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adoptive

3 syllables
adjective
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As an adjective, adoptive means related through adoption.

Meanings of adoptive

3 meanings

adjective

  1. Related through adoption.

    “My adoptive parents recently got to know my biological parents.”

  2. Pertaining to adoption.

  3. Acquired as your own by free choice

    “my adopted state”

    “an adoptive country”

    Similar: adopted

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

adjective: acquired as your own by free choice
adopted
Oppositesbiological

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