Synonyms of copter

copter

noun

ˈkäp-tər 

as in helicopter

a vehicle for traveling through the air that obtains its lift from rotors which spin horizontally

copters from the local TV stations made the obligatory reports on the bumper-to-bumper traffic at the start of the holiday weekend

Synonyms & Similar Words

• helicopter
• chopper
• helo
• whirlybird
• eggbeater
• rotorcraft
• gyroplane
• autogiro
• tilt-rotor
• convertiplane
• rotary-wing aircraft
• slick

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of copter

The Easter Bunny will fly in via copter, then hand out eggs to children. — Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026

These copters, presumably built at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, will carry cameras and ground-penetrating radars to scan the Martian terrain for subsurface water ice. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 25 Mar. 2026

Kiddos can fly in Rosie’s cheese-copter, sit in Ada’s thinking chair, build a bridge with Iggy, lead a movement with Sofia and tell stories through illustration with Aaron, according to the museum. — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Mar. 2026

But the heroic racers managed to fix it in the dunes, with cargo straps, and the camera ‘copter got some epic footage of the thing clawing its way to the end of the stage. — Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 14 Jan. 2026