company with branches in many countries

•       multinational

•       2. One who looks at the brighter side of things

•       optimist

•       3. a speech made without preparation

•       extempore

•       4. fit to be eaten

•       Edible

•       C. Substitute a single word from the list for underlined words in the sentence( November/ December 2019

Horrible          heritage          ignited       petrified

 

1. The weather was bad and unpleasant

2. The girl was frightened and unable to move

3. India has a rich history and tradition

4. The flame was started by a short circuit.

Answers:

1. was bad and unpleasant: horrible

2. frightened and unable to  move- petrified

3. history and tradition- heritage

4.  was started- ignited

               

                D. Substitute a single word for the underlined words in the sentence (model question paper)

                (Inflate                 exotic   itinerary              marvelous          souvenir              enjoyment)

                1. We are going to make the plan of our journey

                2. You need to fill air into your life jacket

                3. I bought some things  as a reminder of the place

                4. These trees are from South America. They are introduced from another country

                Answers

                1. the plan of our journey                            itinerary                             

                2. fill air into                                                  Inflate

                3. things  as a reminder of the place            souvenir

                4. introduced from another country             exotic  

Assignment:

•       Find one word substitute for the following:

•       1. The study of birds

•       2. the murder of infants-

•       3. writing that cannot be read-

•       4. an uneducated person-

•       5. The scientific study of animals and their behaviour-

•       6. The study of sounds made by human voice in speech-

•       7. The scientific study of living things-

•       8. the scientific study of human mind and behaviour-

•       9. the branch of science that studies space and celestial objects-

•       10. one who comes to a country from another in order to settle there-

•       11. murder of human beings-

•       12. a person who leaves his country to live in another-

•       13. the animal that eats only plants-

•       14. a five sided plane figure-

•       15. one who carves on stone-

•       16. a government by the people-

•       17. a life history written by oneself- -

•       18.  one who is able to make eloquent speech-

•       19. That which cannot be conquered-

•       20. an instrument for measuring temperature-

Answers:

                1.ornithology

                2. infanticide

                3. illegible

                4. illiterate

5. zoology

6.phonetics

7. biology

8. psychology

9. astronomy

10. immigrant

11.homicide

12. emigrant

13. herbivore

14. pentagon

15. sculptor

16. democracy

17. autobiography

18. orator

19.invincible

20. thermometer