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adoptive
DEFINITIONS OF:
adoptive
1
adj
of parents and children; related by adoption
“
adoptive
parents”
Synonyms
foster
,
surrogate
providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties
Antonyms:
biological
of parents and children; related by blood
begotten
(of offspring) generated by procreation
natural
related by blood; not adopted
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adj
acquired as your own by free choice
“an
adoptive
country”
Synonyms:
adopted
Antonyms:
native
belonging to one by birth
connatural
,
inborn
,
inbred
normally existing at birth
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