COPING Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

coping

verb

Definition of coping

present participle of cope

as in doing

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 coping But Americans are also coping with years of cumulative inflation. — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 18 July 2026 How companies are coping with uncertainty Companies are navigating refunds and inflation differently. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 17 July 2026 Coverage from the Sacramento Bee describes the practice as a normalized coping hobby for perimenopausal women who piece together regimens around their most disruptive symptoms, often documenting and refining them through peer-to-peer advice. — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2026 This was, for me, the penalty performance of the tournament so far, a perfect culmination of individual and collective coping efforts, under extreme conditions. — Geir Jordet, New York Times, 15 July 2026 The Sparks have alternated winning and losing streaks while coping with injuries to Kelsey Plum and a porous defense. — Marisa Ingemi, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026 Everyone is coping differently—some through fashion, some by fleeing. — Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 10 July 2026 Across Connecticut, families coping with PTSD, chronic pain, depression and treatment-resistant mental health conditions are looking for therapies that offer hope when conventional approaches have fallen short. — John R. Gordon, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2026 Evert remembers being aware of all that Navratilova was coping with, but says competition kept her at a distance. — Eileen Finan, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026

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Verb

Fury is doing his own tune-up work, with his bout against Mariusz Wach landing the night before this card.

— Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 24 July 2026
But doing so would cost multiples of the original sale price.

— Annie Costabile, New York Times, 24 July 2026

Definition of doing

Verb

Prep Baseball Report, a group based in Indiana, and Homefield’s baseball teams, would continue managing and utilizing the property under the 20-year lease term with the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and KCK.

— Sofi Zeman July 24, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026
The trailer relies on a hitch coupler force sensor to provide continuous feedback on the pull on the tow vehicle, managing the trailer's movement by increasing motor output or applying the electro-mechanical brakes located at all four wheels.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 23 July 2026

Definition of managing

Verb

Declan Rice and Ezri Konsa also scored as England raced to a 4-0 halftime lead before surviving a frantic second half to secure the nation’s best World Cup finish since winning the title in 1966.

— Mark Hodge, NBC news, 20 July 2026
On one of the surviving Ottoman maps of Athens, it’s indicated by a dotted line, a marking that also indicated what is believed to have been a plan of underground tunnels below the citadel.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026

Definition of surviving

Verb

Arne Slot’s side scored 19 league goals via that route with six top-flight clubs faring better, including Bournemouth (20).

— James Pearce, New York Times, 24 July 2026
Investors will get their first look into how Big Tech companies are faring on Wednesday, with Google-parent Alphabet , Tesla , IBM and ServiceNow set to report after the bell.

— Fred Imbert, CNBC, 22 July 2026