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Synonyms for adopt
əˈdɒptadopt

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. adopt

    Synonyms:
    assume, select, affiliate, take, elect, arrogate, choose, endorse, avow, appropriate

    Antonyms:
    reject, decline, repudiate, disavow, discard, renounce, abandon, disown, disclaim

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. adopt, follow, espouseverb

    choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans

    "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals"

    Synonyms:
    conform to, take in, embrace, play along, espouse, acquire, travel along, keep an eye on, fall out, sweep up, take, hook up with, borrow, comply, come after, assume, abide by, survey, take over, be, watch over, pursue, take after, keep up, get hitched with, get married, wed, watch, keep abreast, follow, marry, stick to, observe, surveil, conjoin, dramatise, succeed, accompany, come, postdate, take on, trace, stick with, dramatize, take up

  2. adopt, borrow, take over, take upverb

    take up and practice as one's own

    Synonyms:
    usurp, take in, suck up, seize on, resume, buy up, espouse, acquire, hook on, imbibe, suck in, lift out, sweep up, take, sorb, strike, borrow, assume, relieve, take over, scoop up, repeat, scoop, buy out, embrace, fasten on, arrogate, soak up, sop up, suck, follow, seize, start, dramatise, latch on, draw, accept, take on, absorb, dramatize, take up, scoop out, bear

  3. assume, adopt, take on, take oververb

    take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities

    "When will the new President assume office?"

    Synonyms:
    usurp, take in, embrace, absorb, buy up, espouse, simulate, acquire, undertake, don, put on, sweep up, take, take for granted, strike, borrow, meet, assume, admit, relieve, take over, play, encounter, repeat, presume, arrogate, get into, sham, follow, seize, dramatise, tackle, accept, take on, feign, wear, dramatize, buy out, take up, bear

  4. assume, acquire, adopt, take on, takeverb

    take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect

    "His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables"

    Synonyms:
    require, read, usurp, occupy, get into, rent, withdraw, lead, ingest, develop, take on, carry, deal, assume, have, subscribe to, hold, choose, learn, fill, embrace, larn, necessitate, take over, consume, espouse, demand, don, feign, consider, need, study, dramatize, win, pick out, dramatise, simulate, gain, contract, grow, film, remove, presume, lease, train, ask, meet, take up, bring, strike, use up, select, take, engage, drive, sham, sweep up, make, claim, take for granted, get, get hold of, exact, take away, pack, call for, take in, submit, convey, take aim, shoot, aim, direct, charter, put on, wear, follow, contain, seize, bear, play, subscribe, encounter, borrow, produce, involve, acquire, look at, postulate, evolve, hire, accept, guide, admit, undertake, arrogate, tackle, conduct

  5. adopt, take inverb

    take into one's family

    "They adopted two children from Nicaragua"

    Synonyms:
    take on, earn, take in, put one over, gather in, suck up, assimilate, invite, espouse, befool, acquire, slang, imbibe, pull in, put on, view, put one across, sweep up, take, have, suck, borrow, make, assume, bring in, see, take over, gain, ingest, embrace, soak up, sop up, watch, receive, follow, clear, gull, dramatise, cod, realise, fool, draw, take up, overhear, catch, absorb, dupe, realize, dramatize, consume, collect, suck in

  6. dramatize, dramatise, adoptverb

    put into dramatic form

    "adopt a book for a screenplay"

    Synonyms:
    follow, sweep up, aggrandise, dramatize, take on, acquire, aggrandize, assume, blow up, take in, embroider, embrace, take up, embellish, lard, take, take over, dramatise, borrow, pad, espouse

  7. espouse, embrace, adopt, sweep upverb

    take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own

    "She embraced Catholicism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith"

    Synonyms:
    embrace, hook up with, acquire, marry, sweep, cover, get hitched with, dramatize, wed, hug, take up, comprehend, assume, get married, embroil, take in, encompass, follow, squeeze, sweep up, conjoin, bosom, take, take over, dramatise, drag in, borrow, espouse, take on, drag, tangle

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. adoptverb

    Synonyms:
    appropriate, take to one's self, take or select as one's own

  2. adoptverb

    Synonyms:
    approve, espouse, support, maintain

  3. adoptverb

    Synonyms:
    affiliate, father, treat as one's own child

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. adoptverb

    Synonyms:
    father, affiliate, espouse, support, maintain

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD0.0 / 0 votes

  1. ADOPT

    Synonyms:
    Cardiology Accupril Decision On PharmacoTherapy,, Endocrinology A Diabetes Outcome Progression Trial

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How to use adopt in a sentence?

  1. David McSweeney:

    The General Assembly should do its job and go back into session to immediately adopt a balanced budget without a tax increase.

  2. John Porter:

    Health care has been very slow to embrace and adopt technology, all of the big tech firms have looked at health care as an area they can get into and make better. But then they see how complicated it is. There are privacy issues, and an insanely convoluted payment system.

  3. Roberto Campos:

    But we moved quickly to boost market liquidity and we still have an arsenal of measures to adopt.

  4. Lakshheish M Patel:

    Retail traders, adopt only 1 strategy across world and that is SELL, SELL SELL and keep SELLing shares if you do not want further stock market to fall More you invest, More the companies will suck your money by keeping the stock market drawning

  5. Leah Paskalides:

    I had always said that I would adopt this kid in a heartbeat, i was always told ‘no’ because of conflict of interest.


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