adoptive
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adoptive
- /əˈdɒptɪv/
adjective
- Related through adoption. My adoptive parents recently got to know my biological parents.
- Pertaining to adoption.
Opposite: biological, blood
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: foster, surrogate, adopted, adopter, adoption, nonbiological, substitute, chosen, imported, borrowed, embraced, incorporated, assumed, acquired, accepted, selected
adjective
Opposite: biological, blood
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Talk about this word "adoptive." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/adoptive. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. adoptive. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/adoptive "adoptive." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/adoptive.Cite this
@misc{adoptive_2026,
title = {adoptive},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/adoptive},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
