One-word Substitution
Replace a group of words with one exact word. Learn the words by groups and roots.
Useful roots
- -cide = killing: homicide (man), fratricide (brother), patricide (father), regicide (king), genocide (race), suicide (self).
- -logy / -ist = study / expert: ornithology (birds), ecology, archaeology, astronomy; nephrologist (kidney), rhinologist (nose).
- -cracy = government: aristocracy (nobles), bureaucracy (officials), democracy (people), autocracy (one person), meritocracy (the able).
- -phobia = fear: acrophobia (heights), claustrophobia (closed places), hydrophobia (water), xenophobia (strangers).
- -vorous = eating: herbivorous (plants), carnivorous (flesh), omnivorous (everything).
- -ine = like/related to: bovine (cattle), equine (horses), canine (dogs), feline (cats); lunar (moon), solar (sun).
- in-/il-/ir- = not: illegible, inaudible, inevitable, infallible, incorrigible, irrevocable, inalienable.
- mis- = hatred: misanthrope (mankind), misogynist (women), misogamist (marriage); phil- = love: philanthropist, philatelist (stamps).
Frequently asked
Lexicographer (dictionary maker), Polyglot (many languages), Pseudonym (false name of an author), Epitaph (inscription on a tomb), Elegy (poem of mourning), Soliloquy (speaking to oneself), Extempore (without preparation), Autopsy (examination after death), Biopsy, Amnesia, Panacea (cure-all), Plagiarist, Hypocrite, Fanatic, Bigot, Optimist, Cynic, Novice, Nomad, Immigrant/Emigrant, Contemporary, Colleague, Agenda, Referendum, Amnesty, Parole, Ransom, Souvenir, Utopia, Obsolete, Unanimous, Ambiguous, Ambidextrous, Infallible, Notorious, Secular, Centenarian, Apiary (bees), Aviary (birds), Archive, Mint, Casino, Brewery, Flora/Fauna, Topography, Oxymoron.