Adopt Synonyms and Antonyms

ə-dŏpt
To take as a son or daughter
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. assume
  2. take on
  3. take-in
  4. raise
  5. take from an orphanage
  6. sign adoption papers for
  7. take into one's family
  8. make one's heir
  9. take as one's own
  10. foster
  11. rear
  12. bring up
  13. mother
  14. father
  15. parent
  16. acquire
  17. give one's name to
  18. take
  19. take over
Antonyms:
  1. give up
  2. disinherit
  3. cast out
To take as one's own
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. borrow
  2. espouse
  3. take up
  4. embrace
  5. accept
  6. appropriate
  7. choose
  8. assume
  9. take over
  10. affiliate
  11. select
  12. seize
  13. advocate
  14. use
  15. take to oneself
  16. utilize
  17. approve
  18. imitate
  19. take-in
  20. adapt for use
  21. take on
  22. employ
  23. make one's own
  24. enact
  25. father
  26. mimic
  27. maintain
  28. naturalize
  29. pass
  30. practice
  31. receive
  32. support
  33. take
Antonyms:
  1. reject
  2. repudiate
  3. deny
  4. repulse
  5. leave-alone
  6. disown
To vote acceptance
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. affirm
  2. approve
  3. ratify
  4. espouse
  5. assent (to)
  6. confirm
  7. follow
  8. pass
  9. sanction
  10. embrace
  11. sweep-up
Put into dramatic form
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. dramatize
  2. dramatise

Words Related to Adopt

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Adopt Sentence Examples

  • She had to adopt a positive attitude.

  • It wouldn't hurt to adopt a more positive outlook.

  • I thought ... but you were always the one who wanted to adopt a baby.

  • Why is it good when you adopt a baby that isn't yours, but bad if it's yours and you don't give birth to it?

  • It had been Alex who convinced her to take the risk and adopt Jonathan.

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