ONE WORD
SUBSTITUTES – B
1. Baconian adj. Of or pertaining to Lord Bacon or
his system of philosophy.
2.
bacterium n. A microbe.
3.
badger v. To pester.
4.
baffle v. To foil or frustrate.
5.
bailiff n. An officer of court having
custody of prisoners under arraignment.
6.
baize n. A single-colored napped
woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
7.
bale n. A large package prepared for
transportation or storage.
8.
baleful adj. Malignant.
9.
ballad n. Any popular narrative poem,
often with epic subject and usually in lyric form.
10. balsam
n. A medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.
11. banal
adj. Commonplace.
12. barcarole
n. A boat-song of Venetian gondoliers.
13. barograph
n. An instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric
pressure.
14. barometer
n. An instrument for indicating the atmospheric pressure per unit of surface.
15. barring
prep. Apart from.
16. baritone
adj. Having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
17. bask
v. To make warm by genial heat.
18. bass
adj. Low in tone or compass.
19. baste
v. To cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
20. baton
n. An official staff borne either as a weapon or as an emblem of authority or
privilege.
21. battalion
n. A body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a
regiment.
22. batten
n. A narrow strip of wood.
23. batter
n. A thick liquid mixture of two or more materials beaten together, to be used
in cookery.
24. bauble
n. A trinket.
25. bawl
v. To proclaim by outcry.
26. beatify
v. To make supremely happy.
27. beatitude
n. Any state of great happiness.
28. beau
n. An escort or lover.
29. becalm
v. To make quiet.
30. beck
v. To give a signal to, by nod or gesture.
31. bedaub
v. To smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
32. bedeck
v. To cover with ornament.
33. bedlam
n. Madhouse.
34. befog
v. To confuse.
35. befriend
v. To be a friend to, especially when in need.
36. beget
v. To produce by sexual generation.
37. begrudge
v. To envy one of the possession of.
38. belate
v. To delay past the proper hour.
39. belay
v. To make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
40. belie
v. To misrepresent.
41. believe
v. To accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
42. belittle
v. To disparage.
43. belle
n. A woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty,
accomplishments, etc.
44. bellicose
adj. Warlike.
45. belligerent
adj. Manifesting a warlike spirit.
46. bemoan
v. To lament
47. benediction
n. a solemn invocation of the divine blessing.
48. benefactor
n. A doer of kindly and charitable acts.
49. benefice
n. A church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine
service.
50. beneficent
adj. Characterized by charity and kindness.
51. beneficial
adj. Helpful.
52. beneficiary
n. One who is lawfully entitled to the profits and proceeds of an estate or
property.
53. benefit
n. Helpful result.
54. benevolence
n. Any act of kindness or well-doing.
55. benevolent
adj. Loving others and actively desirous of their well-being.
56. benign
adj. Good and kind of heart.
57. benignant
adj. Benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
58. benignity
n. Kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.
59. benison
n. Blessing.
60. bequeath
v. To give by will.
61. bereave
v. To make desolate with loneliness and grief.
62. berth
n. A bunk or bed in a vessel, sleeping-car, etc.
63. beseech
v. To implore.
64. beset
v. To attack on all sides.
65. besmear
v. To smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.
66. bestial
adj. Animal.
67. bestrew
v. To sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
68. bestride
v. To get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
69. bethink
v. To remind oneself.
70. betide
v. To happen to or befall.
71. betimes
adv. In good season or time.
72. betroth
v. To engage to marry.
73. betrothal
n. Engagement to marry.
74. bevel
n. Any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
75. bewilder
v. To confuse the perceptions or judgment of.
76. bibliomania
n. The passion for collecting books.
77. bibliography
n. A list of the words of an author, or the literature bearing on a particular
subject.
78. bibliophile
n. One who loves books.
79. bibulous
adj. Fond of drinking.
80. bide
v. To await.
81. biennial
n. A plant that produces leaves and roots the first year and flowers and fruit
the second.
82. bier
n. A horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to
the grave.
83. bigamist
n. One who has two spouses at the same time.
84. bigamy
n. The crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
85. bight
n. A slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a
coast-line.
86. bilateral
adj. Two-sided.
87. bilingual
adj. Speaking two languages.
88. biograph
n. A bibliographical sketch or notice.
89. biography
n. A written account of one's life, actions, and character.
90. biology
n. The science of life or living organisms.
91. biped
n. An animal having two feet.
92. birthright
n. A privilege or possession into which one is born.
93. bitterness
n. Acridity, as to the taste.
94. blase
adj. Sated with pleasure.
95. blaspheme
v. To indulge in profane oaths.
96. blatant
adj. Noisily or offensively loud or clamorous.
97. blaze
n. A vivid glowing flame.
98. blazon
v. To make widely or generally known.
99. bleak
adj. Desolate.
100.
blemish n. A mark that mars beauty.
101.
blithe adj. Joyous.
102.
blithesome adj. Cheerful.
103.
blockade n. The shutting up of a town,
a frontier, or a line of coast by hostile forces.
104.
boatswain n. A subordinate officer of
a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
105.
bodice n. A women's ornamental
corset-shaped laced waist.
106.
bodily adj. Corporeal.
107.
boisterous adj. Unchecked merriment or
animal spirits.
108.
bole n. The trunk or body of a tree.
109.
bolero n. A Spanish dance,
illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
110.
boll n. A round pod or seed-capsule,
as a flax or cotton.
111.
bolster v. To support, as something
wrong.
112.
bomb n. A hollow projectile containing
an explosive material.
113.
bombard v. To assail with any missile
or with abusive speech.
114.
bombardier n. A person who has charge
of mortars, bombs, and shells.
115.
bombast n. Inflated or extravagant
language, especially on unimportant subjects.
116.
boorish adj. Rude.
117.
bore v. To weary by tediousness or
dullness.
118.
borough n. An incorporated village or
town.
119.
bosom n. The breast or the upper front
of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.
120.
botanical adj. Connected with the
study or cultivation of plants.
121.
botanize v. To study plant-life.
122.
botany n. The science that treats of
plants.
123.
bountiful adj. Showing abundance.
124.
Bowdlerize v. To expurgate in editing
(a literary composition) by omitting words or passages.
125.
bowler n. In cricket, the player who
delivers the ball.
126.
boycott v. To place the products or
merchandise of under a ban.
127.
brae n. Hillside.
128.
braggart n. A vain boaster.
129.
brandish v. To wave, shake, or
flourish triumphantly or defiantly, as a sword or spear.
130.
bravado n. An aggressive display of
boldness.
131.
bravo interj. Well done.
132.
bray n. A loud harsh sound, as the cry
of an ass or the blast of a horn.
133.
braze v. To make of or ornament with
brass.
134.
brazier n. An open pan or basin for
holding live coals.
135.
breach n. The violation of official
duty, lawful right, or a legal obligation.
136.
breaker n. One who trains horses,
dogs, etc.
137.
breech n. The buttocks.
138.
brethren n. pl. Members of a
brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
139.
brevity n. Shortness of duration.
140.
bric-a-brac n. Objects of curiosity or
for decoration.
141.
bridle n. The head-harness of a horse
consisting of a head-stall, a bit, and the reins.
142.
brigade n. A body of troops consisting
of two or more regiments.
143.
brigadier n. General officer who
commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
144.
brigand n. One who lives by robbery
and plunder.
145.
brimstone n. Sulfur.
146.
brine n. Water saturated with salt.
147.
bristle n. One of the coarse, stiff
hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.
148.
Britannia n. The United Kingdom of
Great Britain.
149.
Briticism n. A word, idiom, or phrase
characteristic of Great Britain or the British.
150.
brittle adj. Fragile.
151.
broach v. To mention, for the first
time.
152.
broadcast adj. Disseminated far and
wide.
153.
brogan n. A coarse, heavy shoe.
154.
brogue n. Any dialectic pronunciation
of English, especially that of the Irish people.
155.
brokerage n. The business of making
sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
156.
bromine n. A dark reddish-brown,
non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
157.
bronchitis n. Inflammation of the
bronchial tubes.
158.
bronchus n. Either of the two
subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
159.
brooch n. An article of jewelry
fastened by a hinged pin and hook on the underside.
160.
brotherhood n. Spiritual or social
fellowship or solidarity.
161.
browbeat v. To overwhelm, or attempt
to do so, by stern, haughty, or rude address or manner.
162.
brusque adj. Somewhat rough or rude in
manner or speech.
163.
buffoon n. A clown.
164.
buffoonery n. Low drollery, coarse
jokes, etc.
165.
bulbous adj. Of, or pertaining to, or
like a bulb.
166.
bullock n. An ox.
167.
bulrush n. Any one of various tall
rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
168.
bulwark n. Anything that gives
security or defense.
169.
bumper n. A cup or glass filled to the
brim, especially one to be drunk as a toast or health.
170.
bumptious adj. Full of offensive and
aggressive self-conceit.
171.
bungle v. To execute clumsily.
172.
buoyancy n. Power or tendency to float
on or in a liquid or gas.
173.
buoyant adj. Having the power or
tendency to float or keep afloat.
174.
bureau n. A chest of drawers for
clothing, etc.
175.
bureaucracy n. Government by
departments of men transacting particular branches of public business.
176.
burgess n. In colonial times, a member
of the lower house of the legislature of Maryland or Virginia.
177.
burgher n. An inhabitant, citizen or
freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
178.
burnish v. To make brilliant or
shining.
179.
bursar n. A treasurer.
180.
bustle v. To hurry.
181.
butt v. To strike with or as with the
head, or horns.
182.
butte n. A conspicuous hill, low
mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
183.
buttress n. Any support or prop.
184.
by-law n. A rule or law adopted by an
association, a corporation, or the like.
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