Agnostic |
One who is not sure about God?s existence |
Arsonist |
A person who deliberately sets fire to a building |
Amateur |
One who does a thing for pleasure and not as a profession |
Ambidextrous |
One who can use either hand with ease |
Auditor |
One who makes an official examination of accounts |
Anarchist |
A person who believes in or tries to bring about a state of lawlessness |
Apostate |
A person who has changed his faith |
Atheist |
One who does not believe in the existence of God |
Arbitrator |
A person appointed by two parties to solve a dispute |
Ascetic |
One who leads an austere life |
Bohemian |
An unconventional style of living |
Cacographer |
One who is bad in spellings |
Cannibal |
One who feeds on human flesh |
Chauvinist |
A person who is blindly devoted to an idea/ a person displaying aggressive or exaggerated patriotism |
Connoisseur |
A critical judge of any art and craft |
Contemporaries |
Persons living at the same time |
Convalescent |
One who is recovering health after illness |
Coquette |
A girl/woman who flirts with a man |
Cosmopolitan |
A person who regards the whole world as his country |
Cynosure |
One who is a centre of attraction |
Cynic |
One who sneers at the beliefs of others |
Demagogue |
A leader or orator who espouses the cause of the common people |
Debonair |
A person having a sophisticated charm |
Dilettante |
A dabbler (not serious) in art, science and literature |
Epicure |
One who is for pleasure of eating and drinking |
Egotist |
One who often talks of his achievements |
Emigrant |
Someone who leaves one country to settle in another |
Effeminate |
A man who is womanish in his habits |
Fastidious |
One who is hard to please (very selective in his habits) |
Fugitive |
One who runs away from justice |
Fanatic |
One who is filled with excessive enthusiasm in religious matters |
Fatalist |
One who believes in fate |
Gourmand |
A lover of good food |
Honorary |
Conferred as an honour |
Heretic |
A person who acts against religion |
Highbrow |
A person of intellectual or erudite tastes |
Hypochondriac |
A patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments |
Henpeck |
A person who is controlled by wife |
Indefatigable |
One who shows sustained enthusiastic action with unflagging vitality |
Iconoclast |
Someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions |
Introvert |
One who does not express himself freely |
Immoral |
Who behaves without moral principles |
Impregnable |
A person who is incapable of being tampered with |
Insolvent |
One who is unable to pay his debts |
Lunatic |
A person who is mentally ill |
Misanthrope |
A person who dislikes humankind and avoids human society |
Mercenary |
A person who is primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics |
Narcissist |
Someone in love with himself |
Numismatist |
One who collect coins as hobby |
Philogynist |
A person who likes or admires women |
Philanthropist |
A lover of mankind |
Polyglot |
A person who speaks more than one language |
Recluse |
One who lives in solitude |
Somnambulist |
Someone who walks in sleep |
Stoic |
A person who is indifferent to the pains and pleasures of life |
Termagant |
A scolding nagging bad-tempered woman |
Uxorious |
A person who shows a great or excessive fondness for one?s wife |
Virtuoso |
One who possesses outstanding technical ability in a particular art or field |
Eisoptrophile |
A person who is addicted to seeing oneself in mirror |
Gastronome |
A person who loves food and finds pleasure in eating and drinking |
Chrematophile |
A person who loves money |
Oneirophile |
A person who loves dream |
Anuptaphile |
A person who loves staying single |
Melophile |
A person who loves music |
Incorrigible |
One who cannot be corrected |
Ambivalent |
One who has mixed feelings |
Extrovert |
One who is outspoken and outgoing |
Misanthrope / Misanthropi |
One who hates or disgust mankind |
Misogynist |
One who hates or disgust females |
Misandrist / Misander |
One who hates or disgust males |
Flamboyant |
One who is showy/flirtatious/ Pompous of character |
Uncomplecent / Fastidious |
One who is difficult to please or to convince |
Psychic |
One who has a strong sixth sense |
Psychotic |
One who is mentally unsound |
Dipsomaniac |
One who is addicted to hard drinks |
Teetotaler |
One who is not addicted to anything |
Convivial |
One who is full of life and has a charismatic personality |
Gullible |
One is innocent and unaware of worldly affairs |
Vulnerable |
One who is prone to hurt |
Dexterity |
An ability to use both the hands |
Oracity |
An ability to express oneself in speech |
Acumen |
An ability to make good judgments and take quick decisions |
Foresight |
An ability to see what might happened in future |
Sangfroid |
An ability to stay calm in difficult situations |
Knack |
An ability to do something |
Mimicry |
An ability to copy the behaviour of a person |
Navigate |
An ability to find ways or directions |
Annotate |
An ability to add diagrams or explanation to a written context |
Nutt |
Having no legal power |
Omnipotent, Omnipotence |
Having complete power |
Luscious |
Having an appealing taste or appearance |
Otiose |
Having to a useful purpose |
Erudite |
Having knowledge of the power of learning |