One word substitution–25
Continuing our tryst with our exploration of ‘one word substitution‘ list, we present more words as they keep coming. These words are intended to give the exact meaning of a sentence by a single word. These types of lists come pretty handy if you want to improve your vocabulary in English language.
| One who searches for minerals or mining sites. | Prospector |
| One under the protection of another. | Protege |
| One who pretends to be a doctor. | Quack |
| An expert at story-telling. | Raconteur |
| One who retires from society to live a solitary life. | Recluse |
| A newly enlisted soldier or sailor. | Recruit |
| One who takes refuge in a foreign country. | Refugee |
| One who walks in his sleep. | Somnambulist |
| One who talks in his sleep. | Somniloquist |
| One whose reasoning is clever yet false. | Sophist |
| One who hides away on a ship to obtain a free passage. | Stowaway |
| One who takes over after another. | Successor |
| One given up to luxurious living. | Sybarite |
| One who abstains from alcoholic drinks. | Teetotaller |
| One who eats no animals flesh. | Vegetarian |
| One who has the art of speaking in such a way that the sound seems to come from another person/place. | Ventriloquist |
| One who offers his service of his own free will. | Volunteer |
| One given to sensual pleasures and bodily enjoyment. | Voluptuary |
| A lover of animals. | Zoophilist |
| Government by the nobility. | Aristocracy |
| Government by a sovereign with uncontrolled authority. | Autocracy |
| The right of self-government. | Autonomy |
| Government by departments of state. | Bureaucracy |
| An official numbering of the population. | Census |
| The wife or husband of a king or queen. | Consort |
| Government by divine guidance/Government of the church by bishops. | Episcopacy |
| The period between two reigns. | Interregnum |
| Government by the worst citizens. | Kakistocracy |
| Government by a few. | Oligarchy |
| Government by the wealthy. | Plutocracy |
| The science of government. | Politics |
| To decide a political question by the direct vote of the whole electorate. | Referendum |
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