Cope
Hereditary family designation
Cope means to deal with difficulty or manage under stress: How do you cope with all that pressure?
She's barely coping since the divorce.
The word implies handling something challenging rather than thriving—you cope with hardship, not abundance.
In internet slang, cope (often as a noun) dismisses someone's reasoning as self-deception or rationalization: That's pure cope.
The unrelated noun cope is a long ceremonial cloak worn by clergy.
Ceremonial religious garment
- liturgicalOf public worship rites
- robeLong loose outer garment
- processionalCeremonial entrance music
- ecclesiasticalRelating to church matters
bishop · priest · embroidered · ceremonial · Mass · cathedral · cassock · surplice
Direct or handle successfully
- endureSuffer through without yielding
- handlePart for gripping
- surviveContinue to exist
- adaptModify for new conditions
resilience · struggle · persevere · tolerate · withstand · overcome · adjust · bear
Agreement or distribution
- navigateGuide through terrain
- problem-solveAddress and resolve difficulties
- strategizeDevise a plan
- workaroundMakeshift bypass of difficulty
improvise · juggle · prioritize · troubleshoot · resourceful · makeshift · get by · muddle through
vestment
Ceremonial religious garment
- liturgicalOf public worship rites
- robeLong loose outer garment
- processionalCeremonial entrance music
ecclesiastical · bishop · priest · embroidered · ceremonial · Mass · cathedral · cassock · surplice · mitre
manage
Direct or handle successfully
adapt · resilience · struggle · persevere · tolerate · withstand · overcome · adjust · bear · therapy
deal
Agreement or distribution
- navigateGuide through terrain
- problem-solveAddress and resolve difficulties
- strategizeDevise a plan
workaround · improvise · juggle · prioritize · troubleshoot · resourceful · makeshift · get by · muddle through · make do
- paleontologydinosaurs, fossil, paleontology, fossil record, dinosaur bones
- American FossilsTyrannosaurus rex, Brachiosaurus, Utahraptor, Dilophosaurus, Morrison Formation
- Named ReactionsDiels-Alder reaction, Claisen condensation, Negishi coupling, Sonogashira coupling, Sandmeyer reaction
Copebreak down
Fail mechanically or emotionally
fall apart · fail · collapse · succumb · crumble
Copecrack up
Laugh uncontrollably
fall to pieces · decompensate · melt down · go to pieces · crumble
Copegive up
Stop attempting something
surrender · quit · capitulate · throw in the towel · cave in
- cope withManage a difficulty
- coping withManaging a difficulty
- coping mechanismMethod for managing distress
- coping strategiesTechniques for handling adversity
- coping sawFrame-held blade for curves
- coping skillsMethods for managing stress