ONE WORD SUBSTITUTES - G
1.
gauge n. An instrument for measuring.
2.
gaiety n. Festivity.
3.
gaily adv. Merrily.
4.
gait n. Carriage of the body in going.
5.
gallant adj. Possessing a brave or
chivalrous spirit.
6.
galore adj. Abundant.
7.
galvanic adj. Pertaining or relating
to electricity produced by chemical action.
8.
galvanism n. Current electricity,
especially that arising from chemical action.
9.
galvanize v. To imbue with life or
animation.
10. gamble
v. To risk money or other possession on an event, chance, or contingency.
11. gambol
n. Playful leaping or frisking.
12. gamester
n. A gambler.
13. gamut
n. The whole range or sequence.
14. garnish
v. In cookery, to surround with additions for embellishment.
15. garrison
n. The military force stationed in a fort, town, or other place for its
defense.
16. garrote
v. To execute by strangling.
17. garrulous
adj. Given to constant trivial talking.
18. gaseous
adj. Light and unsubstantial.
19. gastric
adj. Of, pertaining to, or near the stomach.
20. gastritis
n. Inflammation of the stomach.
21. gastronomy
n. The art of preparing and serving appetizing food.
22. gendarme
n. In continental Europe, particularly in France, a uniformed and armed police
officer.
23. genealogy
n. A list, in the order of succession, of ancestors and their descendants.
24. genealogist
n. A tracer of pedigrees.
25. generality
n. The principal portion.
26. generalize
v. To draw general inferences.
27. generally
adv. Ordinarily.
28. generate
v. To produce or cause to be.
29. generic
adj. Noting a genus or kind; opposed to specific.
30. generosity
n. A disposition to give liberally or to bestow favors heartily.
31. genesis
n. Creation.
32. geniality
n. Warmth and kindliness of disposition.
33. genital
adj. Of or pertaining to the animal reproductive organs.
34. genitive
adj. Indicating source, origin, possession, or the like.
35. genteel
adj. Well-bred or refined.
36. gentile
adj. Belonging to a people not Jewish.
37. geology
n. The department of natural science that treats of the constitution and
structure of the earth.
38. germane
adj. Relevant.
39. germinate
v. To begin to develop into an embryo or higher form.
40. gestation
n. Pregnancy.
41. gesticulate
v. To make gestures or motions, as in speaking, or in place of speech.
42. gesture
n. A movement or action of the hands or face, expressive of some idea or
emotion.
43. ghastly
adj. Hideous.
44. gibe
v. To utter taunts or reproaches.
45. giddy
adj. Affected with a whirling or swimming sensation in the head.
46. gigantic
adj. Tremendous.
47. giver
n. One who gives, in any sense.
48. glacial
adj. Icy, or icily cold.
49. glacier
n. A field or stream of ice.
50. gladden
v. To make joyous.
51. glazier
n. One who cuts and fits panes of glass, as for windows.
52. glimmer
n. A faint, wavering, unsteady light.
53. glimpse
n. A momentary look.
54. globose
adj. Spherical.
55. globular
adj. Spherical.
56. glorious
adj. Of excellence and splendor.
57. glutinous
adj. Sticky.
58. gluttonous
adj. Given to excess in eating.
59. gnash
v. To grind or strike the teeth together, as from rage.
60. Gordian
knot n. Any difficulty the only issue out of which is by bold or unusual
manners.
61. gourmand
n. A connoisseur in the delicacies of the table.
62. gosling
n. A young goose.
63. gossamer
adj. Flimsy.
64. gourd
n. A melon, pumpkin, squash, or some similar fruit having a hard rind.
65. graceless
adj. Ungracious.
66. gradation
n. A step, degree, rank, or relative position in an order or series.
67. gradient
adj. Moving or advancing by steps.
68. granary
n. A storehouse for grain after it is thrashed or husked.
69. grandeur
n. The quality of being grand or admirably great.
70. grandiloquent
adj. Speaking in or characterized by a pompous or bombastic style.
71. grandiose
adj. Having an imposing style or effect.
72. grantee
n. The person to whom property is transferred by deed.
73. grantor
n. The maker of a deed.
74. granular
adj. Composed of small grains or particles.
75. granulate
v. To form into grains or small particles.
76. granule
n. A small grain or particle.
77. grapple
v. To take hold of.
78. gratification
n. Satisfaction.
79. gratify
v. To please, as by satisfying a physical or mental desire or need.
80. gratuitous
adj. Voluntarily.
81. gratuity
n. That which is given without demand or claim. Tip.
82. gravity
n. Seriousness.
83. gregarious
adj. Not habitually solitary or living alone.
84. grenadier
n. A member of a regiment composed of men of great stature.
85. grief
n. Sorrow.
86. grievance
n. That which oppresses, injures, or causes grief and at the same time a sense
of wrong.
87. grievous
adj. Creating affliction.
88. grimace
n. A distortion of the features, occasioned by some feeling of pain, disgust,
etc.
89. grindstone
n. A flat circular stone, used for sharpening tools.
90. grisly
adj. Fear-inspiring.
91. grotesque
adj. Incongruously composed or ill-proportioned.
92. grotto
n. A small cavern.
93. ground
n. A pavement or floor or any supporting surface on which one may walk.
94. guess
n. Surmise.
95. guile
n. Duplicity.
96. guileless
adj. Frank.
97. guinea
n. An English monetary unit.
98. guise
n. The external appearance as produced by garb or costume.
99. gullible
adj. Credulous.
100.
gumption n. Common sense.
101.
gusto n. Keen enjoyment.
102.
guy n. Stay-rope.
103.
guzzle v. To swallow greedily or
hastily; gulp.
104.
gynecocracy n. Female supremacy.
105.
gynecology n. The science that treats
of the functions and diseases peculiar to women.
106.
gyrate v. To revolve.
107.
gyroscope n. An instrument for
illustrating the laws of rotation.
ONE WORD SUBSTITUTES - H
108.
habitable adj. Fit to be dwelt in.
109.
habitant n. Dweller.
110.
habitual adj. According to usual
practice.
111.
habitude n. Customary relation or association.
112.
hackney v. To make stale or trite by
repetition.
113.
haggard adj. Worn and gaunt in
appearance.
114.
halcyon adj. Calm.
115.
hale adj. Of sound and vigorous
health.
116.
handwriting n. Penmanship.
117.
hanger-on n. A parasite.
118.
happy-go-lucky adj. Improvident.
119.
harangue n. A tirade.
120.
harass v. To trouble with
importunities, cares, or annoyances.
121.
harbinger n. One who or that which
foreruns and announces the coming of any person or thing.
122.
hard-hearted adj. Lacking pity or
sympathy.
123.
hardihood n. Foolish daring.
124.
harmonious adj. Concordant in sound.
125.
havoc n. Devastation.
126.
hawthorn n. A thorny shrub much used
in England for hedges.
127.
hazard n. Risk.
128.
head first adv. Precipitately, as in
diving.
129.
head foremost adv. Precipitately, as
in diving.
130.
heartrending adj. Very depressing.
131.
heathenish adj. Irreligious.
132.
heedless adj. Thoughtless.
133.
heifer n. A young cow.
134.
heinous adj. Odiously sinful.
135.
hemorrhage n. Discharge of blood from
a ruptured or wounded blood-vessel.
136.
hemorrhoids n. pl. Tumors composed of
enlarged and thickened blood-vessels, at the lower end of the rectum.
137.
henchman n. A servile assistant and
subordinate.
138.
henpeck v. To worry or harass by ill
temper and petty annoyances.
139.
heptagon n. A figure having seven
sides and seven angles.
140.
heptarchy n. A group of seven
governments.
141.
herbaceous adj. Having the character
of a herb.
142.
herbarium n. A collection of dried
plants scientifically arranged for study.
143.
herbivorous adj. Feeding on herbs or
other vegetable matter, as animals.
144.
hereditary adj. Passing naturally from
parent to child.
145.
heredity n. Transmission of physical
or mental qualities, diseases, etc., from parent to offspring.
146.
heresy n. An opinion or doctrine
subversive of settled beliefs or accepted principles.
147.
heretic n. One who holds opinions
contrary to the recognized standards or tenets of any philosophy.
148.
heritage n. Birthright.
149.
hernia n. Protrusion of any internal
organ in whole or in part from its normal position.
150.
hesitancy n. A pausing to consider.
151.
hesitant adj. Vacillating.
152.
hesitation n. Vacillation.
153.
heterodox adj. At variance with any
commonly accepted doctrine or opinion.
154.
heterogeneity n. Unlikeness of
constituent parts.
155.
heterogeneous adj. Consisting of
dissimilar elements or ingredients of different kinds.
156.
heteromorphic adj. Deviating from the
normal form or standard type.
157.
hexangular adj. Having six angles.
158.
hexapod adj. Having six feet.
159.
hexagon n. A figure with six angles.
160.
hiatus n. A break or vacancy where
something necessary to supply the connection is wanting.
161.
hibernal adj. Pertaining to winter.
162.
Hibernian adj. Pertaining to Ireland,
or its people.
163.
hideous adj. Appalling.
164.
hilarious adj. Boisterously merry.
165.
hillock n. A small hill or mound.
166.
hinder v. To obstruct.
167.
hindmost adj. Farthest from the front.
168.
hindrance n. An obstacle.
169.
hirsute adj. Having a hairy covering.
170.
hoard v. To gather and store away for
the sake of accumulation.
171.
hoarse adj. Having the voice harsh or
rough, as from a cold or fatigue.
172.
homage n. Reverential regard or
worship.
173.
homogeneity n. Congruity of the
members or elements or parts.
174.
homogeneous adj. Made up of similar
parts or elements.
175.
homologous adj. Identical in nature,
make-up, or relation.
176.
homonym n. A word agreeing in sound
with but different in meaning from another.
177.
homophone n. A word agreeing in sound
with but different in meaning from another.
178.
honorarium n. A token fee or payment
to a professional man for services.
179.
hoodwink v. To deceive.
180.
horde n. A gathered multitude of human
beings.
181.
hosiery n. A stocking.
182.
hospitable adj. Disposed to treat
strangers or guests with generous kindness.
183.
hospitality n. The practice of
receiving and entertaining strangers and guests with kindness.
184.
hostility n. Enmity.
185.
huckster n. One who retails small
wares.
186.
humane adj. Compassionate.
187.
humanitarian n. A philanthropist.
188.
humanize v. To make gentle or refined.
189.
humbug n. Anything intended or
calculated to deceive or mislead.
190.
humiliate v. To put to shame.
191.
hussar n. A light-horse trooper armed
with saber and carbine.
192.
hustle v. To move with haste and
promptness.
193.
hybrid adj. Cross-bred.
194.
hydra n. The seven- or nine-headed
water-serpent slain by Hercules.
195.
hydraulic adj. Involving the moving of
water, of the force exerted by water in motion.
196.
hydrodynamics n. The branch of
mechanics that treats of the dynamics of fluids.
197.
hydroelectric adj. Pertaining to
electricity developed water or steam.
198.
hydromechanics n. The mechanics of
fluids.
199.
hydrometer n. An instrument for
determining the density of solids and liquids by flotation.
200.
hydrostatics n. The branch of science
that treats of the pressure and equilibrium of fluids.
201.
hydrous adj. Watery.
202.
hygiene n. The branch of medical
science that relates to improving health.
203.
hypercritical adj. Faultfinding.
204.
hypnosis n. An artificial trance-sleep.
205.
hypnotic adj. Tending to produce
sleep.
206.
hypnotism n. An artificially induced
somnambulistic state in which the mind readily acts on suggestion.
207.
hypnotize v. To produce a
somnambulistic state in which the mind readily acts on suggestions.
208.
hypocrisy n. Extreme insincerity.
209.
hypocrite n. One who makes false
professions of his views or beliefs.
210.
hypodermic adj. Pertaining to the area
under the skin.
211.
hypotenuse n. The side of a
right-angled triangle opposite the right angle.
212.
hypothesis n. A proposition taken for
granted as a premise from which to reach a conclusion.
213.
hysteria n. A nervous affection
occurring typically in paroxysms of laughing and crying.
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