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ONE WORD SUBSTITUTION

Meaning:- A single word for many words.

                                                 

1.A post without remuneration - Honorary

2.A woman whose husband is dead. - Widow

3.A man whose wife is dead. - Widower

4.A women who entertains guests. - Hostess

5.A vehicle which is used to carry a sick or wounded person. - Ambulance

6.A vehicle which is used to carry a dead body. 

- Hearse

7.A person who is very cruel. - Fiend

8.A union of political parties. - Coalition

9.A written statement which gives us information. 

                                                                      - Memorandum

10.A hundred years. - Century-

11.A person who visits other countries for pleasure. 

      - Tourist

12.A thing which can easily be broken. - Fragile

13.A looking upon dark side of things. - Pessimism

14.A person who looks at the dark side of things. 

                                                                       - Pessimist

15.A looking upon bright side of things. - Optimism

16.A person who looks at the bright side of things.

                                                                        - Optimist

17.An idle talk. - Gossip

18.A person who examines teeth. - Dentist

19.A person who examines eyesight and sells glasses.     - Optician

20.Study of living organisms. - Biology

21.A person who studies living organisms. - Biologist

22.Study of plants. - Botany

23.A person who studies plants. - Botanist

24.Study of animals. - Zoology

25.A group of ship. - Fleet

26.A person who eats human flesh. - Cannibal

27.A plant or an animal which lives on another.

     -Parasite

28.A child whose parents are dead. - Orphan

29.A person who is a great lover of his country. - Patriot

30.A person who brings in goods from foreign country. 

      - Importer

31.A person who sends goods to another country.

      - Exporter

32.A person who writes the history of another person.

        - Biographer

33.A person who writes his life history. 

      - Autobiographer

34.The life history of a person written by himself. 

       - Autobiography

35.The life history of a person written by another

      - Biography

36.A man who remains unmarried. - Bachelor

37.A women who remains unmarried. - Maid / Spinster

38.One who can read and write. - Literate

39.One who cannot read and write. - Illiterate

40.One who believes in the existence of God. - Theist

41.One who does not believe in the existence of God.

       - Athiest

42.A person who lives in a foreign country.- Alien

43.A child of the devil. - Imp

44.One who dies for a noble cause. - Martyr

45.A skilled workman. - Master

46.A person who builds a building. - Mason

47.One who is all powerful. - Omnipotent

48.One who is present everywhere. - Omnipresent

49.One who knows everything. - Omniscient

50.One who believes in fate. - Fatalist

51.One who loves mankind. - Philanthropist

52.The letters used in writing a language. - Alphabet

53.Yearly return of the date of an event. - Anniversary

54.One who eats too much. - Glutton

55.A person who guards. - Guardian

56.A Hindu spiritual teacher. - Guru

57.A plane figure with six sides. - Hexagon

58.A writer of history. - Historian 

59.A person who tells a lie. - Liar

60.A person who writes the words of songs. - Lyricist