👨‍👩‍👧adoptive

adjective
/əˈdɒptɪv/

Meaning

relating to the adoption of a child or the act of taking something as one’s own

Example Sentences

She grew up in a loving adoptive family.

Synonyms

foster, adoptable, surrogate, substitute, non-biological

Antonyms

biological, natural, birth

Collocations

adoptive parents, adoptive family, adoptive child, adoptive mother, adoptive father

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