One Word Substitution (1-200)

Become less intense or widespread

Abate

A place where animals are slaughtered for consumption as food

Abattoir

The superior of a monastery

Abbot

To reduce to a shorter form intended to stand for the whole

Abbreviation

To give up one's authority or throne

Abdicate

Act of giving up the throne

Abdication

Deviation from the right course

Aberration

The act of washing oneself

Ablution

Formally put an end to a system, practice, or institution

Abolish

Existing in a land from the earliest times or from before the arrival of colonists

Aboriginal

The inhabitants living from the earliest times in a country // The original inhabitants / natives of a country

Aborigines

To shorten a piece of writing without losing the sense

Abridge

A shortened version of a large work

Abridgement

Cancel or do away with (a law or agreement)

Abrogate

Formal forgiveness of a person’s sins

Absolution

Wildly unreasonable, illogical or ridiculous

Absurd

To increase the speed

Accelerate

Any award, honour or laudatory notice

Accolade

A person who helps another to commit a crime or to do something morally wrong // A partner in crime

Accomplice

Be harmonious or consistent with

Accord

A person whose profession is to keep accounts

Accountant

Sharp and direct

Acerbic

The scientific study of sound

Acoustics

To decide and state officially in court that somebody is not guilty of a crime

Acquit

One who performs daring gymnastic feats // An entertainer who performs difficult physical feats

Acrobat

An abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word

Acronym

Fear of great heights

Acrophobia

To do something // to behave in a particular way // to perform a part in a play / film / function

Act

Make a machine active or operative

Activate

The ability to make good judgements and take quick decisions // Sharpness and accuracy of judgement

Acumen

A person who is physically dependent on a substance / harmful drugs

Addict

Believe in and follow the practices of

Adhere

The period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood

Adolescence

An extremely beautiful young man

Adonis

Make impure by adding inferior substances

Adulterate

A person who supports or speaks in favour of something

Advocate

Growing / existing / living in air

Aerial

Concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty

Aesthetic

A list of items to be discussed at a meeting

Agenda

Always ready to attack or quarrel // One who is hostile and violent

Aggressive

One who is not sure about God’s existence

Agnostic

Extreme mental or physical suffering

Agony

A blank book for keeping a collection of photographs, stamps or pictures

Album

Fear of pain

Algophobia

A person belonging to a foreign country // different from what you are used to // A fictional being from another world

Alien

An allowance made to a wife by her husband, when they are legally separated

Alimony

A story, play, picture, etc. in which each character / event is a symbol representing an idea / a quality, such as truth, evil, death, etc

Allegory

Words that begin with the same letter, syllable or sound // Repetition of an initial sound in two or more words of a line

Alliteration

Soil deposited by flowing water

Alluvium

The school or college in which one has been educated

Alma Mater

Mountain climbing

Alpinism

A table or flat surface where offerings are made to a deity

Altar

Instrument that measures the altitude of the land surface

Altimeter

The height above sea level

Altitude

Someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human wellbeing

Altruist

A former student of a school, college or university

Alumnus

One who plays for pleasure rather than as a profession // A person who is neither well experienced nor professional // A non-professional who is inept at a particular activity

Amateur

Fear of riding in a car

Amaxophobia

A diplomatic representative in another country

Ambassador

Able to use the left hand and right hand equally well

Ambidextrous

Capable of being understood in either of two or more possible senses, and therefore not definite

Ambiguous

Having or showing both good and bad feelings

Ambivalent

One who has the qualities like shyness and openness at the same time

Ambivert

Walk or move at a slow, relaxed pace // To walk aimlessly

Amble

Make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better

Ameliorate

Readily reacting to suggestions and influences // willing to be guided or controlled

Amenable

Someone who is friendly and good natured

Amicable

A partial or total loss of memory

Amnesia

An official pardon // the formal act of liberating someone

Amnesty

Not following any moral rules and not caring about right / wrong

Amoral

Animal that can live both on land and in water

Amphibians

A person who has had one or more limbs removed

Amputee

Comparison between things that have similar features

Analogy

Detailed examination of something complex

Analysis

A person who believes that laws and governments are not necessary // A person who believes in or tries to bring about a state of lawlessness

Anarchist

A situation in a country, an organisation, etc in which there is no government, order / control

Anarchy

The branch of science concerned with the bodily structure of humans, animals, and other living organisms

Anatomy

A person who presents a radio / television programme

Anchor

Belonging to long past

Ancient

A short, interesting or amusing story about a real person or an event

Anecdote

A medical specialist who administers drugs for relieving pain during surgery

Anesthetist

Like a weak old woman

Anile

A strong dislike / hostility

Animosity

To destroy completely

Annihilate

The date on which an event happened in some previous year

Anniversary

A fixed sum paid annually

Annuity

Whose names are not known // An unknown author

Anonymous

Obsessive desire to lose weight by refusing to eat

Anorexia

A collection of poems, stories, etc that have been written by different people and published together in a book // a collection of poems

Anthology

The study of human race, especially of its origin, development, customs and beliefs

Anthropology

Look forward to

Anticipate

A medicine to nullify the effect of poison

Antidote

Strong dislike between two persons // A deep-seated feeling of aversion

Antipathy

One who studies antique things

Antiquarian

The exact opposite

Antithesis

Words which are opposite in meaning

Antonym

A policy that segregates people on the basis of race // Policy of racial discrimination

Apartheid

A set of rooms forming one residence in a building

Apartment

Showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm, or concern

Apathetic

The feeling of not being interested in or enthusiastic

Apathy