Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cop_out

1 sense of copout

Sense 1
copout -- (a failure to face some difficulty squarely)
       => failure -- (an unexpected omission; "he resented my failure to return his call"; "the mechanic's failure to check the brakes")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb cop_out

1 sense of cop out

Sense 1
opt out, cop out -- (choose not to do something, as out of fear of failing; "She copped out when she was supposed to get into the hang glider")
       => choose, prefer, opt -- (select as an alternative over another; "I always choose the fish over the meat courses in this restaurant"; "She opted for the job on the East coast")