Copy
Copy noun - Something that is made to look exactly like something else.
Negative
Negative noun - Something that is as different as possible from something else.
Usage example: the desire to control another person is actually the negative of real love
How words are described
| complete | complete copy | complete negative |
| original | original copy | original negative |
| single | single copy | single negative |
| entire | entire copy | entire negative |
| Other adjectives: duplicate. | ||
Common collocations
| items | copy items | negative items |
Both words in one sentence
- 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 -
Needless to say, the Western fanbase has negative expectations and accuses it of trying to copy Yo Kai Watch.
Source: Denser and Wackier -
It is a nearly note-for-note copy of the 1928 film.The last reel of Sadie Thompson has been lost due to deterioration of the negative.
Source: Film / Sadie Thompson
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Negative and Copy. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/copy/negative
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Negative or Copy. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/copy/negative.
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