COPPER Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

copper

noun

Definition of copper

as in policeman

a member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level a crime novel set in the days when policemen were coppers and safecrackers were "yeggs"

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Antonyms & Near Antonyms

civilian

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of copper In addition, copper piping allows visitors to breathe in air directly from the bee brood chambers, which is claimed to have natural organic compounds and has a sweet scent of raw honey and beeswax. — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 6 Aug. 2026 The property was designed to reflect California’s Spanish mission heritage, complete with a copper roofed bell tower modeled after Mission Santa Barbara, according to PBS SoCal. — Dana Sauchelli, Travel + Leisure, 6 Aug. 2026 An open-pit copper mine at Asarco's Mission Mine Complex in Sahuarita, Arizona, US, on Friday, March 6, 2026. — Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026 In summer 2024, the board brought in a water-testing consultant whose analysis found elevated levels of zinc, aluminum, iron, and copper. — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 5 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for copper

Recent Examples of Synonyms for copper

Noun

In 2022, an ex-policeman armed with a gun and knife stormed into a nursery in the country's north and murdered 24 children and 12 adults in one of Thailand's deadliest massacres.

— CBS News, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
People began rioting in Los Angeles’ predominantly Black Watts neighborhood after a crowd watched White policemen forcefully subdue a Black man.

— USA Today, USA Today, 28 July 2026

Definition of policeman

Noun

Members of the Montreal City Police Department found the weapon, a Glock 26, on August 30, 2024, when officers raided a home in relation to a kidnapping investigation, court records show.

— Mark Morales, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
Banks hired more loan officers, credit analysts, personal bankers, and fraud and risk specialists.

— Adam Schickling, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of officer

Noun

Cypher probably is best known for his role as the politics-savvy and sometimes duplicitous Police Chief Fletcher Daniels in more than 70 episodes of NBC’s 1980s cop drama Hill Street Blues from 1981-87.

— Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 10 Aug. 2026
The sequel Kris falls asleep to ends with a bloodied final girl refusing a cop’s reassurance that the killer is gone.

— JP Mangalindan, Time, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of cop

Noun

Thompson alerted a town administrator and special constable named Sherise Fountain, who went to investigate.

— Zander Sherman, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026
Authorities offered their sympathies to McKnight’s family, everyone at the constable’s office, and those who knew and loved him.

— Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026