cop out

Questions about cop out

What is another word for cop out?

It depends which cop out you mean. In the sense “choose not to do something, as out of fear of failing”, the synonyms are opt out. Across all 1 sense there are 1 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of cop out?

WordNet records no antonym for cop out. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for cop out come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of cop out

• Full entry for cop outAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for cop outWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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