Synonyms for adopt
Definitions
- v. 1
To select and take or approve.
to adopt the view or policy of another
- v. 2
To take (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) by choice into a relationship. To take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child.
A friend of mine recently adopted a Chinese baby girl found on the streets of Beijing.
Forms
- Past participle
- adopted
e.g. adopted → taken, accepted, assumed, appropriated…
Example sentences
- accept We are sorry we are unable to accept your request.
- appropriate It's not appropriate for puritanical misanthropic.
- acquire I managed to acquire the book after a long search.
- embrace He was trying to persuade me to embrace his ideas.
- espouse Libertarians espouse free markets and limited government.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| adopt | steady | |
| accept | steady | |
| appropriate | steady | |
| acquire | steady | |
| arrogate | falling | |
| embrace | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- take1, avow2
- 5 letters
- carry2
- 6 letters
- follow2, choose1, accept2, assume2, affect2, borrow2
- 7 letters
- embrace2, acquire3, approve2, espouse2
- 8 letters
- maintain2, arrogate3
- 9 letters
- dramatize3, dramatise
- 11 letters
- appropriate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (avow2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- adopter
- Italiano
- adottare
- Español
- ahijar
- Deutsch
- adoptieren