Synonyms of copper
86 similar words
Another word for copper is chestnut. Other synonyms of copper are russet, coppern, coppery, copperish and constable.
Synonyms and similar words for copper
adjectiveMade of copper (etymology 1, noun sense 1).
- coppernMade or consisting of copper; coppery.
adjectiveHaving the reddish-brown colour of copper.
nounA police officer, especially one in uniform.
- constable
- copA police officer or prison guard.
- 5-O US, slang
- alphabet US, slang
- barney US, slang
- bizzie UK, slangA police officer.
- bluebottle slang
- blue heeler Australia, slang
- blue meanie derogatory, slang
- bobby UK, slang
- bogey UK, slang
- boy in blue US
- bull US, slangA policeman; a detective; a railroad security guard.
- bullyman Australia, derogatoryA police officer.
- buttons slang
- centenier
- charpering omi UKA policeman.
- chazzer slang
- cobbler slangA police officer.
- cozzer UK, slangA policeman, especially a detective; a rozzer.
- cracker US, derogatory
- crusher slang
- crowns US, slang
- dibble UK, slang
- fedA police officer.
- filth UK, derogatory
- finest informal
- five-oThe police.
- fuzz
- garda IrelandA member of the Gardaí: an Irish national police officer.
- gendarme
- glowie US, slangA government agent or informant infiltrating an online political space, with the supposed intention of surveilling...
- guardian of the peace Ireland, informalA police officer.
- Inspector Knacker colloquialA generic police officer, or the police in general.
- jack Australia, UKA policeman or detective; (Australia) a military policeman.
- jackboot Australia, UK
- jake US, slangA police officer, a law enforcement officer (sometimes especially one on foot rather than in a patrol car).
- John LawA personification of law enforcement; a police officer.
- John Q. Law USA generic police officer.
- Johnny Hopper UK, slangA police officer.
- lawmanAn officer of the law: a law-enforcement officer.
- mee-maw UK, slang
- monarch
- Mr Plod Australia, UKA law enforcement officer.
- oinker derogatory, slang
- Officer Friendly colloquialA police officer.
- Old Bill UK, slangA police officer.
- one-time US, slangThe police.
- PC Plod UK, informalA policeman (implying that he is dull and slow).
- pig derogatory, slangA police officer.
- piggy UK, derogatory
- peeler UK, slang
- plod UK, slang
- police
- police officerA peace officer who is a member of a police force.
- policeman
- policepersonA police officer of any gender.
- polis UK
- po-po
- roller slang
- rozzer UK, slangA police officer.
- slop UKA policeman.
- swine derogatory, slang
- statie US, slangA state trooper.
- twelve US, slang
- tyre biter derogatory, slangA police officer.
- walloper Australia, slang
- wooden-top UKA uniformed police officer.
- beatsman archaic, rareA policeman who walks the beat.
- bluecoat dated
- body snatcher humorous, obsolete
- finger US, obsolete
- flatfoot archaic, colloquial
- flatty US, archaic
- harman obsolete
- harman-beck obsoleteA policeman.
- mutton shunter UK, archaicPolice constable.
- nuthook obsolete
- raw lobster obsolete, slangSynonym of unboiled lobster (“police officer”).
- scufter UK, datedA policeman.
- unboiled lobster obsolete, slangA police officer.
Meaning of copper
- noun A reddish-brown metallic chemical element (symbol Cu) with the atomic number 29; also, the metal made up of this element.
- noun The reddish-brown colour of copper (etymology 1, noun sense 1).
- noun In full copper butterfly: any of various lycaenid butterflies with copper-coloured upperwings, especially those of the genera Lycaena and Paralucia.
copper in other languages
Questions about synonyms of copper
- What is another word for copper?
- Copper has 86 synonyms on Word.ws, such as chestnut, russet, coppern, coppery, copperish, constable, cop and 5-O.
- What does copper mean?
- Copper means a reddish-brown metallic chemical element (symbol Cu) with the atomic number 29; also, the metal made up of this element.
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