Free One Word Substitution MCQs with Answers
173 One Word Substitution MCQs from English, each with the correct answer and a written explanation of why it is correct. Free and unlimited, with no account needed.
One-word substitution replaces a descriptive phrase with a single precise word, such as a person who cannot read or a place where aircraft are kept. Questions test vocabulary for people, actions, qualities, places and systems, along with distinctions between near-synonyms and correct spelling.
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- A. A man having more than one wife
- B. A woman having more than one husband
- C. A doctor having more than one specialty
- D. None of the above
Explanation: Polyandry is a marriage system in which one woman has more than one husband.
Correct answer: A woman having more than one husband- A. Autophilia
- B. Astrophilia
- C. Clinophilia
- D. Topophilia
Explanation: Topophilia means a strong emotional attachment to or love for a particular place.
Correct answer: Topophilia- A. Colours
- B. Clouds
- C. Cold
- D. Clowns
Explanation: Coulrophobia is formed from coulro, relating to clowns, and phobia, meaning an extreme fear.
Correct answer: Clowns- A. Alienate
- B. Anarchist
- C. Annihilate
- D. Aviary
Explanation: An anarchist advocates the abolition of government or established authority and order.
Correct answer: Anarchist- A. Tact
- B. Telepathy
- C. Tantalize
- D. None of these
Explanation: Telepathy is the communication of thoughts or impressions from one mind to another without using the ordinary senses.
Correct answer: Telepathy- A. Gerontocracy
- B. Gourmand
- C. Honorary
- D. Edible
Explanation: Gerontocracy means government or rule by old people, from Greek roots connected with old age and rule.
Correct answer: Gerontocracy- A. lover of books
- B. lover of bibliography
- C. lover of ideas
- D. lover of art
Explanation: A bibliophile is a person who loves or collects books, from Greek roots meaning “book” and “loving.” A bibliography is a list of books…
Correct answer: lover of books- A. epithet
- B. epigraph
- C. Soliloquy
- D. epitaph
Explanation: An epitaph is an inscription or statement written in memory of a dead person, commonly on a tomb.
Correct answer: epitaph- A. Flaw
- B. Erratum
- C. Elixir
- D. Pangaea
Explanation: An erratum is a correction of a mistake in a printed or written work, often listed as an error notice.
Correct answer: Erratum- A. Acquiescent
- B. Ubiquitous
- C. Omnipresent
- D. Omniscient
Explanation: Omniscient means knowing everything, from Latin roots meaning “all-knowing.” Omnipresent means present everywhere, not knowing everything.
Correct answer: Omniscient- A. Foundling
- B. Siblings
- C. Urchin
- D. Orphan
Explanation: A foundling is an abandoned infant or child whose parents are unknown and who is discovered by someone else.
Correct answer: Foundling- A. Swamps
- B. Hinterland
- C. Isthmuses
- D. None of these
Explanation: The hinterland is the inland area lying behind a coast, riverbank, or port.
Correct answer: Hinterland- A. Tower
- B. Herd
- C. Flock
- D. None of these
Explanation: A group of giraffes is traditionally called a “tower,” referring to their great height.
Correct answer: Tower- A. Honorary
- B. Sinecure
- C. Gratis
- D. Ex-Officio
Explanation: A sinecure is a position that requires little or no work but provides income or status.
Correct answer: Sinecure- A. Bachelor
- B. Misanthrope
- C. Spinster
- D. None of these
Explanation: “Spinster” is the traditional one-word term for an unmarried woman, although the word is now often considered outdated or potentially…
Correct answer: Spinster56. A Group of birds or a flock flying together in hundreds or even in thousands is called _______ ?
- A. Startling
- B. Murmuration
- C. Both A and B
- D. None of these
Explanation: A “murmuration” is a large, coordinated flock of birds in flight, especially starlings.
Correct answer: Murmuration- A. Intelligent
- B. Ignorant
- C. Credulous
- D. Colleague
Explanation: An ignorant person lacks knowledge or education. “Credulous” means too ready to believe things, which is a different trait.
Correct answer: Ignorant- A. Itinerant
- B. Mendicant
- C. Journeyman
- D. Tramp
Explanation: An itinerant person travels from place to place, often as part of work or lifestyle.
Correct answer: Itinerant- A. Cuckold
- B. Despotism
- C. Plagiarism
- D. Epicure
Explanation: Plagiarism is the practice of copying another person's words, work, or ideas and presenting them as one's own.
Correct answer: Plagiarism- A. Bourgeois
- B. Insomnist
- C. ventriloquist
- D. Somniloquist
Explanation: A somniloquist is a person who talks during sleep, and the act itself is called somniloquy.
Correct answer: Somniloquist