Thesaurus / cop-out
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synonyms for cop-out
- alibi
- excuse
- guise
- ploy
- pretense
- ruse
- affectation
- appearance
- bluff
- cleanup
- cloak
- color
- coloring
- cover
- cover-up
- device
- face
- feint
- front
- mask
- masquerade
- plea
- routine
- semblance
- show
- simulation
- stall
- stratagem
- subterfuge
- veil
- come-off
- cover story
- fig leaf
- red herring
- song and dance
- excuse
- justification
- pretext
- account
- affirmation
- allegation
- answer
- assertion
- assurance
- avowal
- case
- cover
- declaration
- explanation
- plea
- profession
- proof
- reason
- reply
- retort
- stall
- statement
- vindication
- airtight case
- fish story
- song and dance
- dodging
- artifice
- circumvention
- cunning
- ditch
- dodge
- elusion
- equivocation
- evasiveness
- excuse
- jive
- lie
- obliqueness
- pretext
- prevarication
- quibble
- routine
- ruse
- shift
- shirking
- shuffling
- shunning
- slip
- sophism
- sophistry
- stall
- subterfuge
- trick
- trickery
- come-off
- equivocating
- eschewal
- evading
- fancy footwork
- fugiviteness
- fugivity
- runaround
- stonewall
- alibi
- apology
- justification
- pretext
- rationalization
- substitute
- trick
- cleanup
- cover
- defense
- disguise
- evasion
- expedient
- extenuation
- grounds
- jive
- makeshift
- mitigation
- plea
- regrets
- routine
- semblance
- shift
- song
- stall
- stopgap
- story
- subterfuge
- vindication
- whitewash
- come-off
- cover story
- coverup
- fish story
- song and dance
- why and wherefore
On this page you'll find 190 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to cop-out, such as: action, allegation, apology, argument, claim, and explanation.
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
How to use cop-out in a sentence
Meanin' as you'll walk right in on Bud's tough bunch an' cop out d' Kid on y'r lonesome—eh?
THE DEFINITE OBJECTJEFFERY FARNOLFritz has been over a good bit lately and we have to put out our lights as soon as it gets dark, else we'd cop out for sure.
COMBED OUTFRITZ AUGUST VOIGTSuddenly the burglar stopped and called to him softly: "Ain't there a cop out there in front somewhere sparking the girl?"
WHIRLIGIGSO. HENRYHe knew he was plain pastry for the Sharks, so he would hang around the first Tee waiting to cop out a Pudding.
ADE'S FABLESGEORGE ADEBrownlee excused himself and followed the cop out, leaving me to explain things to His Grace.
NOR IRON BARS A CAGE....GORDON RANDALL GARRETTHe simply can't lose, can't fail to cop out the best-looking girl with the biggest bank-roll in town.
THE FORTUNE HUNTERLOUIS JOSEPH VANCE"Seen a cop out of the tail of my eye," she explained, hurriedly.
THE PURPLE HEIGHTSMARIE CONWAY OEMLERWORDS RELATED TO COP-OUT
- artifice
- circumvention
- come-off
- cop-out
- cunning
- ditch
- dodge
- dodging
- elusion
- equivocating
- equivocation
- eschewal
- evading
- evasiveness
- excuse
- fancy footwork
- fugiviteness
- fugivity
- jive
- lie
- obliqueness
- pretext
- prevarication
- quibble
- routine
- runaround
- ruse
- shift
- shirking
- shuffling
- shunning
- slip
- sophism
- sophistry
- stall
- stonewall
- subterfuge
- trick
- trickery
- alibi
- apology
- cleanup
- come-off
- cop-out
- cover
- cover story
- coverup
- defense
- disguise
- evasion
- expedient
- extenuation
- fish story
- grounds
- jive
- justification
- makeshift
- mitigation
- plea
- pretext
- rationalization
- regrets
- routine
- semblance
- shift
- song
- song and dance
- stall
- stopgap
- story
- substitute
- subterfuge
- trick
- vindication
- whitewash
- why and wherefore
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.