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 When people have little relief from stress in a chaotic environment, their brains have difficulty coping with the ongoing prediction errors, Friston, McEwen and neuroscientist Achim Peters argued in a 2017 article. — Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026 Building and protecting those pipelines will be expensive—but far cheaper than trying to keep the strait open by force or coping with periodic shortages and price spikes. — Philip H. Gordon, Foreign Affairs, 12 Oct. 2026 Other strategies include encouraging healthy sleeping habits, teaching coping habits such as deep breathing and muscle relaxation, and spending time together. — ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026 That's also depressing consumer sentiment and squeezing people coping with higher prices, according to economists. — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026 Quarterback Jayden Maiava and a receivers group coping with injuries will need to keep USC’s offense composed amid the hostile crowd. — Jordan Puente, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026 Alan Alda is sharing his surprising method of coping with Parkinson’s. — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026 Kawhi Leonard taught him about body management and coping with expectations. — Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026 But with credit-card interest rates now as high as 28 percent, a short-term coping strategy can quickly become a long-term financial crisis, as interest rates climb and interest costs grow. — Sheldon H. Jacobson, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for coping

Verb

Any company doing a div-recap is likely taking a forward-looking view that the IPO market will be closed in the short run.

— Hugh Leask, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
Donaldson’s wife, Eleanor Donaldson, 60, was found to have aided and abetted her husband’s offenses for witnessing the abuse and doing nothing to intervene.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of doing

Verb

Positioning the commercial arm of the 100-year-old BBC for a streaming future while managing the traditional linear channels that still do great business in many international territories.

— Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026
Years later, there’s still work to be done managing a film’s intellectual property rights and corporate vehicles.

— Kim Jackson, IndieWire, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of managing

Verb

In the two years since Payne’s death, each surviving member has returned to making music.

— Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2026
Many who hadn’t lost a house couldn’t imagine surviving a grueling six-year fight with an insurance company for money and the city for permits — let alone twice.

— Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026