Copes [verb]

Definition of Copes:

manage, contend

Synonyms of Copes:

● Wrestle

● Handle

● Confront

● Get by

● Grapple

● Endure

● Survive

● Suffer

● Tussle

● Deal

● Buffet

● Face

● Dispatch

● Weather

● Struggle

● Hack

● Tangle

● Encounter

● Carry on

● Hack it

● Make out

● Battle with

● Get a handle on

● Live with

● Make go of it

● Make it

● Make the grade

● Pit oneself against

● Rise to occasion

● Struggle through


Opposite/Antonyms of Copes:

● Yield

● Keep

● Hold

● Surrender

● Retreat

● Refuse


Sentence/Example of Copes:

And when ordinary fellows like you and me attempt to cope with their idiosyncrasies the result is bungling.

Constabulary was insufficient to cope with the marauders, and regular troops had to be sent to these provinces.

Louis the Lusty fled before an insurrection that he did not think himself equal to cope with.

Chivey was not soft, but he was not competent to cope with such a keen spirit as this Spanish notary.

Yamba acted as cook and waitress, but after a time the work was more than she could cope with unaided.

Kenneth used always to admire you both so much for your ability to 'cope with a situation.'

Should we find them peaceable, or, if warlike, should we be able to cope with them?

"Oh, I know better than to cope with you," smiling upon her fondly.

How could she have expected to cope with such a man as this?

That life of the mind, which is our true life, had to change its point of view in order to meet and cope with the newcomer.