All cop-out synonyms

noun cop-out

• quibble — an instance of the use of ambiguous, prevaricating, or irrelevant language or arguments to evade a point at issue.
• subterfuge — an artifice or expedient used to evade a rule, escape a consequence, hide something, etc.
• circumvention — to go around or bypass: to circumvent the lake; to circumvent the real issues.
• shirking — to evade (work, duty, responsibility, etc.).
• shunning — to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid.
• shuffling — moving in a dragging or clumsy manner.
• jive — swing music or early jazz.
• oblique — neither perpendicular nor parallel to a given line or surface; slanting; sloping.
• whitewash — a composition, as of lime and water or of whiting, size, and water, used for whitening walls, woodwork, etc.
• disguise — to change the appearance or guise of so as to conceal identity or mislead, as by means of deceptive garb: The king was disguised as a peasant.
• defense — the act or power of defending, or guarding against attack, harm, or danger
• story — a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
• stopgap — something that fills the place of something else that is lacking; temporary substitute; makeshift: Candles are a stopgap when the electricity fails.
• makeshift — a temporary expedient or substitute: We used boxes as a makeshift while the kitchen chairs were being painted.
• mitigation — the act of mitigating, or lessening the force or intensity of something unpleasant, as wrath, pain, grief, or extreme circumstances: Social support is the most important factor in the mitigation of stress among adolescents.
• semblance — outward aspect or appearance.
• song — Ailing [ahy-ling] /ˈaɪˈlɪŋ/ (Show IPA), Soong, Ai-ling.
• grounds — the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
• cleanup — A cleanup is the removing of dirt, pollution, crime, or corruption from somewhere.
• right — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
• palliation — to relieve or lessen without curing; mitigate; alleviate.
• cause — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
• out — away from, or not in, the normal or usual place, position, state, etc.: out of alphabetical order; to go out to dinner.
• stratagem — a plan, scheme, or trick for surprising or deceiving an enemy.
• show — to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
• color — the sensation resulting from stimulation of the retina of the eye by light waves of certain lengths
• appearance — When someone makes an appearance at a public event or in a broadcast, they take part in it.
• device — A device is an object that has been invented for a particular purpose, for example for recording or measuring something.
• affectation — If you say that someone's attitude or behaviour is an affectation, you disapprove of the fact that it is not genuine or natural, but is intended to impress other people.
• simulation — imitation or enactment, as of something anticipated or in testing.
• coloring — The coloring of something is the color or colors that it is.
• mask — a form of aristocratic entertainment in England in the 16th and 17th centuries, originally consisting of pantomime and dancing but later including dialogue and song, presented in elaborate productions given by amateur and professional actors.
• cloak — A cloak is a long, loose, sleeveless piece of clothing which people used to wear over their other clothes when they went out.
• masquerade — a party, dance, or other festive gathering of persons wearing masks and other disguises, and often elegant, historical, or fantastic costumes.
• feint — a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack: military feints; the feints of a skilled fencer.
• bluff — A bluff is an attempt to make someone believe that you will do something when you do not really intend to do it.
• front — the foremost part or surface of anything.
• veil — a piece of opaque or transparent material worn over the face for concealment, for protection from the elements, or to enhance the appearance.
• cover-up — any action, stratagem, or other means of concealing or preventing investigation or exposure.
• face — the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
• fish story — an exaggerated or incredible story: It was just another one of his fish stories.
• song and dance — a story or statement, especially an untrue or misleading one designed to evade the matter at hand: Every time he's late, he gives me a song and dance about oversleeping.
• stonewall — to engage in stonewalling.
• fudging — a small stereotype or a few lines of specially prepared type, bearing a newspaper bulletin, for replacing a detachable part of a page plate without the need to replate the entire page.
• cover story — a story that is alluded to or illustrated on the cover of a magazine
• red herring — a smoked herring.
• fig leaf — the leaf of a fig tree.