COPES Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

copes 1 of 2

noun

plural of cope

as in shrouds

something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth committed their nefarious deeds under the dark cope of night

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copes

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of cope

as in does

to meet one's day-to-day needs a young man learning to cope on his own at college

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Hollis buries herself in work in an attempt to escape her complicated grief, while aspiring filmmaker Caroline copes by making snarky remarks and bristling at her mom's efforts to connect. — Clarissa Cruz, Entertainment Weekly, 16 June 2026 Gemini copes through logic and distraction, while Pisces feels everything at once. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 26 May 2026 Meanwhile, Annie as played by Tess Barthélémy copes in two ways with being surrounded by caricaturish oppressors. — Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 18 May 2026 Another interesting storyline will be how El Hadji Malick Diouf copes with Saka’s attacking threat down the Arsenal right. — Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 9 May 2026 New secrets about the city’s origins arise, and the social structure struggles as the bunker copes with fallout from last season. — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2026 How a canine copes with the holidays will depend on their personality, but owners should consider using a crate, blocking access to certain rooms, or keeping them on a leash. — Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2025 The 10-2 vote in favor of the easier policy came as the Fed copes with an absence of timely economic data due to the four-week-old government shutdown. — Sean Conlon,sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025 Unlike other forms of stress, exercise stress is a good thing, because the body copes with it in a positive way. — Bryant Stamford, Louisville Courier Journal, 25 Sep. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for copes

Noun

Understanding this dual existence could be key to solving the origins of dust shrouds in interacting supernovas.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 July 2026
In the hospital’s courtyard, relatives wept over the bodies covered in white burial shrouds.

— Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2026

Definition of shrouds

Noun

Throughout history, kings, queens and other members of the royal family have donned luxurious fur stoles, floor-length fur coats, capes with mink trims and cloaks with ermine edges (that's weasel fur).

— Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 14 June 2026
The housekeepers greet me with genuine care, the bartenders create cocktails with panache and smiles, and the doormen and women jauntily pose for pictures in their thick Batman-style winter cloaks.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026

Definition of cloaks

Verb

Djed Spence was ruled to have initiated contact, and Norway survives the penalty call.

— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 12 July 2026
The foundations for whether a team survives those conditions or thrives in them were laid long before the first knockout match — through pre-World Cup preparation and the adaptations built over the opening weeks of the tournament.

— Alan McCall, New York Times, 11 July 2026

Definition of survives

Noun

Court documents show that the city threw away almost all her belongings that day, too, including a second laptop, her new tent and her new blankets.

— Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 8 July 2026
At a charge, guests may also book a cute Patina Osaka wagon, packed with chairs, cuddly blankets, bites, and drinks for a bucolic picnic in the park.

— Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026

Definition of blankets

Verb

As the actor who originated the role, Johnson fares a bit better as Maui, smirking and preening and repeatedly tossing Moana off her own boat in attempts to commandeer it for himself.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 8 July 2026
All of them are inheriting relatively stable situations at quarterback compared to some of last year’s first-timers, but innumerable factors will impact how each of them fares this season.

— Joseph Person, New York Times, 24 June 2026

Definition of fares

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