120 One word substitution

Important English One Word Substitution for bank recruitment exams. Practice English One Word Substitution for admission test, recruitment exams and other service related exams.

1. One Word Substitution
A person leaving his native country to settle in another – Emigrant
A person coming to a foreign land to settle there – Immigrant
A person living in a foreign country – Alien/foreigner
A person who is voluntarily absent from home or country – expatriate
A person looking only to the bright side of things- Optimist
A person looking only to the dark side of things – Pessimist
A person giving up his faith – Apostate, Renegade
A person who always doubts – Skeptic
One who questions everything – Cynic
A person who is skilled in foreign language – Linguist
A person speaking many languages – Polyglot
A persons working in the same place – Colleague
A person with the same name as another – Namesake
Ability to read and write – Literacy
A person unable to write – Illiterate
A person devoid of knowledge – Ignorant
A person who eats only vegetable – Vegetarian
A person who eats human flesh – Cannibal
A person who eats excessively – Glutton
A doctor who treat old peoples disease – Geriatrician
A doctor who treat pregnant and helps child birth- Obstetrician
A person who treats foot disease – Chiropodist
A person who examine eyes and sell glasses – Optician
One who studies and treats the diseases of the eye – Ophthalmologist
A doctor who treats mental illnesses – Psychiatrist

2. A person who studied human mind – Psychologist
A person who reads the palm – Palmist
A person who foretells things by the start - Astrologer
A person who studies heavenly bodies – Astronomer
A person who studies ancient things and relics– Archaeologist
A person who studies earth and rocks – Geologist
A person who sells medicine – Druggist
A person who has studied on drugs and their composition – Pharmacologist
An expert in writing by hand – Chirographer
One who draws maps – Cartographer
A person who write dictionary – Lexicographer
A process of printing from a plate – Lithography
Pertaining to handwriting as an artistic expression – calligraphy
A person who deals in cattle – Drover
A person who sells flowers – Florist
A person who carves on stones – Sculptor
A person who makes earthen pots – Potter
tailoring of global products to make them suitable to local tastes & needs – Localization
A person/company that sells a particular product – Vendor
A person who travels for selling things – Hawker
A person who sells fruits and vegetables- a green grocer
One who loves books as collection – Bibliophile
One who loves wisdom – Philosopher
A person who thinks and reads a lot – Intellectual
One who believes in God – Theist
One who believes in one God – Monotheist

3. One who believes in many Gods – Polytheist
One who believes the presence of God in everything in the universe – Pantheist
Someone who attempts to be united with God through prayer – Saint
Belief or opinion contrary to what is generally accepted – Heresy
One who walks in sleep – Somnambulist
One who walks at night – Noctambulist
One who is unmarried – Celibate
One who hates marriage – Misogamy
One who hates men – Misandrist
One who hates humans – Misanthrope
One who loves and serves mankind – Philanthropist
One who is all powerful – Omnipotent
One who is all knowing – Omniscient
One who is present all over – Omnipresent
A book containing all the published work of an author – Omnibus
A person who mends water pipes – Plumber
A person who mends shoes – Cobbler
The study or activity of growing garden plants – Horticulture
Study of weather is called – Meteorology
Study of life in outer space is known as – Exobiology
The study of human development – Anthropology
The study of derivation of words – Etymology
Medicine which lessen pain – Anodyne
A cure for all disease – Panacea
Someone who enjoys or is good at talking with people – Conversationalist
A person who speaks for others – Spokesman

4. One who is greedy for money – Veracious
Have enough money to be able to buy– Afford
Money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage – Dowry
A place where money is coined – Mint
Relating to pertaining to money or involving money is – Pecuniary
Without making any payment – Gratis
Systematic killing of a racial or cultural group – Genocide
An act of mass destruction and loss of life – Holocaust
A person who was before another refers to – Predecessor
A person living at the same time with another – Contemporary
Very confident in behavior, intended to be noticed, by being brightly colored – Flamboyant
One who is pathologically self-interested is called – Egomaniac
The right and power to interpret and apply the law – Jurisdiction
One with unlimited power– Autocrat
A child who hits smaller or weaker children is called – a bully
Commencement of words with the same letter – Alliteration
Anything written in a letter after it is signed – Postscript
A written message from far off place – Telegraph
A mournful poem written on the death of someone loved and lost – Elegy
A person who writes plays – Playwright
One who copies from other writers – Plagiarist
An inclination to do kind or charitable acts – Benevolence
Having superior or intellectual interest and tastes – Elite
Highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire – Alluring
A person who collects stamps – Philatelist
A person who rides the horses in races – Jockey

5. One who is in charge of a museum – Curator
One who commits antisocial acts without guilt or pangs of conscience is called – Psychopath
A person who believes that pleasure is the chief good – Hedonist
A person free from national prejudices, looking at the world as his own – Cosmopolitan
Decision that cannot be taken back – Irrevocable
That which cannot be avoided – Inevitable
different words having same spelling and pronunciation – homonyms
words spelled the same way but differ in pronunciation – heteronym
a word formed from the initial letters of several words – acronym
the person for whom something is named – eponym
a fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role – anonym
a fictitious name used when performing a particular role – pseudonym
branch of lexicology that studies the place names of a region or a language – toponymy
Longing for something past – Nostalgia
Incapable of being seen through – Opaque
That which is perceptible by touch – Tangible
A thing no longer in use – Obsolete