Cop
Cop noun - A member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level.
Usage example: a cop stopped her for speeding
Man
Man noun - A body of officers of the law.
Usage example: the crowd of onlookers quickly scattered when the man arrived on the scene
Cop and man are semantically related in law topic. Sometimes you can use "Cop" instead a noun "Man", if it concerns topics such as police officer, officer of the law.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- However, it turns out that the cop and the man had planned the improper search between them; they'd been having a relationship for some time.
Source: Off on a Technicality - Law & Order: Criminal Intent has detective Mike Logan shoot a man who turns out to be reaching for his badge — he was an undercover cop.
Source: Shoot Him, He Has a Wallet! - Hill Street Blues: A man is holding someone hostage with a gun on them, and informs the cop that he is going to kill them unless the cop kills him first.
Source: Suicide by Cop
Cite this Source
Man and Cop. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cop/man
Cop & Man. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cop/man>.
Man or Cop. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cop/man.
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