Her adoptive parents are much kinder to her than her birth parents ever were.
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Adoptive
//əˈdɒptɪv//
Synonyms for "adoptive" (11 found)
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Related words (5)
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Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived
6 entriesderived from
2 entriesrelated to
2 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
17 translations across 16 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- adoptiu adj (related through adoption)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 養 /养 adj (related through adoption)
Esperanto
1 entries- adopta adj (related through adoption)
Finnish
2 entries- adoptio adj (related through adoption)
- otto adj (related through adoption)
French
1 entries- adoptif adj (related through adoption)
Galician
1 entries- adoptivo adj (related through adoption)
German
1 entries- adoptiv adj (related through adoption)
Italian
1 entries- adottivo adj (related through adoption)
Japanese
1 entries- 養 adj (related through adoption)
Malay
1 entries- angkat adj (related through adoption)
Old English
1 entries- ġewȳsċendlīċ adj (related through adoption)
Polish
1 entries- adopcyjny adj (related through adoption)
Portuguese
1 entries- adotivo adj (related through adoption)
Romanian
1 entries- adoptiv adj (related through adoption)
Russian
1 entries- приёмный adj (related through adoption)
Spanish
1 entries- adoptivo adj (related through adoption)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Tom's adoptive parents are much kinder to him than his birth parents ever were.
Source: tatoeba (3349435)
The dad treated his adoptive son cruelly.
Source: tatoeba (5269897)
Tom's adoptive father is John.
Source: tatoeba (5733145)
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