adoptive

1. 1.

   of parents and children; related by adoption

   “adoptive parents”

   Antonymsbiological

   Similarfoster
2. 2.

   acquired as your own by free choice

   “my adopted state”

   “an adoptive country”

   Synonymsadopted

Questions about adoptive

What does adoptive mean?

adoptive means "of parents and children; related by adoption". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in adoptive?

adoptive has 3 syllables: a-dop-tive. The stress falls on "dop". In IPA it is /əˈdɑptɪv/.

What is another word for adoptive?

Close synonyms include adopted. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of adoptive?

The recorded antonyms are biological.

Is adoptive a common word?

adoptive is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.