dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/cop_MWT.json
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{
"cop (to)":{
"to make an acknowledgment of something unpleasant as true or valid":{
"examples":[
"the defendant made a deal with the prosecutor and copped to a lesser charge"
],
"synonyms":[
"admit",
"confess",
"fess (up)",
"own (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blab",
"talk",
"tattle",
"babble",
"spill"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clam up",
"hush",
"quiet (down)",
"shut up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cope":{
"something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"committed their nefarious deeds under the dark cope of night"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"blind",
"concealer",
"screen",
"shield",
"fig leaf",
"Potemkin village",
"Trojan horse",
"camouflage",
"disguise",
"facade",
"fa\u00e7ade",
"face",
"veneer",
"gloss",
"varnish"
],
"synonyms":[
"blanket",
"cloak",
"cover",
"cover-up",
"covering",
"coverture",
"curtain",
"hood",
"mantle",
"mask",
"pall",
"penumbra",
"robe",
"shroud",
"veil",
"wraps"
]
},
"to meet one's day-to-day needs":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a young man learning to cope on his own at college"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collapse",
"fail",
"fall short",
"fizzle",
"flounder",
"decline",
"peter (out)",
"slump",
"wane",
"give up"
],
"related":[
"carry on",
"contrive",
"scrape (by or through)",
"scrounge",
"last",
"survive",
"eke out",
"scrape (out)",
"squeeze",
"wrest",
"wring",
"afford",
"swing"
],
"synonyms":[
"do",
"fare",
"get along",
"get by",
"get on",
"make out",
"manage",
"shift"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"copiously":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"copperplate":{
"as in print , cursive":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"backhand",
"cursive",
"print",
"running hand",
"hand",
"handwriting",
"penmanship",
"script",
"cacography",
"hen scratch",
"hen track",
"scratch",
"scrawl",
"scribble",
"autograph",
"John Hancock",
"John Henry",
"signature"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"copping":{
"to get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for":{
"examples":[
"I copped a great outfit for only $50"
],
"synonyms":[
"buying",
"picking up",
"purchasing",
"taking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquiring",
"gaining",
"garnering",
"getting",
"obtaining",
"procuring",
"securing",
"winning",
"financing",
"paying (for)",
"springing (for)",
"bartering (for)",
"dealing (for)",
"dickering (over)",
"exchanging (for)",
"haggling (for)",
"negotiating (about)",
"trading (for)",
"bargaining (with)",
"chaffering (with)",
"horse-trading (with)",
"paltering (with)",
"bidding",
"offering",
"rebuying",
"repurchasing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dealing (in)",
"marketing",
"merchandising",
"merchandizing",
"retailing",
"selling",
"vending"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"some concertgoers rushed pell-mell through the doors so that they could cop the seats down front"
],
"synonyms":[
"bagging",
"capturing",
"catching",
"collaring",
"corralling",
"getting",
"glomming",
"grabbing",
"grappling",
"hooking",
"landing",
"nabbing",
"nailing",
"netting",
"nobbling",
"rapping",
"seizing",
"snagging",
"snapping (up)",
"snaring",
"snatching",
"trapping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gloving",
"haltering",
"lassoing",
"roping",
"apprehending",
"arresting",
"detaining",
"baying",
"cornering",
"clasping",
"clutching",
"fastening (on)",
"fisting",
"grasping",
"gripping",
"holding",
"latching (on or onto)",
"securing",
"rending",
"wresting",
"enmeshing",
"immeshing",
"ensnaring",
"entangling",
"entrapping",
"meshing",
"abducting",
"kidnapping",
"kidnaping",
"spiriting (away or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharging",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"releasing",
"dropping",
"loosening",
"unhanding"
],
"antonyms":[
"missing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"coprincipals":{
"as in costars":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"costars",
"co-stars",
"star turns",
"ingenues",
"ing\u00e9nues",
"starlets",
"superstars",
"leading ladies",
"leading men",
"headliners",
"leads",
"principals",
"stars"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extras",
"supernumeraries"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cops":{
"a member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level":{
"examples":[
"a cop stopped her for speeding"
],
"synonyms":[
"bobbies",
"bulls",
"constables",
"coppers",
"flatfeet",
"fuzzes",
"gendarmes",
"lawmen",
"officers",
"policemen",
"police officers",
"shamuses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"patrolmen",
"policewomen",
"detectives",
"dicks",
"gumshoes",
"hawkshaws",
"inspectors",
"investigators",
"plainclothesmen",
"sherlocks",
"sleuthhounds",
"sleuths",
"marshals",
"marshalls",
"sheriffs",
"troopers",
"peace officers",
"captains",
"lieutenants",
"sergeants",
"constabularies",
"heat",
"men",
"police",
"police forces",
"operatives",
"private detectives",
"private eyes",
"private investigators"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civilians"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for":{
"examples":[
"I copped a great outfit for only $50"
],
"synonyms":[
"buys",
"picks up",
"purchases",
"takes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquires",
"gains",
"garners",
"gets",
"obtains",
"procures",
"secures",
"wins",
"finances",
"pays (for)",
"springs (for)",
"barters (for)",
"deals (for)",
"dickers (over)",
"exchanges (for)",
"haggles (for)",
"negotiates (about)",
"trades (for)",
"bargains (with)",
"chaffers (with)",
"horse-trades (with)",
"palters (with)",
"bids",
"offers",
"rebuys",
"repurchases"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deals (in)",
"markets",
"merchandises",
"merchandizes",
"retails",
"sells",
"vends"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"some concertgoers rushed pell-mell through the doors so that they could cop the seats down front"
],
"synonyms":[
"bags",
"captures",
"catches",
"collars",
"corrals",
"gets",
"gloms",
"grabs",
"grapples",
"hooks",
"lands",
"nabs",
"nails",
"nets",
"nobbles",
"raps",
"seizes",
"snags",
"snaps (up)",
"snares",
"snatches",
"traps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gloves",
"halters",
"lassos",
"ropes",
"apprehends",
"arrests",
"detains",
"bays",
"corners",
"clasps",
"clutches",
"fastens (on)",
"fists",
"grasps",
"grips",
"holds",
"latches (on or onto)",
"secures",
"rends",
"wrests",
"enmeshes",
"immeshes",
"ensnares",
"entangles",
"entraps",
"meshes",
"abducts",
"kidnaps",
"spirits (away or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharges",
"frees",
"liberates",
"releases",
"drops",
"loosens",
"unhands"
],
"antonyms":[
"misses"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"copyedited":{
"as in read , subedited":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"coprisoner":{
"as in prisoner , convict":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"captive",
"capture",
"internee",
"prisoner",
"convict",
"jailbird",
"abductee",
"kidnappee",
"kidnapee",
"arrestee"
],
"near antonyms":[
"captor",
"custodian",
"guard",
"guardian",
"jailer",
"jailor",
"keeper",
"marshal",
"marshall",
"warden",
"abductor",
"kidnapper",
"kidnaper"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"copulation":{
"sexual union involving penetration of the vagina by the penis":{
"examples":[
"female pandas are receptive to copulation for a short time once a year"
],
"synonyms":[
"coition",
"coitus",
"commerce",
"congress",
"copulating",
"coupling",
"intercourse",
"lovemaking",
"mating",
"relations",
"sex",
"sex act",
"sexual intercourse",
"sexual relations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fornication",
"safe sex",
"carnality",
"sexuality",
"breeding",
"insemination",
"dalliance",
"hanky-panky",
"whoopee"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"copping (to)":{
"to make an acknowledgment of something unpleasant as true or valid":{
"examples":[
"the defendant made a deal with the prosecutor and copped to a lesser charge"
],
"synonyms":[
"admitting",
"confessing",
"fessing (up)",
"owning (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blabbing",
"talking",
"tattling",
"babbling",
"spilling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clamming up",
"hushing",
"quieting (down)",
"shutting up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"copyreader":{
"as in editor":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"editor",
"byliner",
"columnist",
"commentator",
"muckraker",
"photojournalist",
"police reporter",
"sportswriter",
"staffer",
"stringer",
"anchor",
"anchorman",
"anchorperson",
"anchorwoman",
"announcer",
"broadcaster",
"newscaster",
"newspaperman",
"newspaperwoman",
"newswoman",
"correspondent",
"intelligencer",
"journalist",
"newshound",
"newsman",
"newsperson",
"pressman",
"reporter"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"copes":{
"something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth":{
"examples":[
"committed their nefarious deeds under the dark cope of night"
],
"synonyms":[
"blankets",
"cloaks",
"coverings",
"covers",
"covertures",
"cover-ups",
"curtains",
"hoods",
"mantles",
"masks",
"palls",
"penumbrae",
"penumbras",
"robes",
"shrouds",
"veils",
"wraps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blinds",
"concealers",
"screens",
"shields",
"fig leafs",
"fig leaves",
"Potemkin villages",
"Trojan horses",
"camouflages",
"disguises",
"facades",
"fa\u00e7ades",
"faces",
"veneers",
"glosses",
"varnishes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to meet one's day-to-day needs":{
"examples":[
"a young man learning to cope on his own at college"
],
"synonyms":[
"does",
"fares",
"gets along",
"gets by",
"gets on",
"makes out",
"manages",
"shifts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carries on",
"contrives",
"scrapes (by or through)",
"scrounges",
"lasts",
"survives",
"ekes out",
"scrapes (out)",
"squeezes",
"wrests",
"wrings",
"affords",
"swings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collapses",
"fails",
"falls short",
"fizzles",
"flounders",
"declines",
"peters (out)",
"slumps",
"wanes",
"gives up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"coping (with)":{
"to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently":{
"examples":[
"coped with the latest foul-up gracefully"
],
"synonyms":[
"addressing",
"contending (with)",
"fielding",
"grappling (with)",
"hacking",
"handling",
"managing",
"maneuvering",
"manipulating",
"negotiating",
"playing",
"swinging",
"taking",
"treating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"engineering",
"finessing",
"jockeying",
"bringing off",
"carrying off",
"carrying out",
"getting off",
"pulling",
"commanding",
"directing",
"guiding",
"steering",
"controlling",
"micromanaging",
"regulating",
"running",
"reacting (to)",
"responding (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"botching",
"bungling",
"foozling",
"fumbling",
"goofing (up)",
"lousing up",
"messing (up)",
"mishandling",
"muffing",
"scamping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"copperhead":{
"as in rattlesnake , sidewinder":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"adder",
"anaconda",
"asp",
"black racer",
"blacksnake",
"blue racer",
"boa",
"bull snake",
"bushmaster",
"chicken snake",
"cobra",
"constrictor",
"coral snake",
"cottonmouth moccasin",
"diamondback rattlesnake",
"fer-de-lance",
"garter snake",
"gopher snake",
"green snake",
"hognose snake",
"horned viper",
"indigo snake",
"king cobra",
"king snake",
"krait",
"mamba",
"milk snake",
"moccasin",
"pine snake",
"pit viper",
"puff adder",
"python",
"racer",
"rat snake",
"rattlesnake",
"sea serpent",
"sea snake",
"sidewinder",
"taipan",
"water moccasin",
"water snake",
"worm snake",
"serpent",
"snake",
"viper"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cop-outs":{
"the act or a means of getting or keeping away from something undesirable":{
"examples":[
"I think that saying you're sick is just a cop-out to get out of going to work"
],
"synonyms":[
"avoidance",
"dodging",
"ducking",
"eluding",
"elusion",
"escape",
"eschewal",
"eschewing",
"evasion",
"out",
"shaking",
"shunning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bypassing",
"circumvention",
"runaround",
"sidestepping",
"skirting",
"averting",
"deflection",
"obviation",
"precluding",
"prevention"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abidance",
"endurance",
"submission",
"toleration"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to break a promise or agreement":{
"examples":[
"don't cop out on your promise to pay for the damage"
],
"synonyms":[
"back down",
"back off",
"back out",
"fink out",
"renege"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chicken (out)",
"wimp out",
"backpedal",
"backtrack",
"abjure",
"abnegate",
"disavow",
"forswear",
"foreswear",
"recall",
"recant",
"repudiate",
"retract",
"take back",
"unsay",
"withdraw",
"beg off",
"cry off"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adhere (to)",
"follow through (with)",
"comply (with)",
"fulfill",
"fulfil",
"honor",
"keep",
"satisfy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"copycat":{
"a person who adopts the appearance or behavior of another especially in an obvious way":{
"examples":[
"every rock singer who makes it big soon has a whole cluster of copycats"
],
"synonyms":[
"aper",
"copyist",
"echo",
"follower",
"imitator",
"rubber stamp",
"wannabe",
"wannabee"
],
"near synonyms":[
"parrot",
"ape",
"emulator",
"impersonator",
"impressionist",
"mimic"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make an exact likeness of":{
"examples":[
"asked her stylist to copycat a hairstyle from the magazine"
],
"synonyms":[
"clone",
"copy",
"duplicate",
"imitate",
"reduplicate",
"render",
"replicate",
"reproduce"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"forge",
"knock off",
"rip off",
"mimic",
"simulate",
"reconstruct",
"re-create"
],
"near antonyms":[
"create",
"imagine",
"initiate",
"invent"
],
"antonyms":[
"originate"
]
},
"to use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior":{
"examples":[
"a performer who slavishly copycats another never rises to the level of true stardom"
],
"synonyms":[
"ape",
"copy",
"emulate",
"imitate",
"mime",
"mimic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ditto",
"echo",
"reecho",
"repeat",
"burlesque",
"caricature",
"lampoon",
"mock",
"parody",
"travesty",
"impersonate",
"perform",
"play",
"pantomime"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"copies":{
"something that is made to look exactly like something else":{
"examples":[
"a copy of the famous painting \"Washington Crossing the Delaware\""
],
"synonyms":[
"carbon copies",
"carbons",
"clones",
"dummies",
"dupes",
"duplicates",
"duplications",
"facsimiles",
"imitations",
"mocks",
"reduplications",
"replicas",
"replications",
"reproductions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterfeits",
"fakes",
"forgeries",
"knockoffs",
"phonies",
"phoneys",
"rip-offs",
"rubber stamps",
"shams",
"miniatures",
"mock-ups",
"simulations",
"reconstructions",
"re-creations",
"images",
"likenesses",
"semblances",
"shadows",
"impressions",
"imprints",
"prints",
"approximations",
"reincarnations",
"versions",
"extras",
"reserves",
"spares"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"archetypes",
"originals",
"prototypes"
]
},
"to make an exact likeness of":{
"examples":[
"for the movie, set designers copied the Oval Office in the White House down to the smallest detail"
],
"synonyms":[
"clones",
"copycats",
"duplicates",
"imitates",
"reduplicates",
"renders",
"replicates",
"reproduces"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterfeits",
"fakes",
"forges",
"knocks off",
"rips off",
"mimics",
"simulates",
"reconstructs",
"re-creates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"creates",
"imagines",
"initiates",
"invents"
],
"antonyms":[
"originates"
]
},
"to use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior":{
"examples":[
"she shamelessly copies her idol's hairstyle and fashion choices"
],
"synonyms":[
"apes",
"copycats",
"emulates",
"imitates",
"mimes",
"mimics"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dittos",
"echoes",
"reechos",
"repeats",
"burlesques",
"caricatures",
"lampoons",
"mocks",
"parodies",
"travesties",
"impersonates",
"performs",
"plays",
"pantomimes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"copyist":{
"a person who adopts the appearance or behavior of another especially in an obvious way":{
"examples":[
"she prides herself on being an innovator in fashion, and not a mere copyist"
],
"synonyms":[
"aper",
"copycat",
"echo",
"follower",
"imitator",
"rubber stamp",
"wannabe",
"wannabee"
],
"near synonyms":[
"parrot",
"ape",
"emulator",
"impersonator",
"impressionist",
"mimic"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one who writes from dictation or copies manuscripts":{
"examples":[
"some scholars argue that the vexing passage reflects a misreading of the text by an early copyist"
],
"synonyms":[
"amanuensis",
"calligrapher",
"penman",
"scribe",
"scrivener"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"copied":{
"as in plagiarized , cribbed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cribbed",
"plagiarized",
"apish",
"canned",
"emulative",
"epigonic",
"epigonous",
"formulaic",
"imitative",
"mimetic",
"mimic",
"slavish",
"unoriginal",
"artificial",
"bogus",
"factitious",
"fake",
"false",
"imitation",
"man-made",
"mock",
"sham",
"simulated",
"substitute",
"synthetic",
"duplicated",
"photocopied",
"reduplicated",
"reproduced",
"transcribed",
"backup",
"counterfeit",
"deceptive",
"forged",
"fraudulent",
"misleading",
"cut-and-dried",
"cut-and-dry",
"perfunctory",
"routine",
"uninspired"
],
"near antonyms":[
"archetypal",
"archetypical",
"original",
"authentic",
"bona fide",
"legitimate",
"true",
"genuine",
"natural",
"real",
"classic",
"ideal",
"model"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make an exact likeness of":{
"examples":[
"for the movie, set designers copied the Oval Office in the White House down to the smallest detail"
],
"synonyms":[
"cloned",
"copycatted",
"duplicated",
"imitated",
"reduplicated",
"rendered",
"replicated",
"reproduced"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterfeited",
"faked",
"forged",
"knocked off",
"ripped off",
"mimicked",
"simulated",
"reconstructed",
"re-created",
"recreated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"created",
"imagined",
"initiated",
"invented"
],
"antonyms":[
"originated"
]
},
"to use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior":{
"examples":[
"she shamelessly copies her idol's hairstyle and fashion choices"
],
"synonyms":[
"aped",
"copycatted",
"emulated",
"imitated",
"mimed",
"mimicked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dittoed",
"echoed",
"reechoed",
"repeated",
"burlesqued",
"caricatured",
"lampooned",
"mocked",
"parodied",
"travestied",
"impersonated",
"performed",
"played",
"pantomimed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"copiousness":{
"as in bountifulness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bountifulness",
"appropriateness",
"correctness",
"fitness",
"goodness",
"properness",
"rightness",
"seemliness",
"suitability",
"suitableness",
"tolerability",
"excess",
"overabundance",
"oversupply",
"surfeit",
"surplus",
"acceptability",
"adequacy",
"satisfactoriness",
"sufficiency",
"abundance",
"amplitude",
"opulence",
"plenitude",
"plenteousness",
"plentifulness",
"plentitude",
"plenty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness",
"insufficiency",
"unsatisfactoriness",
"lack",
"want",
"crunch",
"dearth",
"deficit",
"famine",
"lack",
"shortage",
"meagerness",
"paucity",
"poorness",
"poverty",
"rareness",
"rarity",
"scantiness",
"scantness",
"scarceness",
"scarcity",
"skimpiness",
"necessity",
"need",
"privation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"copperheads":{
"as in rattlesnakes , sidewinders":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"adders",
"anacondas",
"asps",
"black racers",
"blacksnakes",
"blue racers",
"boas",
"bull snakes",
"bushmasters",
"chicken snakes",
"cobras",
"constrictors",
"coral snakes",
"cottonmouth moccasins",
"diamondback rattlesnakes",
"fer-de-lance",
"garter snakes",
"gopher snakes",
"green snakes",
"hognose snakes",
"horned vipers",
"indigo snakes",
"king cobras",
"king snakes",
"kraits",
"mambas",
"milk snakes",
"moccasins",
"pine snakes",
"pit vipers",
"puff adders",
"pythons",
"racers",
"rat snakes",
"rattlesnakes",
"sea serpents",
"sea snakes",
"sidewinders",
"taipans",
"water moccasins",
"water snakes",
"worm snakes",
"serpents",
"snakes",
"vipers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cop":{
"a member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level":{
"examples":[
"a cop stopped her for speeding"
],
"synonyms":[
"bobby",
"bull",
"constable",
"copper",
"flatfoot",
"fuzz",
"gendarme",
"lawman",
"officer",
"police officer",
"policeman",
"shamus"
],
"near synonyms":[
"patrolman",
"policewoman",
"detective",
"dick",
"gumshoe",
"hawkshaw",
"inspector",
"investigator",
"plainclothesman",
"sherlock",
"sleuth",
"sleuthhound",
"marshal",
"marshall",
"sheriff",
"trooper",
"peace officer",
"captain",
"lieutenant",
"sergeant",
"constabulary",
"heat",
"man",
"police",
"police force",
"operative",
"private detective",
"private eye",
"private investigator"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civilian"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for":{
"examples":[
"I copped a great outfit for only $50"
],
"synonyms":[
"buy",
"pick up",
"purchase",
"take"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquire",
"gain",
"garner",
"get",
"obtain",
"procure",
"secure",
"win",
"finance",
"pay (for)",
"spring (for)",
"barter (for)",
"deal (for)",
"dicker (over)",
"exchange (for)",
"haggle (for)",
"negotiate (about)",
"trade (for)",
"bargain (with)",
"chaffer (with)",
"horse-trade (with)",
"palter (with)",
"bid",
"offer",
"rebuy",
"repurchase"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deal (in)",
"market",
"merchandise",
"merchandize",
"retail",
"sell",
"vend"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"some concertgoers rushed pell-mell through the doors so that they could cop the seats down front"
],
"synonyms":[
"bag",
"capture",
"catch",
"collar",
"corral",
"get",
"glom",
"grab",
"grapple",
"hook",
"land",
"nab",
"nail",
"net",
"nobble",
"rap",
"seize",
"snag",
"snap (up)",
"snare",
"snatch",
"trap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"glove",
"halter",
"lasso",
"rope",
"apprehend",
"arrest",
"detain",
"bay",
"corner",
"clasp",
"clutch",
"fasten (on)",
"fist",
"grasp",
"grip",
"hold",
"latch (on or onto)",
"secure",
"rend",
"wrest",
"enmesh",
"immesh",
"ensnare",
"entangle",
"entrap",
"mesh",
"abduct",
"kidnap",
"spirit (away or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharge",
"free",
"liberate",
"release",
"drop",
"loosen",
"unhand"
],
"antonyms":[
"miss"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"copyedit":{
"as in read , subedit":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"read",
"sub",
"subedit",
"perfect",
"polish",
"touch up",
"reedit",
"edit",
"redraft",
"revamp",
"revise",
"rework",
"amend",
"annotate",
"correct",
"emend",
"rectify",
"fact-check",
"anthologize",
"collect",
"compile",
"get out",
"issue",
"print",
"publish",
"abridge",
"blue-pencil",
"redact",
"red-pencil",
"engross",
"recopy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cope (with)":{
"to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently":{
"examples":[
"coped with the latest foul-up gracefully"
],
"synonyms":[
"address",
"contend (with)",
"field",
"grapple (with)",
"hack",
"handle",
"manage",
"maneuver",
"manipulate",
"negotiate",
"play",
"swing",
"take",
"treat"
],
"near synonyms":[
"engineer",
"finesse",
"jockey",
"bring off",
"carry off",
"carry out",
"get off",
"pull",
"command",
"direct",
"guide",
"steer",
"control",
"micromanage",
"regulate",
"run",
"react (to)",
"respond (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"botch",
"bungle",
"foozle",
"fumble",
"goof (up)",
"louse up",
"mess (up)",
"mishandle",
"muff",
"scamp"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"coprisoners":{
"as in prisoners , convicts":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"captives",
"captures",
"internees",
"prisoners",
"convicts",
"jailbirds",
"abductees",
"kidnappees",
"kidnapees",
"arrestees"
],
"near antonyms":[
"captors",
"custodians",
"guardians",
"guards",
"jailers",
"jailors",
"keepers",
"marshals",
"marshalls",
"wardens",
"abductors",
"kidnappers",
"kidnapers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cop-out":{
"the act or a means of getting or keeping away from something undesirable":{
"examples":[
"I think that saying you're sick is just a cop-out to get out of going to work"
],
"synonyms":[
"avoidance",
"dodging",
"ducking",
"eluding",
"elusion",
"escape",
"eschewal",
"eschewing",
"evasion",
"out",
"shaking",
"shunning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bypassing",
"circumvention",
"runaround",
"sidestepping",
"skirting",
"averting",
"deflection",
"obviation",
"precluding",
"prevention"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abidance",
"endurance",
"submission",
"toleration"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to break a promise or agreement":{
"examples":[
"don't cop out on your promise to pay for the damage"
],
"synonyms":[
"back down",
"back off",
"back out",
"fink out",
"renege"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chicken (out)",
"wimp out",
"backpedal",
"backtrack",
"abjure",
"abnegate",
"disavow",
"forswear",
"foreswear",
"recall",
"recant",
"repudiate",
"retract",
"take back",
"unsay",
"withdraw",
"beg off",
"cry off"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adhere (to)",
"follow through (with)",
"comply (with)",
"fulfill",
"fulfil",
"honor",
"keep",
"satisfy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"copacetic":{
"being to one's liking":{
"examples":[
"don't worry, because I assure you that everything's copacetic"
],
"synonyms":[
"agreeable",
"all right",
"alright",
"ducky",
"fine",
"good",
"hunky-dory",
"jake",
"OK",
"okay",
"palatable",
"satisfactory"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delectable",
"delicious",
"delightful",
"dreamy",
"felicitous",
"gratifying",
"nice",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"scrumptious",
"welcome",
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"decent",
"passable",
"tolerable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"deficient",
"inferior",
"lousy",
"poor",
"punk",
"substandard",
"unacceptable",
"wanting",
"wretched",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"second-class",
"second-rate"
],
"antonyms":[
"disagreeable",
"unsatisfactory"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"coped":{
"to meet one's day-to-day needs":{
"examples":[
"a young man learning to cope on his own at college"
],
"synonyms":[
"did",
"fared",
"got along",
"got by",
"got on",
"made out",
"managed",
"shifted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carried on",
"contrived",
"scraped (by or through)",
"scrounged",
"lasted",
"survived",
"eked out",
"scraped (out)",
"squeezed",
"wrested",
"wrung",
"afforded",
"swung"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collapsed",
"failed",
"fell short",
"fizzled",
"floundered",
"declined",
"petered (out)",
"slumped",
"waned",
"gave up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"copying":{
"to make an exact likeness of":{
"examples":[
"for the movie, set designers copied the Oval Office in the White House down to the smallest detail"
],
"synonyms":[
"cloning",
"copycatting",
"duplicating",
"imitating",
"reduplicating",
"rendering",
"replicating",
"reproducing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterfeiting",
"faking",
"forging",
"knocking off",
"ripping off",
"mimicking",
"simulating",
"reconstructing",
"re-creating",
"recreating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"creating",
"imagining",
"initiating",
"inventing"
],
"antonyms":[
"originating"
]
},
"to use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior":{
"examples":[
"she shamelessly copies her idol's hairstyle and fashion choices"
],
"synonyms":[
"aping",
"copycatting",
"emulating",
"imitating",
"mimicking",
"miming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dittoing",
"echoing",
"reechoing",
"repeating",
"burlesquing",
"caricaturing",
"lampooning",
"mocking",
"parodying",
"travestying",
"impersonating",
"performing",
"playing",
"pantomiming"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"copasetic":{
"being to one's liking":{
"examples":[
"don't worry, because I assure you that everything's copacetic"
],
"synonyms":[
"agreeable",
"all right",
"alright",
"ducky",
"fine",
"good",
"hunky-dory",
"jake",
"OK",
"okay",
"palatable",
"satisfactory"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delectable",
"delicious",
"delightful",
"dreamy",
"felicitous",
"gratifying",
"nice",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"scrumptious",
"welcome",
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"decent",
"passable",
"tolerable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"deficient",
"inferior",
"lousy",
"poor",
"punk",
"substandard",
"unacceptable",
"wanting",
"wretched",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"second-class",
"second-rate"
],
"antonyms":[
"disagreeable",
"unsatisfactory"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"coproducers":{
"as in codevelopers , coinventors":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"codevelopers",
"co-developers",
"coinventors",
"co-inventors",
"coresearchers",
"co-researchers",
"dreamers",
"builders",
"makers",
"producers",
"groundbreakers",
"pioneers",
"planners",
"researchers",
"researchists",
"authors",
"begetters",
"creators",
"establishers",
"fathers",
"founders",
"generators",
"inaugurators",
"initiators",
"instituters",
"institutors",
"sires",
"contrivers",
"designers",
"developers",
"devisers",
"formulators",
"innovators",
"introducers",
"inventors",
"originators"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apers",
"copiers",
"copycats",
"duplicators",
"imitators",
"mimics"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"copublish":{
"as in publish , get out":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"get out",
"issue",
"print",
"publish",
"put out",
"contribute",
"edit",
"syndicate",
"reissue",
"reprint",
"republish",
"manufacture",
"produce",
"distribute",
"market",
"serialize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"censor",
"suppress"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"copters":{
"a vehicle for traveling through the air that obtains its lift from rotors which spin horizontally":{
"examples":[
"copters from the local TV stations made the obligatory reports on the bumper-to-bumper traffic at the start of the holiday weekend"
],
"synonyms":[
"choppers",
"eggbeaters",
"helicopters",
"helos",
"whirlybirds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rotary-wing aircrafts",
"rotorcraft",
"autogiros",
"autogyros",
"convertiplanes",
"convertaplanes",
"gyroplanes",
"tilt-rotors",
"slicks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"copycatted":{
"to make an exact likeness of":{
"examples":[
"asked her stylist to copycat a hairstyle from the magazine"
],
"synonyms":[
"cloned",
"copied",
"duplicated",
"imitated",
"reduplicated",
"rendered",
"replicated",
"reproduced"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterfeited",
"faked",
"forged",
"knocked off",
"ripped off",
"mimicked",
"simulated",
"reconstructed",
"re-created",
"recreated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"created",
"imagined",
"initiated",
"invented"
],
"antonyms":[
"originated"
]
},
"to use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior":{
"examples":[
"a performer who slavishly copycats another never rises to the level of true stardom"
],
"synonyms":[
"aped",
"copied",
"emulated",
"imitated",
"mimed",
"mimicked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dittoed",
"echoed",
"reechoed",
"repeated",
"burlesqued",
"caricatured",
"lampooned",
"mocked",
"parodied",
"travestied",
"impersonated",
"performed",
"played",
"pantomimed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"copped out":{
"to break a promise or agreement":{
"examples":[
"don't cop out on your promise to pay for the damage"
],
"synonyms":[
"backed down",
"backed off",
"backed out",
"finked out",
"reneged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chickened (out)",
"wimped out",
"backpedaled",
"backtracked",
"abjured",
"abnegated",
"disavowed",
"forswore",
"foreswore",
"recalled",
"recanted",
"repudiated",
"retracted",
"took back",
"unsaid",
"withdrew",
"begged off",
"cried off"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adhered (to)",
"followed through (with)",
"complied (with)",
"fulfilled",
"honored",
"kept",
"satisfied"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"copulated":{
"to engage in sexual intercourse":{
"examples":[
"the time of year when deer in the wild are likely to copulate"
],
"synonyms":[
"bred",
"mated",
"slept"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fooled around",
"fornicated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"copped":{
"to get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for":{
"examples":[
"I copped a great outfit for only $50"
],
"synonyms":[
"bought",
"picked up",
"purchased",
"took"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquired",
"gained",
"garnered",
"got",
"obtained",
"procured",
"secured",
"won",
"financed",
"paid (for)",
"sprang (for)",
"sprung (for)",
"bartered (for)",
"dealt (for)",
"dickered (over)",
"exchanged (for)",
"haggled (for)",
"negotiated (about)",
"traded (for)",
"bargained (with)",
"chaffered (with)",
"horse-traded (with)",
"paltered (with)",
"bade",
"bid",
"offered",
"rebought",
"repurchased"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dealt (in)",
"marketed",
"merchandised",
"merchandized",
"retailed",
"sold",
"vended"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"some concertgoers rushed pell-mell through the doors so that they could cop the seats down front"
],
"synonyms":[
"bagged",
"captured",
"caught",
"collared",
"corralled",
"glommed",
"got",
"grabbed",
"grappled",
"hooked",
"landed",
"nabbed",
"nailed",
"netted",
"nobbled",
"rapped",
"seized",
"snagged",
"snapped (up)",
"snared",
"snatched",
"trapped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gloved",
"haltered",
"lassoed",
"roped",
"apprehended",
"arrested",
"detained",
"bayed",
"cornered",
"clasped",
"clutched",
"fastened (on)",
"fisted",
"grasped",
"gripped",
"held",
"latched (on or onto)",
"secured",
"rent",
"rended",
"wrested",
"enmeshed",
"immeshed",
"ensnared",
"entangled",
"entrapped",
"meshed",
"abducted",
"kidnapped",
"kidnaped",
"spirited (away or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharged",
"freed",
"liberated",
"released",
"dropped",
"loosened",
"unhanded"
],
"antonyms":[
"missed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"copy":{
"something that is made to look exactly like something else":{
"examples":[
"a copy of the famous painting \"Washington Crossing the Delaware\""
],
"synonyms":[
"carbon",
"carbon copy",
"clone",
"dummy",
"dupe",
"duplicate",
"duplication",
"facsimile",
"imitation",
"mock",
"reduplication",
"replica",
"replication",
"reproduction"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"forgery",
"knockoff",
"phony",
"phoney",
"rip-off",
"rubber stamp",
"sham",
"miniature",
"mock-up",
"simulation",
"reconstruction",
"re-creation",
"image",
"likeness",
"semblance",
"shadow",
"impression",
"imprint",
"print",
"approximation",
"reincarnation",
"version",
"extra",
"reserve",
"spare"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"archetype",
"original",
"prototype"
]
},
"to make an exact likeness of":{
"examples":[
"for the movie, set designers copied the Oval Office in the White House down to the smallest detail"
],
"synonyms":[
"clone",
"copycat",
"duplicate",
"imitate",
"reduplicate",
"render",
"replicate",
"reproduce"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"forge",
"knock off",
"rip off",
"mimic",
"simulate",
"reconstruct",
"re-create"
],
"near antonyms":[
"create",
"imagine",
"initiate",
"invent"
],
"antonyms":[
"originate"
]
},
"to use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior":{
"examples":[
"she shamelessly copies her idol's hairstyle and fashion choices"
],
"synonyms":[
"ape",
"copycat",
"emulate",
"imitate",
"mime",
"mimic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ditto",
"echo",
"reecho",
"repeat",
"burlesque",
"caricature",
"lampoon",
"mock",
"parody",
"travesty",
"impersonate",
"perform",
"play",
"pantomime"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"copycats":{
"a person who adopts the appearance or behavior of another especially in an obvious way":{
"examples":[
"every rock singer who makes it big soon has a whole cluster of copycats"
],
"synonyms":[
"apers",
"copyists",
"echoes",
"echos",
"followers",
"imitators",
"rubber stamps",
"wannabes",
"wannabees"
],
"near synonyms":[
"parrots",
"apes",
"emulators",
"impersonators",
"impressionists",
"mimics"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make an exact likeness of":{
"examples":[
"asked her stylist to copycat a hairstyle from the magazine"
],
"synonyms":[
"clones",
"copies",
"duplicates",
"imitates",
"reduplicates",
"renders",
"replicates",
"reproduces"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterfeits",
"fakes",
"forges",
"knocks off",
"rips off",
"mimics",
"simulates",
"reconstructs",
"re-creates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"creates",
"imagines",
"initiates",
"invents"
],
"antonyms":[
"originates"
]
},
"to use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior":{
"examples":[
"a performer who slavishly copycats another never rises to the level of true stardom"
],
"synonyms":[
"apes",
"copies",
"emulates",
"imitates",
"mimes",
"mimics"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dittos",
"echoes",
"reechos",
"repeats",
"burlesques",
"caricatures",
"lampoons",
"mocks",
"parodies",
"travesties",
"impersonates",
"performs",
"plays",
"pantomimes"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"copes (with)":{
"to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently":{
"examples":[
"coped with the latest foul-up gracefully"
],
"synonyms":[
"addresses",
"contends (with)",
"fields",
"grapples (with)",
"hacks",
"handles",
"manages",
"maneuvers",
"manipulates",
"negotiates",
"plays",
"swings",
"takes",
"treats"
],
"near synonyms":[
"engineers",
"finesses",
"jockeys",
"brings off",
"carries off",
"carries out",
"gets off",
"pulls",
"commands",
"directs",
"guides",
"steers",
"controls",
"micromanages",
"regulates",
"runs",
"reacts (to)",
"responds (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"botches",
"bungles",
"foozles",
"fumbles",
"goofs (up)",
"louses up",
"messes (up)",
"mishandles",
"muffs",
"scamps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"coped (with)":{
"to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently":{
"examples":[
"coped with the latest foul-up gracefully"
],
"synonyms":[
"addressed",
"contended (with)",
"fielded",
"grappled (with)",
"hacked",
"handled",
"managed",
"maneuvered",
"manipulated",
"negotiated",
"played",
"swung",
"took",
"treated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"engineered",
"finessed",
"jockeyed",
"brought off",
"carried off",
"carried out",
"got off",
"pulled",
"commanded",
"directed",
"guided",
"steered",
"controlled",
"micromanaged",
"ran",
"run",
"regulated",
"reacted (to)",
"responded (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"botched",
"bungled",
"foozled",
"fumbled",
"goofed (up)",
"loused up",
"messed (up)",
"mishandled",
"muffed",
"scamped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"coppers":{
"a member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level":{
"examples":[
"a crime novel set in the days when policemen were coppers and safecrackers were \"yeggs\""
],
"synonyms":[
"bobbies",
"bulls",
"constables",
"cops",
"flatfeet",
"fuzzes",
"gendarmes",
"lawmen",
"officers",
"policemen",
"police officers",
"shamuses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"patrolmen",
"policewomen",
"detectives",
"dicks",
"gumshoes",
"hawkshaws",
"inspectors",
"investigators",
"plainclothesmen",
"sherlocks",
"sleuthhounds",
"sleuths",
"marshals",
"marshalls",
"sheriffs",
"troopers",
"peace officers",
"captains",
"lieutenants",
"sergeants",
"constabularies",
"heat",
"men",
"police",
"police forces",
"operatives",
"private detectives",
"private eyes",
"private investigators"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civilians"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"copter":{
"a vehicle for traveling through the air that obtains its lift from rotors which spin horizontally":{
"examples":[
"copters from the local TV stations made the obligatory reports on the bumper-to-bumper traffic at the start of the holiday weekend"
],
"synonyms":[
"chopper",
"eggbeater",
"helicopter",
"helo",
"whirlybird"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rotary-wing aircraft",
"rotorcraft",
"autogiro",
"autogyro",
"convertiplane",
"convertaplane",
"gyroplane",
"tilt-rotor",
"slick"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"copping out":{
"to break a promise or agreement":{
"examples":[
"don't cop out on your promise to pay for the damage"
],
"synonyms":[
"backing down",
"backing off",
"backing out",
"finking out",
"reneging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chickening (out)",
"wimping out",
"backpedaling",
"backtracking",
"abjuring",
"abnegating",
"disavowing",
"forswearing",
"foreswearing",
"recalling",
"recanting",
"repudiating",
"retracting",
"taking back",
"unsaying",
"withdrawing",
"begging off",
"crying off"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adhering (to)",
"following through (with)",
"complying (with)",
"fulfilling",
"honoring",
"keeping",
"satisfying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"copublishing":{
"as in publishing , getting out":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"getting out",
"issuing",
"printing",
"publishing",
"putting out",
"contributing",
"editing",
"syndicating",
"reissuing",
"reprinting",
"republishing",
"manufacturing",
"producing",
"distributing",
"marketing",
"serializing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"censoring",
"suppressing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"copestone":{
"as in high-water mark , top":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"acme",
"apex",
"capstone",
"climax",
"coup de gr\u00e2ce",
"coup de grace",
"crescendo",
"crown",
"culmination",
"high-water mark",
"meridian",
"peak",
"pinnacle",
"summit",
"tip-top",
"top",
"zenith",
"capper",
"close",
"closing",
"conclusion",
"consummation",
"end",
"endgame",
"ending",
"finale",
"finis",
"finish",
"grand finale",
"homestretch",
"mop-up",
"windup",
"wrap-up",
"aftermath",
"anticlimax",
"coda",
"epilogue",
"epilog",
"postscript",
"shank",
"tag end",
"tail end"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baseline",
"beginning",
"dawn",
"day one",
"nascence",
"nascency",
"opening",
"start",
"foreword",
"introduction",
"overture",
"preamble",
"preface",
"prelude",
"prologue",
"prolog"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"copycatting":{
"to make an exact likeness of":{
"examples":[
"asked her stylist to copycat a hairstyle from the magazine"
],
"synonyms":[
"cloning",
"copying",
"duplicating",
"imitating",
"reduplicating",
"rendering",
"replicating",
"reproducing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterfeiting",
"faking",
"forging",
"knocking off",
"ripping off",
"mimicking",
"simulating",
"reconstructing",
"re-creating",
"recreating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"creating",
"imagining",
"initiating",
"inventing"
],
"antonyms":[
"originating"
]
},
"to use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior":{
"examples":[
"a performer who slavishly copycats another never rises to the level of true stardom"
],
"synonyms":[
"aping",
"copying",
"emulating",
"imitating",
"mimicking",
"miming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dittoing",
"echoing",
"reechoing",
"repeating",
"burlesquing",
"caricaturing",
"lampooning",
"mocking",
"parodying",
"travestying",
"impersonating",
"performing",
"playing",
"pantomiming"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"copyediting":{
"as in reading , subediting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reading",
"subbing",
"subediting",
"perfecting",
"polishing",
"touching up",
"reediting",
"editing",
"redrafting",
"revamping",
"revising",
"reworking",
"amending",
"annotating",
"correcting",
"emending",
"rectifying",
"fact-checking",
"anthologizing",
"collecting",
"compiling",
"getting out",
"issuing",
"printing",
"publishing",
"abridging",
"blue-penciling",
"redacting",
"red-penciling",
"engrossing",
"recopying"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"coppice":{
"a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush":{
"examples":[
"the deer bounded off into the coppice"
],
"synonyms":[
"boscage",
"boskage",
"bosk",
"bosque",
"bosquet",
"brake",
"brushwood",
"chaparral",
"copse",
"covert",
"thicket"
],
"near synonyms":[
"canebrake",
"brush",
"bush",
"scrub",
"scrubland",
"bramble",
"jungle",
"tangle",
"grove",
"hedge",
"stand",
"woodlot",
"forest",
"greenwood",
"wildwood",
"wood",
"woodland"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"coping":{
"to meet one's day-to-day needs":{
"examples":[
"a young man learning to cope on his own at college"
],
"synonyms":[
"doing",
"faring",
"getting along",
"getting by",
"getting on",
"making out",
"managing",
"shifting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carrying on",
"contriving",
"scraping (by or through)",
"scrounging",
"lasting",
"surviving",
"eking out",
"scraping (out)",
"squeezing",
"wresting",
"wringing",
"affording",
"swinging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collapsing",
"failing",
"falling short",
"fizzling",
"floundering",
"declining",
"petering (out)",
"slumping",
"waning",
"giving up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"coproprietor":{
"as in co-owner":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"co-owner",
"holder",
"owner",
"possessor",
"proprietor",
"landlord",
"landowner"
],
"near antonyms":[
"squatter",
"lessee",
"renter",
"tenant"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"copiers":{
"as in duplicators , copycats":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"apers",
"copycats",
"duplicators",
"imitators",
"mimics"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contrivers",
"designers",
"developers",
"devisers",
"formulators",
"innovators",
"introducers",
"inventors",
"originators",
"authors",
"begetters",
"creators",
"establishers",
"fathers",
"founders",
"generators",
"inaugurators",
"initiators",
"instituters",
"institutors",
"sires",
"groundbreakers",
"pioneers",
"planners",
"researchers",
"researchists"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"copartners":{
"as in partners , allies":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accomplices",
"allies",
"cohorts",
"collaborators",
"confederates",
"halves",
"partners",
"equals",
"fellows",
"peers",
"buddies",
"chums",
"companions",
"comrades",
"cronies",
"pals",
"associates",
"colleagues",
"confreres",
"confr\u00e8res",
"coworkers",
"co-workers",
"compatriots",
"countrymen"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"copesetic":{
"being to one's liking":{
"examples":[
"don't worry, because I assure you that everything's copacetic"
],
"synonyms":[
"agreeable",
"all right",
"alright",
"ducky",
"fine",
"good",
"hunky-dory",
"jake",
"OK",
"okay",
"palatable",
"satisfactory"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delectable",
"delicious",
"delightful",
"dreamy",
"felicitous",
"gratifying",
"nice",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"scrumptious",
"welcome",
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"decent",
"passable",
"tolerable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"deficient",
"inferior",
"lousy",
"poor",
"punk",
"substandard",
"unacceptable",
"wanting",
"wretched",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"second-class",
"second-rate"
],
"antonyms":[
"disagreeable",
"unsatisfactory"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"copyreaders":{
"as in editors":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"editors",
"byliners",
"columnists",
"commentators",
"muckrakers",
"photojournalists",
"police reporters",
"sportswriters",
"staffers",
"stringers",
"anchormen",
"anchorpeople",
"anchors",
"anchorwomen",
"announcers",
"broadcasters",
"newscasters",
"newspapermen",
"newspaperwomen",
"newswomen",
"correspondents",
"intelligencers",
"journalists",
"newshounds",
"newsmen",
"newspeople",
"pressmen",
"reporters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"coprolite":{
"as in excrement , feces":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dirt",
"doo-doo",
"dropping",
"dung",
"excrement",
"excreta",
"feces",
"ordure",
"poop",
"scat",
"slops",
"soil",
"waste",
"dunghill",
"guano",
"manure",
"midden",
"muck",
"sewage",
"sewerage",
"night soil",
"stool",
"spoor"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"copyedits":{
"as in reads , subedits":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reads",
"subedits",
"subs",
"perfects",
"polishes",
"touches up",
"reedits",
"edits",
"redrafts",
"revamps",
"revises",
"reworks",
"amends",
"annotates",
"corrects",
"emends",
"rectifies",
"fact-checks",
"anthologizes",
"collects",
"compiles",
"gets out",
"issues",
"prints",
"publishes",
"abridges",
"blue-pencils",
"redacts",
"red-pencils",
"engrosses",
"recopies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"copublishes":{
"as in publishes , gets out":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gets out",
"issues",
"prints",
"publishes",
"puts out",
"contributes",
"edits",
"syndicates",
"reissues",
"reprints",
"republishes",
"manufactures",
"produces",
"distributes",
"markets",
"serializes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"censors",
"suppresses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"copulating":{
"sexual union involving penetration of the vagina by the penis":{
"examples":[
"our Puritan forebears imposed severe penalties for copulating outside of marriage"
],
"synonyms":[
"coition",
"coitus",
"commerce",
"congress",
"copulation",
"coupling",
"intercourse",
"lovemaking",
"mating",
"relations",
"sex",
"sex act",
"sexual intercourse",
"sexual relations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fornication",
"safe sex",
"carnality",
"sexuality",
"breeding",
"insemination",
"dalliance",
"hanky-panky",
"whoopee"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to engage in sexual intercourse":{
"examples":[
"the time of year when deer in the wild are likely to copulate"
],
"synonyms":[
"breeding",
"mating",
"sleeping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fooling around",
"fornicating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"coproducer":{
"as in codeveloper , coinventor":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"codeveloper",
"coinventor",
"coresearcher",
"dreamer",
"builder",
"maker",
"producer",
"groundbreaker",
"pioneer",
"planner",
"researcher",
"researchist",
"author",
"begetter",
"creator",
"establisher",
"father",
"founder",
"generator",
"inaugurator",
"initiator",
"instituter",
"institutor",
"sire",
"contriver",
"designer",
"developer",
"deviser",
"formulator",
"innovator",
"introducer",
"inventor",
"originator"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aper",
"copier",
"copycat",
"duplicator",
"imitator",
"mimic"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"copresidents":{
"as in cochairmen , cochairs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cochairmen",
"cochairpersons",
"cochairs",
"co-chairs",
"cochairwomen",
"chairwomen",
"chairmen",
"chairpersons",
"chairs",
"moderators",
"presidents",
"presiders",
"prolocutors",
"speakers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"copses":{
"a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush":{
"examples":[
"a small copse of trees shaded the back of the house"
],
"synonyms":[
"boscages",
"boskages",
"bosks",
"bosques",
"bosquets",
"brakes",
"brushwoods",
"chaparrals",
"coppices",
"coverts",
"thickets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"canebrakes",
"brushes",
"bushes",
"scrublands",
"scrubs",
"brambles",
"jungles",
"tangles",
"groves",
"hedges",
"stands",
"woodlots",
"forests",
"greenwoods",
"wildwoods",
"woodlands",
"woods"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"copper":{
"a member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level":{
"examples":[
"a crime novel set in the days when policemen were coppers and safecrackers were \"yeggs\""
],
"synonyms":[
"bobby",
"bull",
"constable",
"cop",
"flatfoot",
"fuzz",
"gendarme",
"lawman",
"officer",
"police officer",
"policeman",
"shamus"
],
"near synonyms":[
"patrolman",
"policewoman",
"detective",
"dick",
"gumshoe",
"hawkshaw",
"inspector",
"investigator",
"plainclothesman",
"sherlock",
"sleuth",
"sleuthhound",
"marshal",
"marshall",
"sheriff",
"trooper",
"peace officer",
"captain",
"lieutenant",
"sergeant",
"constabulary",
"heat",
"man",
"police",
"police force",
"operative",
"private detective",
"private eye",
"private investigator"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civilian"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"copestones":{
"as in high-water marks , tops":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"acmes",
"apexes",
"apices",
"capstones",
"climaxes",
"coups de gr\u00e2ce",
"coups de grace",
"crescendos",
"crescendoes",
"crescendi",
"crowns",
"culminations",
"high-water marks",
"meridians",
"peaks",
"pinnacles",
"summits",
"tip-tops",
"tops",
"zeniths",
"cappers",
"closes",
"closings",
"conclusions",
"consummations",
"endgames",
"endings",
"ends",
"finales",
"finises",
"finishes",
"grand finales",
"homestretches",
"mop-ups",
"windups",
"wrap-ups",
"aftermaths",
"anticlimaxes",
"codas",
"epilogues",
"epilogs",
"postscripts",
"shanks",
"tag ends",
"tail ends"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baselines",
"beginnings",
"dawns",
"day ones",
"nascences",
"nascencies",
"openings",
"starts",
"forewords",
"introductions",
"overtures",
"preambles",
"prefaces",
"preludes",
"prologues",
"prologs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"copier":{
"as in duplicator , copycat":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aper",
"copycat",
"duplicator",
"imitator",
"mimic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contriver",
"designer",
"developer",
"deviser",
"formulator",
"innovator",
"introducer",
"inventor",
"originator",
"author",
"begetter",
"creator",
"establisher",
"father",
"founder",
"generator",
"inaugurator",
"initiator",
"instituter",
"institutor",
"sire",
"groundbreaker",
"pioneer",
"planner",
"researcher",
"researchist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"copious":{
"pouring forth in great amounts":{
"examples":[
"a copious rush of words just poured out of the two friends who hadn't seen each other in years"
],
"synonyms":[
"galore",
"gushing",
"lavish",
"profuse",
"riotous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abounding",
"abundant",
"ample",
"bounteous",
"bountiful",
"liberal",
"plenteous",
"plentiful",
"extravagant",
"luxuriant",
"fat",
"fecund",
"fertile",
"free",
"munificent",
"openhanded",
"unsparing",
"unstinting",
"excessive",
"immoderate",
"redundant",
"adequate",
"complete",
"enough",
"sufficient"
],
"near antonyms":[
"meager",
"meagre",
"niggardly",
"poor",
"scant",
"scanty",
"spare",
"sparse",
"stingy",
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"incomplete",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"scarce",
"unsatisfactory",
"wanting",
"bare",
"mere",
"minimal"
],
"antonyms":[
"dribbling",
"trickling"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"copped (to)":{
"to make an acknowledgment of something unpleasant as true or valid":{
"examples":[
"the defendant made a deal with the prosecutor and copped to a lesser charge"
],
"synonyms":[
"admitted",
"confessed",
"fessed (up)",
"owned (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blabbed",
"talked",
"tattled",
"babbled",
"spilled",
"spilt"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clammed up",
"hushed",
"quieted (down)",
"shut up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cops out":{
"to break a promise or agreement":{
"examples":[
"don't cop out on your promise to pay for the damage"
],
"synonyms":[
"backs down",
"backs off",
"backs out",
"finks out",
"reneges"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chickens (out)",
"wimps out",
"backpedals",
"backtracks",
"abjures",
"abnegates",
"disavows",
"forswears",
"foreswears",
"recalls",
"recants",
"repudiates",
"retracts",
"takes back",
"unsays",
"withdraws",
"begs off",
"cries off"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adheres (to)",
"follows through (with)",
"complies (with)",
"fulfills",
"fulfils",
"honors",
"keeps",
"satisfies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}