If you can't have children, you could always adopt.
Source: tatoeba (1836)
Adopt
//əˈdɒpt//
Synonyms for "adopt" (94 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (19)
Strong matches (28)
Related words (47)
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12 entriesAntonyms
11 entriesSynonyms
11 entriesRelated terms
6 entriesderived
12 entriesderived from
1 entriesdistinct from
2 entriesmanner of
3 entriesrelated to
112 entriesShowing 16 of 112 words.
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3 entriesTranslations
114 translations across 52 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- تَبَنَّى verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
- تَبَنَّى verb (to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally)
Armenian
1 entries- որդեգրել verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
Aromanian
1 entries- nhiljedz verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- mənimsəmək verb (to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally)
Bulgarian
4 entries- осиновя́ verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
- осиновя́вам verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
- приемам verb (to select and take or approve)
- усвоявам verb (to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally)
Catalan
2 entries- adoptar verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
- adoptar verb (to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 收養 /收养 verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
- 領養 /领养 verb (to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally)
Cornish
2 entries- adoptya verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
- asvaba verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
Czech
2 entries- adoptovat verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
- osvojit verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
Danish
1 entries- adoptere verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
Dutch
3 entries- aannemen verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
- adopteren verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
- goed keuren verb (to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally)
Esperanto
3 entries- adopti verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
- adopti verb (to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally)
- alpreni verb (to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally)
Faroese
1 entries- ættleiða verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
Finnish
4 entries- adoptoida verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
- hyväksyä verb (to select and take or approve)
- omaksua verb (to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally)
- omaksua verb (to select and take or approve)
French
2 entries- adopter verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
- adopter verb (to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally)
Galician
3 entries- adoptar verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
- adoptar verb (to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally)
- porfillar verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
German
3 entries- adoptieren verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
- annehmen verb (to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally)
- übernehmen verb (to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally)
Greek
2 entries- υιοθετώ verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
- υιοθετώ verb (to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- adokte verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
Hebrew
2 entries- אִמֵּץ verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
- אִמֵּץ verb (to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally)
Hungarian
4 entries- adoptál verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
- alkalmaz verb (to select and take or approve)
- befogad verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
- elfogad verb (to select and take or approve)
Icelandic
1 entries- ættleiða verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
Italian
1 entries- adottare verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
Japanese
2 entries- 採用する verb (to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally)
- 養子にする verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
Khmer
1 entries- ចិញ្ចឹម verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
Korean
1 entries- 입양하다 verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
Latin
4 entries- adoptō verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
- adoptō verb (to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally)
- asciscō verb (to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally)
- asciscō verb (to select and take or approve)
Latvian
1 entries- adoptēt verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
Malay
1 entries- angkat verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- adoptere verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- adoptera verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
Old English
1 entries- ġewȳsċan verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
Persian
1 entries- پذیرفتن verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
Polish
4 entries- adoptować verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
- przysposabiać verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
- przysposobić verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
- zaadoptować verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
Portuguese
2 entries- adotar verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
- adotar verb (to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally)
Quechua
1 entries- churichakuy verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
Romanian
1 entries- adopta verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
Russian
4 entries- призна́ть verb (to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally)
- признава́ть verb (to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally)
- принима́ть verb (to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally)
- приня́ть verb (to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- uchd-mhacaich verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
- uchd-mhacaich verb (to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- posvojiti verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
- usvojiti verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
- усвојити verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
Slovak
2 entries- adoptovať verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
- osvojiť si verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
Spanish
3 entries- adoptar verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
- adoptar verb (to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally)
- ahijar verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
Swahili
1 entries- panga verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
Swedish
2 entries- adoptera verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
- anamma verb (to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally)
Tamil
3 entries- ஏற்றுக்கொள் verb (to select and take or approve)
- ஏல் verb (to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally)
- தத்தெடு verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
Telugu
1 entries- పెంచుకొను verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
Turkish
1 entries- evlat edinmek verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
Ukrainian
4 entries- вдочеря́ти verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
- всино́влювати verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
- засво́ювати verb (to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally)
- перейма́ти verb (to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally)
Vietnamese
1 entries- nhận làm con nuôi verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
Welsh
1 entries- mabwysiadu verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
Yiddish
1 entries- אַדאָפּטירן verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
Zazaki
1 entries- depıtene verb (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen)
Sample sentences
26 total sentences available.
We have decided to adopt your idea.
Source: tatoeba (17170)
We will adopt your method at our school.
Source: tatoeba (23441)
All things considered, we'll adopt his project.
Source: tatoeba (51668)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.