Cop outs

Synonyms for cop outs
noun defense against charges of wrongdoing; evidence of absence

excuse
justification
pretext
case
account
avowal
cover

retort
explanation
vindication
profession
assertion
plea
reason

affirmation
statement
declaration
answer
reply
stall
allegation

assurance
proof
fish story
song and dance
airtight case
cop-out

Antonyms for cop outs

request

denial

question

Synonyms
noun avoidance of an issue

prevarication
duplicity
delusion
waffle
casuistry
spuriousness
lie
coloring
deception
evasion
fib

ambiguity
tergiversation
song
speciousness
doubtfulness
deceit
line
misrepresentation
cover-up
cover
stall

sophistry
fallacy
distortion
lying
con
cop out
double entendre
double talk
run-around
song and dance
stonewall

equivocality
deceptiveness
amphibology
fibbing
dissimulation
hedging
shuffling
double meaning
quibbling routine

Antonyms

honesty
reality
frankness
truthfulness
uprightness

clarity
trustworthiness
certainty
fact
surety

truth
openness
directness
facing
meeting

Synonyms
noun escape, avoidance

prevarication
slip
artifice
pretext
ditch
lie
trickery
routine
dodge
evasiveness

excuse
sophism
cunning
equivocation
shift
ruse
trick
stall
sophistry
quibble

subterfuge
circumvention
run-around
stonewall
dodging
shirking
shunning
shuffling
jive
obliqueness

elusion
cop-out
equivocating
eschewal
evading
fancy footwork
fudging
fugiviteness
fugivity

Antonyms

frankness
honesty
reality

openness
truth
directness

facing
meeting

Synonyms
noun reason, explanation

justification
alibi
apology
trick
rationalization
pretext
substitute
whitewash
disguise

defense
extenuation
story
stopgap
evasion
makeshift
mitigation
routine
semblance

song
plea
vindication
shift
cover
stall
subterfuge
expedient
grounds

fish story
song and dance
jive
regrets
cleanup
cop-out
cover story
coverup
why and wherefore

Antonyms

permanent

Synonyms
noun excuse, defense

claim
pleading
apology
explanation
argument
allegation

action
story
justification
alibi
mitigation
whitewash

rationalization
extenuation
right
vindication
pretext
palliation

cause
out
song and dance
cop-out
fish tale

Antonyms

answer
reply

sentence
truth

decision

Synonyms
noun disguise; alleged reason

alibi
ploy
ruse
excuse
guise
pretense
stratagem
plea
show

color
appearance
device
affectation
simulation
coloring
mask
cloak
routine

semblance
masquerade
feint
bluff
front
veil
cover-up
cover
face

stall
subterfuge
red herring
song and dance
cleanup
cop-out
cover story
fig leaf

Antonyms

reality
back

rear
truth

Synonyms
noun equivocation

euphemism
shuffle
duplicity
delusion
distortion
casuistry
hedge
spuriousness
lie
coloring
deception
evasion

fib
ambiguity
speciousness
prevarication
song
doubtfulness
deceit
line
misrepresentation
waffle
cover-up
cover

stall
sophistry
con
lying
fallacy
cop out
double entendre
double talk
equivocality
equivoque
run-around
song and dance

stonewall
weasel word
deceptiveness
amphibology
fibbing
dissimulation
hedging
shuffling
double meaning
quibbling routine

Antonyms

honesty
reality
clarity
frankness

truthfulness
uprightness
trustworthiness
certainty

fact
surety
truth
openness