COPPER Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

copper

noun

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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Recent Examples of copper About 70% of new silver comes out of the ground as a byproduct of copper, lead and zinc operations, which means silver output depends more on demand for those metals than on the price of silver itself. —

Sharon Wu, USA Today, 14 May 2026 These materials include copper, aluminum oxide, and hydrogen fluoride, which is used as a propellant in some rocket engines. —

Leonard David, Space.com, 13 May 2026 During the early 1900s, when copper, gold, zinc and silver production was booming, Bisbee prospered. —

Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 13 May 2026 Balochistan is home to significant deposits of copper, gold, natural gas and coal, including at the Reko Diq mine, one of the world’s largest undeveloped copper and gold reserves. —

Amira Jadoon, The Conversation, 13 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for copper

Recent Examples of Synonyms for copper

Noun

The cars slid backward and would have dropped through the opening made by the raising to the abutment of the bridge if policemen had not attracted the attention of the bridge tender by firing their revolvers.

— Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
At the beginning of the siege, Ihor became a volunteer policeman, tasked with keeping order in a city that was becoming more lawless by the day.

— James Verini, The Atlantic, 12 May 2026