copyright: meaning and words from its letters
9 letters · 20 letter points · starts with C · ends with T
Meaning of copyright
noun
- uncountable, usually
The right by law to be the entity which determines who may publish, copy and distribute a piece of writing, music, picture or other work of authorship.
Example: Copyright is a separate legal area from trademarks.
- countable, usually
Such an exclusive right as it pertains to one or more specific works.
Example: The artist lost the copyrights to her songs when she signed the contract.
- informal, nonstandard, uncountable, usually
A violation of copyright law; copyright infringement.
Example: no copyright intended
Listed forms: copyrights.
Source: Wiktionary — copyright.
verb
- intransitive, transitive
To obtain or secure a copyright for some literary or other artistic work.
- informal, nonstandard, transitive
To flag for copyright violation, to copystrike.
Example: I won’t play this track, I don’t wanna get copyrighted.
Listed forms: copyrights, copyrighting, copyrighted.
Source: Wiktionary — copyright.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for copyright.
noun
a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work
- right of first publication
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is copyright in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of copyright
C(3) + O(1) + P(3) + Y(4) + R(1) + I(1) + G(2) + H(4) + T(1) = 20 points.
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Anagrams of copyright
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from copyright
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