Synonyms for adopted
adopt·ed

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1. adopted, adoptiveadjective

   acquired as your own by free choice

   "my adopted state"; "an adoptive country"

   Synonyms:
   adoptive

   Antonyms:
   native, connatural, inbred, inborn

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1. took over

   Submitted by anonymous on April 6, 2021  

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1. List of paraphrases for "adopted":

   approved, passed, taken, enacted, adoption, adopts, accepted, arrested, endorsed, approves, introduced, agreed, through, adopt, embraced, took, order, promulgated, adoptee, undertaken, carried, stopped, baselined, arrêté, voted, made, issued

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1. Saint Jerome:

   The line, often adopted by strong men in controversy, of justifying the means by the end.

2. Kimberly Tyson:

   When a child is adopted at a very young age, or when they were born, if they’ve always heard about their adoption story, it becomes less of an issue because they always knew they were adopted.

3. Steven Wright:

   My theory of evolution is that Darwin was adopted.

4. Nancy Reagan:

   A marriage made in Hollywood She was born Anne Frances Robbins in New York City on July 6, 1921. Her mother and father separated before her birth. Her mother, Edith, toured with a theater company while Nancy lived with an aunt and uncle. Her mother married Chicago neurosurgeon Loyal Davis when the future first lady was young. He adopted her and she settled down in Chicago, before she adopted the stage name Nancy Davis and headed west to Hollywood.

5. Yasemin Baban:

   They love them. There are even waiting lists at rescues for goldens. So it is not like any American goldens won't get adopted. They all get adopted eventually.