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Synonyms of cop

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Another word for cop is 5-O. Other synonyms of cop are alphabet, barney, bizzie, bluebottle and blue heeler.

Synonyms and similar words for cop

nounA police officer or prison guard.

Meaning of cop

  1. verb To capture or arrest someone.
  2. verb To obtain, to purchase (items including but not limited to drugs), to get hold of, to take.
  3. verb To (be forced to) take; to receive; to shoulder; to bear, especially blame or punishment for a particular instance of wrongdoing.

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Questions about synonyms of cop

What is another word for cop?
Cop has 80 synonyms on Word.ws, such as 5-O, alphabet, barney, bizzie, bluebottle, blue heeler, blue meanie and bobby.
What does cop mean?
Cop means to capture or arrest someone.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cop (page history and authors) and the entries of the words listed. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws grouped the synonyms and antonyms by meaning and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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