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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Recent Examples of copes

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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

Smoke from a Boyle Heights warehouse fire shrouds Dodger Stadium in acrid haze before the Dodgers’ 12-1 loss to the Baltimore Orioles.

— Liana Handler, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2026
Graves are dug by hand and bodies are only buried in caskets or shrouds made of biodegradable materials like bamboo or cotton.

— Dorany Pineda, Fortune, 2 May 2026