One word substitution adds beauty to sentences.

they help in shortening the sentences as well as

make our verbal and written communication more effective. One word substitutions are helpful
from exam point of view as well. Almost all government exam where English is asked, one word
substitution is essential part of the exam.

One word substitutions helps in scoring good marks in less time as there is no need to do nay
calculation like mathematics. If you know the answer you will mark it otherwise not, one word
substitutions are that simple. This has been taken from previous year question paper of ssc.

In this article we are going to discuss top 100 one word substitution for ssc and bank exams.

Click here to download top 100 one word substitution as PDF format.

1. A post with little work but high salary : Sinecure

2. Occurring at night : Nocturnal
3. Calmness and indifference to sufferings : Stoicism
4. The practice of submitting a proposal to popular vote : Referendum
5. One who tends to take hopeful view of life : Optimist
6. One who is known for bad acts : Notorious
7. That which cannot be called back : Irrevocable
8. One ho believes in giving equal opportunity to women :
9. To run away with a lover : Elope
10. A person who writes decoratively : Calligrapher
11. A person who tests eye sight : Ophthalmologist
12. One who loves books : Bibliophile
13. Military waking signal sounded in the morning : Reveille
14. One who walks in sleep : Somnambulist
15. Study of insects : Entomology
16. Study of words : Etymology
17. A place where Jews worship according to their religion : Synagogue
18. The sound of Funeral bell : Knell
19. Scientific study of birds : Ornithology
20. To be biased against : Prejudiced
21. A remedy for all disease : Panacea
22. A shy look that is lustful : Leer
23. A pen for small animals : Hutch
24. First public speech delivered by a person : Maiden speech
25. Bitter and violent attack in words : Diatribe
26. Causing or ending in death : Fatal
27. A method which never fails : Infallible
28. One who collects coin : Numismatist
29. A road bordered with trees : Boulevard
30. Murder of parents : Parricide
31. Something capable of being done : Feasible
32. The study of maps : Cartography
33. A building where an audience sits : Auditorium
34. A doctor who treats children : Pediatrician
35. A person who is unable to pay his debts : Insolvent
36. The art of good eating : Gastronomy
37. A person who is going foreign land to settle there : Immigrant
38. One who has become dependent on something or drugs : Addict
39. Science of disease : Pathology
40. Constant effort to achieve something : Perseverance
41. Tough tissues in joints : Ligaments
42. Pertaining to cattle : Bovine
43. One who can use both hands equally well : Ambidextrous
44. One who hates women : Misogynist
45. Intense fear or dislike : Phobia
46. Occurring at irregular interval of time : Sporadic
47. A violent storm : Tempest
48. One who finds nothing good in anything : Cynic
49. One who compiles a dictionary : Lexicographer
50. Handwriting that can-not be read : Illegible
51. A child born after the death of its father : A posthumous child
52. A situation that stops an activity from progressing : Bottleneck
53. A [person who loves mankind : Philanthropist
54. T give one's authority to other : Delegate
55. A animal story with moral : Fable
56. Fit to be eaten : Edible
57. One who eats both vegetable and meat : Omnivorous
58. The killing of whole group of people : Genocide
59. Place where wine is made : Brewery
60. Related to moon : Lunar
61. Animal that feed on plants : Herbivorous
62. To injure one's reputation : Defame
63. One who eats too much : Glutton
64. One who knows everything : Omniscient
65. Detailed plan of journey : Itinerary
66. One who takes care of building : Warden
67. One who possess many talents : Versatile
68. One who is all powerful : Omnipotent
69. A medicine to nullify the effect of poison : Antidote
70. A person who repairs broken window glasses : Glazier
71. The practice of having many wives : Polygamy
72. A words that reads the same backwards or forwards : Palindrome
73. An assembly of worshipers : Congregation
74. A professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army : Mercenary
75. An extract from a book of writing : Excerpt
76. A heavy continuous fall of rain : Downpour
77. Passing out of use : Obsolescent
78. Government by the few people : Oligarchy
79. A drug or other substance that induces sleep : Sedative
 80. Having a stale smell taste : Rancid
81. That which can not be corrected : Incorrigible
82. Lack of feeling : Apathy
83. A small village or group of houses : Hamlet
84. Incapable of being tired : Indefatigable
85. A medicines that softens the bowels : Laxative
86. A written declaration of government or political party : Manifesto
87. A policy that segregates people on the basis of race : Apartheid
88. A method of boiling briefly to cook food : Parboil
89. A recurrent compulsive urge to steal : Kleptomania
90. A person who deliberately sets fire to buildings : Arsonist
91. One who makes an official examination of accounts : Auditor
92. A land fit for growing plants : Arable
93. Fear of telling lies : Mythophobia
94. Study of skin and its disease : Taxidermy
95. A person who worship only one god : Monotheist
96. One who pretends to what he is not : Hypocrite
97. To destroy completely : Annihilate
98. A handsome man : Adonis
99. Someone not fit to be chosen : Ineligible
100. A person who is easily deceived or tricked : Gullible

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