Copy
Copy noun - Something that is made to look exactly like something else.
Usage example: a copy of the famous painting “Washington Crossing the Delaware”
Dupe is a synonym for copy in pirate topic. In some cases you can use "Dupe" instead the word "Copy" as a noun or a verb, when it comes to topics like duplicate, replica. informal substitute
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| perfect | perfect copy | perfect dupe |
| complete | complete copy | complete dupe |
| obvious | obvious copy | obvious dupe |
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Future Slang: Some of the books contain downright painful sequences involving some of the main characters' teenaged children, most notably Colonel Howard's son, using made-up techno-slang like DFF (Data Flowin' Fine) meaning good, or "you duplicate/dupe" as a "cool" form of "you copy".
Source: Literature / Net Force - When editing on film, they would use a "dupe" (a copy of the negative) with timecodes added to the negative to edit.
Source: Offline Edit -
Kamen Rider Wizard's Copy Ring is one of the first tricks he demonstrates; the White Wizard and movie villain Kamen Rider Sorcerer have Dupe Rings with similar effects.
Source: Doppelgänger Attack
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Dupe and Copy. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/copy/dupe
Copy & Dupe. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/copy/dupe>.
Dupe or Copy. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/copy/dupe.
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