Adopted — synonyms, adopted antonyms, definition

1. adopted (Adjective)

adoptive native

adopted (Adjective) — Acquired as your own by free choice. ex. "my adopted state"

2. adopted (Verb)

acquired assumed borrowed dramatised dramatized embraced espoused followed swept up took took in took on took over took up

adopted (Verb) — Choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans. ex. "She adopted the feminist movement"

adopted (Verb) — Take up and practice as one's own.

adopted (Verb) — Take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities. ex. "When will the new President adopt office?"

adopted (Verb) — Take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect. ex. "he adopted an air of superiority"

adopted (Verb) — Take into one's family. ex. "They adopted two children from Nicaragua"

adopted (Verb) — Put into dramatic form. ex. "adopt a book for a screenplay"

adopted (Verb) — Take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own. ex. "They adopted the Jewish faith"

accepted changed chose composed had indited penned picked out selected took took office wrote adhered fastened on hooked on latched on reassumed resumed seized on stuck took up authorship composition penning writing