Copy
Copy noun - Something that is made to look exactly like something else.
Word
Word noun - A pronounceable series of letters having a distinct meaning especially in a particular field.
How words are described
| old | old copy | old word |
| good | good copy | good word |
| exact | exact copy | exact word |
| particular | particular copy | particular word |
| Other adjectives: original, single, simple, actual, real, bad, new, final, last. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- This is especially prevalent in well-researched historical fiction, war stories, and crime fiction where authors tend to copy almost the entire plot from real history and documentations word-for-word (with some twist of creativity on the author's part).
Source: Indecisive Deconstruction -
Word of God has it that the major characters in The Order of the Stick each have "common poses" that are copy-pasted rather than redrawn.
Source: Cut-and-Paste Comic -
Sheska from Fullmetal Alchemist is clumsy, daydreams, and can copy a book word for word for weeks or even months after she has read it.
Source: Genius Ditz
Cite this Source
Word and Copy. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/copy/word
Copy & Word. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/copy/word>.
Word or Copy. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/copy/word.
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