Words Like ADOPT

We have put together a list of words that are similar to ADOPT.

18 Alternative Words Similar to adopt

1 Follow Verb      Synonym Words Like Follow
2 Assume Verb      Synonym Words Like Assume
3 Acquire Verb      Synonym Words Like Acquire
4 Take Verb      Synonym Words Like Take
5 Embrace Verb      Synonym Words Like Embrace
6 Accept Verb      Synonym Words Like Accept
7 Change Verb      Synonym Words Like Change
8 Choose Verb      Synonym Words Like Choose
9 Compose Verb      Synonym Words Like Compose
10 Have Verb      Synonym Words Like Have
11 Indite Verb      Synonym Words Like Indite
12 Pen Verb      Synonym Words Like Pen
13 Select Verb      Synonym Words Like Select
14 Write Verb      Synonym Words Like Write
15 Adopting Verb-transitive      Form Words Like Adopting
16 Stick Verb      Hyponym Words Like Stick
17 Adhere Verb      Hyponym Words Like Adhere
18 Reassume Verb      Hyponym

7 examples of adopt

1 to adopt the view or policy of another; these resolutions were adopted.
2 The candidate espouses Republican ideals
3 They adopted the Jewish faith
4 The story took a new turn
5 The gods assume human or animal form in these fables
6 he adopted an air of superiority
7 She assumed strange manners

10 definitions of adopt

1 To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.; esp. to take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child.
2 To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally; to select and take or approve
3 put into dramatic form
4 choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
5 take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
6 take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
7 take up and practice as one's own
8 take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities
9 take into one's family
10 To take into one's family through legal means and raise as one's own child.
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