One word substitution questions ( ssc, ibps , nda , cat exams )
One word substitution very important part of English subject . In every ssc cgl examination you will see 3 to 4 questions. Here we are sharing a some common, important and previous year asked one words substitution which are given below –

A Person who worships only one god | Monotheist |
A person or thing that has the same name as another | Namesake |
A person Who destroyed Property by fire | Arsonist |
A Speech Made without Preparation | Extempore |
A list of passengers and luggage | Waybill |
A place Where Money is Coined | Mint |
Done With Good judgement | Judicious |
A person Who Collect Coin | Numismatist |
One Who Speak For Other | Spokesman |
A person Who is fluent in Two Languages | Bilingual |
A Strong Dislike | Animosity |
A place of Shelter for Ships | Harbour |
One Who Hate Marriage | Misogamist |
Incapable of Being Corrected | Incorrigible |
That Which Can not Read Easily | illegible |
One Who is bad in Spelling | Cacographist |
Murder Of a Brother | Fratricide |
A Government By Officials | Bureaucracy |
A place Where Birds are Kept | Aviary |
Walk in a slow Relexed Way | Saunter |
To Give up the Throne or other office of Dignity | Abdicate |
A Hater Of Women | Misogynist |
One Who Take Care Of Building | Warden |
Partner In Crime | Accomplice |
A Book Written By An Unknown | Anonymous |
A Highly Skilled Musician | Virtuoso |
A Record Of Historical Events | Archives |
Put Side By Side | Juxtapose |
A General Paradon of Offenders | Amnesty |
Found All over the World | Universal |
A Reckless Impetuous Irresponsible Person | Swashbuckler |
A Building in Which Cow are Kept | Byre |
Animal that feeds on Plant | Herbivorous |
Someone Who Makes Candies and other Sweets | Confectioner |
Place Of Burial | Cemetery |
A person Who Gambles or Bets | Punter |
A Small Village or a group of houses | Colony |
An Animal Story With a Moral | Fable |
Study of Evolution Of Mankind | Anthropology |
Mania For Travel | Dromomania |
Members Of a band Of Robbers | Brigand |
One Words substitution for Competitive exams
An Insect With Many Legs | Centipede |
That Can be Cured | Curable |
Any Type Of Drink Except Water | Beverage |
A person Who Practises Celibacy | Celibate |
A Person Who can not hear | Deaf |
An Animal With Two Feet | Biped |
Words Written On a Tombstone | Epitaph |
One Who Goes to Settle In a Foreign country | Emigrant |
A person Who Loves or Collects Books | Bibliophile |
A Disease Spread by Contact | Contagious |
One Who Lacks Knowledge | Ignorant |
One Who Worships Idols | Idolator |
Shelter For Pet Dogs | Kennel |
Person With no Belief in a religion | Infidel |
A Child Whose parents are dead | Orphan |
One That Present Everywhere | Omnipresent |
A Child Born After the Death Of its Father | Posthumous |
A Student Who Run Away from Class Without Permission | Truant |
One Who Flarts With Ladies | Philanderer |
Very Greddy in Eating | Voracious |
Crime Of Killing One’s Wife | Uxoricide |
One Who is Habitually Silent | Taciturn |
A Branch Of Medical Science that deal with Bones | Ostoelogy |
Murderer Of One’s Father | Patricide |
An Elderly Unmarried woman | Spinster |
One Who Gets Angry at Ones | Irritable |
Perfect In The Practice Of an art | Consummate |
A person Who Thinks Unselfishly for others | Altruist |
A Plant that Grows in Water | Aquatic |
A False notion or Idea about anything | Delusion |
Intence Desire to be open Spaces | Angromania |
A Large Group Of Star | Galaxy |
Something No Longer in Use | Obsolete |
Give And Recieve Mutually | Reciprocate |
A Four Footed Animal | Quadruped |
One Who Is Greedy | Voracious |
Deep In Thought | Pensive |
Wild and Noisy Disorder | Pandemonium |
A Group Of Girls | Bevy |
One Who Walk in Sleep | Somnambulist |
A Method Which Never Fails | Infallible |
A person Who Never Takes Alcoholic drinks | Teetotaller |
Inability to Sleep | Insomnia |
An Occasion Of Great Importance | Momentous |
One Who Breaks The Law | Transgressor |
To Run Away With Lover | Elope |
A Post With Little Work But High Salary | Sinecure |
In a threatening Manner | Ghastly |
Someone Having Many Skills | Versatile |
A Collection Of Bee | Hive |
A Group Of Elephants | Herd |
A Group Of Monkeys | Troop |
A Group Of Rats | Mischief |
A Group Of Jellyfish | Bloom |
A Group Of Bears | Sloth |
A Group Of Crows | Murder |
A Group Of Foxes | Skulk |
A Group Of Leopards | Leap |
The Scientific Study of Elections | Pshepolgy |
A Shady Fertile place in a Desert | Oasis |
One Who Never Gives Up | Sedulous |
A Person Who has Changed His Faith | Apostasy |
A Person Who Enters Without Any Invitation | Intruder |
The Study Of Grammar | Syntax |
The Study Of Light | Optics |