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One Word Substitution-Starting with 'B'


Sentence
One Word
B
1.       To talk foolishly;
Divulge confidential information or secrets
Babble
2.       A strong or violent reaction, as to some social or political change
Backlash (or Repercussion)
3.       A story in verse;
A simple narrative poem of folk origin, composed in short stanzas and adapted for singing
Ballad
4.       An aromatic or fragrant ointment, that heals, soothes or mitigates pain
Balm
5.       Overfamiliar through repetition or overuse
Banal (or Commonplace or Hackneyed or Threadbare or Trite or Timeworn)
6.       Member of a band of robbers
Bandit (or Brigand)
7.       Something causing misery or death
Bane (or Nemesis or Scourge or Curse)
8.       Expel from a community or group, as if by official decree
Banish (or Ostracize or Blackball or Cast-out or Relegate or Shun)
9.       One who is unable to pay off one’s debt
Bankrupt (or Bust or Belly-up or Insolvent)
10.   A crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
Barbarian (or Boor or Churl or Goth or Tyke)
11.   An agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion or negotiation) fixing obligations of each
Bargain
12.   An outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals
Barn
13.   A building for lodging of soldiers or military personnel
Barrack
14.   Anything extravagantly ornamented, especially something so ornate as to be in bad taste.
Baroque
15.   Address with continuously or persistently
Barrage (or Outpour)
16.   An uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
Barren (or Bleak)
17.   A lawyer who speaks in the higher courts of law on behalf of either the defence or prosecution
Barrister
18.   To exchange goods without involving money
Barter
19.   A child born of unlawful marriage
Bastard
20.   A change from something sublime to ridiculous
Triteness or triviality of style
Bathos
21.   A collection of related things intended for use together
Battery
22.   Lewd or obscene talk or writing
Bawdy (or Bawdry or Ribald)
23.   A part of the sea or a large lake, enclosed by a wide curve of the shore;
A compartment in a ship or an aircraft used for some specific purpose
Bay
24.   A knife fixed on the end of a rifle and used as a weapon
Bayonet
25.   A stretch of sand or stones along the edge of the sea or a lake
Beach
26.   The person who is in possession of a check or note or bond or document of title that is endorsed to him or to whoever holds it
Bearer
27.   Signal with hands or nod or some other gesture;
Appear inviting
Beckon
28.   Confined to bed (by illness)
Bedfast
29.   A state of extreme confusion and disorder
Bedlam (or Pandemonium)
30.   Be appropriate or necessary
Behove
31.   A pauper who lives by begging
Beggar
32.   Part of a Church in which bells hang
Belfry
33.   A beautiful woman
Belle
34.   Having or showing a ready disposition to fight
Bellicose(or Combative)
35.   Engaged in fights or a war
Belligerent (or Scrapper)
36.   A person who helps people or institutions financially
Benefactor
37.   The recipient of funds or other benefits
Beneficiary
38.   Desire to do good to others:
A charitable gift
Benevolence (or Benefaction)
39.   Characterized by kindness and warm courtesy especially of a king to his subjects
Benignant (or Gracious)
40.   Engaged to be married
Betrothed
41.   Two surfaces meeting at an angle other than 90 degree
Bevel (or Chamfer)
42.   A book regarded as authoritative in its field;
The Holy Book of the Christians
Bible
43.   A list of writings with the time and place of publication
Bibliography
44.   Someone trained in compiling bibliographies
Bibliographer
45.   The worship of the Bible
Bibliolatry
46.   Preoccupation with the acquisition and possession of books
Bibliomania
47.   One who is a great lover of books
Bibliophile
48.   A person who hates, fears, or distrusts books
Bibliophobe
49.   A dealer in second hand books
Bibliopole (or Bibliopolist)
50.   A professional person trained in library science and engaged in library services
Bibliothec
51.   A collection of books
Bibliotheca or Bibliothecae
52.   The scientific study of documents and handwriting etc. especially to determine authorship or authenticity
Bibliotics
53.   The art of binding books
Bibliopegy
54.   A person involved in binding books
Bibliopegist
55.   Consisting of two legislative bodies or chambers (like that of a heart etc)
Bicameral
56.   Completion of a period of 200 years or its celebration
Bicentennial or Bicentenary
57.   Having two heads
Bicephalous
58.   Argue over petty things
Bicker (or Brabble or Fuss or Niggle or Pettifog or Quibble or Spat or Squabble or Tiff)
59.   The offence of marrying someone while you have a living spouse from whom no valid divorce has occurred
Bigamy
60.   A man with prejudiced views against politics or a religion or creed
Bigot
61.   Having two sides or parts
Bilateral
62.   Using or knowing two languages
Bilingual
63.   A person who speaks two languages fluently
Bilingualist
64.   Life history of a person written by another
Biography
65.   The study of physical life
Biology
66.   Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
Bizarre (or Eccentric or Outlandish or Flaky)
67.   Conspicuously and offensively loud, without any attempt at concealment
Blatant (or Clamorous or Strident or Vociferous )
68.    
Blandish
69.   Words or action showing deliberate contempt of sacred things
Blasphemy (or Desecration or Profanation or Sacrilege)
70.   Without hope or encouragement;
Bare, desolate and often windswept
Bleak
71.   Render holy by means of religious rites
Bless
72.   A short prayer of thanks before a meal
Blessing
73.   A swift and violent military attack with intensive aerial bombing (without warning)
Blitz-krieg
74.   A man of free and easy habits, socially unconventional
Bohemian
75.   The hinged metal cover of a vehicle's engine
Bonnet
76.   A person interested in reading books and nothing else
Bookworm or Bibliophage
77.   Ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behaviour or appearance
Boorish
78.   The study of plants
Botany
79.   Any of the larger branches of a tree
Bough
80.   A bunch of flowers usually given as a present
Bouquet
81.   A group’s refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies
Boycott
82.   An alloy of copper and zinc;
The persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something;
Impudent aggressiveness
Brass
83.   The attribute of being concise and succinct
Brevity(or Transience)
84.   A factory for manufacturing beer
Brewery
85.   Payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment
Bribe
86.   Give essential information to someone;
A document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case
Brief
87.   Quick and energetic
Brisk
88.   A thing liable to be easily broken
Brittle
89.   Discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner
Browbeat (or Intimidate)
90.   Acting like a clown or buffoon
Buffoonery (or Harlequinade or Japery)
91.   A mass of precious metal (like gold or silver) in bars or ingots
Bullion
92.   A small house with all rooms on one floor
Bungalow (or Cottage)
93.   Tending to float in a fluid;
Cheering or invigorating
Buoyant
94.   (i)The central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work;
(ii)An onerous or difficult concern
Burden (or Gist----(i);
Burthen or Encumbrance or Incumbrance or Onus---(ii))
95.   A furniture with drawers for keeping clothes or a chest of drawers;
An administrative unit of government
Bureau
96.   Government by officials
Bureaucracy
97.   To grow or develop quickly
Burgeon(or Pullulate or Spud)

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