COPING Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

coping

verb

Definition of coping

present participle of cope

as in doing

to meet one's day-to-day needs a young man learning to cope on his own at college

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Recent Examples of coping Stories on family dynamics include being bribed with McDonald’s to keep secrets and coping with the loss of his mother before his father quickly remarried. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 31 July 2026 Re-emphasize coping skills like taking deep breaths, taking mental health days, and being kind to yourself. — Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 31 July 2026 Risk factors can include feeling lonely or socially isolated, experiencing bullying, coping with major family changes, previous trauma, or struggling with anxiety or emotional distress. — Larry Magid, Mercury News, 30 July 2026 Both have found ways of coping within misogynistic institutions that have actively sidelined them. — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 30 July 2026 Thus, attention that might have been devoted to local coping mechanisms or new business opportunities was peeled away and newly affixed to the Prime Minister and his stalwart scientific advisors. — Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 27 July 2026 These are some of the ways Americans are coping with the higher costs of living, from skyrocketing rents to grocery bills that seem to grow with each trip. — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 20 July 2026 Coverage from the Sacramento Bee describes the practice as a normalized coping hobby for perimenopausal women who piece together regimens around their most disruptive symptoms, often documenting and refining them through peer-to-peer advice. — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2026 This was, for me, the penalty performance of the tournament so far, a perfect culmination of individual and collective coping efforts, under extreme conditions. — Geir Jordet, New York Times, 15 July 2026

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Verb

Alvin Kan, chief operating officer of Bitget Wallet, said on the On The Margin podcast that freelancers and remote workers already treat a self-custody crypto wallet as a place to keep working capital, and that the share doing so is growing.

— Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
At times, he was seen doing stretches, eating food, peering out the windows with binoculars and listening to music with headphones.

— Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of doing

Verb

The Raiders are managing a knee ailment that caused McCoy to drop to the fourth round in April’s NFL Draft.

— Sam Warren, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2026
Katsis was adept at managing major live acts, overseeing rollouts like Backstreet Boys’ Into the Millennium Tour and helping morph Korn and Limp Bizkit into perennial arena acts.

— Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of managing

Verb

The result is that nighttime driving increasingly feels less like navigating through darkness and more like surviving a rolling photonics demonstration from the consumer electronics industry.

— Matthew MacConnell, ArsTechnica, 3 Aug. 2026
Sheridan's formidable character, Cody, is the most experienced (and vocal) at surviving this new, lethal style of warfare.

— Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of surviving

Verb

Arne Slot’s side scored 19 league goals via that route with six top-flight clubs faring better, including Bournemouth (20).

— James Pearce, New York Times, 24 July 2026
Investors will get their first look into how Big Tech companies are faring on Wednesday, with Google-parent Alphabet , Tesla , IBM and ServiceNow set to report after the bell.

— Fred Imbert, CNBC, 22 July 2026