One-Word Substitution

One word substitution means a single word for a number of words, expressions, phrases or even clauses.

The life history of a man written by himself. = Autobiography

A person who believes that there is no God. = Atheist
A medicine which counteracts the effects of poison. = Antidote
A person who does something not professionally but for pleasure. = Amateur
A person residing in a country of which he is not a citizen. = Alien
That does not bear the name of the writer. = Anonymous
Government by a ruler who has unlimited power. = Autocracy
A diplomatic representative of one country in another. = Ambassador
A traveller in space. = Astronaut
An assembly of listeners. = Audience
To give up the throne. = Abdicate
A medicine which prevents infection by killing germs. = Antiseptic
The science of vegetable life. = Botany
The science which treats of life. = Biology
Government by the officials = Bureaucracy
The life history of a man written by someone else. = Biography
One who has narrow and prejudiced religious views. = Bigot
Festival of the hundredth anniversary. = Centenary
The man who can eat human flesh. = Cannibal
Place for burials other than a churchyard. = Cemetery
Place for cremating of dead bodies. = Crematorium
A person who is free from national prejudices. = Cosmopolitan
People working together in the same office or department. = Colleague
Belonging to the same time. = Contemporary
Substance designed to make the skin or hair more beautiful. = Cosmetics
That can be believed. = Credible
The state of being unmarried. = Celibacy
He is an artist that draws comic pictures. = Caricaturist
A government of the people by the people and for the people. = Democracy
A battle or a match in which neither party wins. = Drawn
Want of rain. = Drought
A disease that spreads over a large area. = Epidemic
Articles sent from one country to another. = Export
Which is fit to be eaten. = Edible
A selfish person who always thinks of himself. = Egoist
Fit to be chosen. = Eligible
A person who leaves his own country and goes to live in another. = Emigrant
A speech delivered without previous preparation. = Extempore