COPIES Synonyms: 78 Similar and Opposite Words

copies 1 of 2

noun

plural of copy

as in reproductions

something that is made to look exactly like something else a copy of the famous painting "Washington Crossing the Delaware"

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verb

present tense third-person singular of copy

as in reproduces

to make an exact likeness of for the movie, set designers copied the Oval Office in the White House down to the smallest detail

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as in imitates

to use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior she shamelessly copies her idol's hairstyle and fashion choices

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Recent Examples of copies

Noun

Smith also explained what would happen if a legal challenge ultimately failed, including continuity arrangements with European partners and backup copies of Microsoft’s code held in Switzerland. — Margot Edelman, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026 Lizzo gave away copies of her book to students in kindergarten through third grade at the school. — Leondra Head, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026 The judgment requires Acosta Torres to make good-faith efforts to recover and surrender copies of those documents that might be held by other individuals. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026 Most of Ardis’s life, in other words, has been its aftermath; the collectors—the old Russian men and me—hunting down the few copies that survive. — Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026 The novels have sold more than 40 million copies and been translated into more than 40 languages. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2026 The software program Cloak, which creates copies of files that are illegible to AI models but readable for humans, will be available for free to WGAE members as part of the union’s benefits program. — J. Kim Murphy, IndieWire, 20 Oct. 2026 Brooke has arrived back at the family homestead in the California desert on Christmas Eve, bearing copies of her manuscript like a sinister Santa Claus. — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2026 Keep copies of your FTC report, police report if applicable and confirmation numbers. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026

Verb

Check what a website actually copies A website's Copy button can place different text on your clipboard than what appears on the page. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026 Someone else copies them for free and undercuts their pricing before the training run has even paid back. — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026 This rapid method copies the parasite’s genetic material until there’s enough to detect, rather than trying to grow the organism. — Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026 In that case, an election official copies a voter's selections from a defective ballot onto a new ballot that can be scanned in the voting machine. — Angela George, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 8 July 2026 On a party count, that is 4-3 for the Dems and the one-for-you, one-for-me bipartisan staffing copies the Board of Elections. — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2026 Every time the virus copies itself inside a cell, its genetic material mutates. — Kyle B. Enfield, The Conversation, 28 Mar. 2026 By practicing on a model that copies heart circulation and contraction, doctors can improve their technique for complex valve repairs before surgery. — Munis Raza, Interesting Engineering, 5 Mar. 2026 From about 2011 to 2014, Gates emails Epstein directly, and often one of the pair copies Cohen or Nikolic. — Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 5 Feb. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for copies

Noun

On the editorial side, this includes the licenses for reproductions in books like exhibition catalogs, scholarly tomes, and even the covers of novels, as well as publications, for news coverage and criticism for exhibitions as well as general use.

— Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
But De Kooning would apply fragments of the reproductions to new compositions, often in different orientations.

— Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of reproductions

Verb

Basquiat makes an image, reproduces it, cuts it up and gives it another life.

— Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Once researchers can send participants home with a device that reliably reproduces sauna-like heat stress, the study pipeline gets longer, cheaper and larger.

— Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of reproduces

Verb

Constantin Brâncuși’s marble-and-limestone sculpture L’oiseau (1923/1947), for example, commands the space, while Wolfgang Tillmans’s 2022 photograph tree filling window imitates an open window in a closed space.

— Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Over the weekend, movie-theater chain AMC Entertainment accused Robinhood of creating an unauthorized market that imitates trading in AMC shares through its overseas platform without the company’s approval.

— Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of imitates

Noun

Rights, approvals and protections for digital replicas, voice, likeness and content now have to be addressed up front, not as an afterthought.

— Claudia Rosenbaum, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026
In honor of the nation’s 250th anniversary, researchers at Penn State University have modeled its acoustic properties, drawing on data collected from one of the bell’s replicas.

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of replicas

Verb

In that sense, New Stanford replicates an ancient form of patriarchal bias that casts men as the norm and women as an atypical other.

— Judy Berman, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
Researchers at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have developed a robotic arm that replicates aspects of human touch perception.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026

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On Wednesday, President Laura Fernández inaugurated a mega-prison that emulates the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) that has become a symbol of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele's security strategy.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
Nvidia, which surrendered $589 billion in a day to DeepSeek's legend, is the company DeepSeek now depends on and emulates.

— Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of emulates

Verb

The Cyclops, Polyphemus, renders the strength of Odysseus’ crew insufficient, much as expertise that took a company decades to develop can suddenly be commoditized.

— Jeff DeGraff, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
It’s reflected in the visuals of the series, which are as unimaginative as the AI actor renders are dead and inexpressive even before they’re shot through with Tokugawa-era arrows.

— Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 16 Oct. 2026

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“Copies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copies. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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