adopt synonyms

adopt

v.

  1. To take as a son or daughter

    take in, raise, take from an orphanage, sign adoption papers for, take into one's family, make one's heir, take as one's own, foster, rear, bring up, mother, father, parent, give one's name to.

    Antonyms give up, disinherit*, cast out. *

  2. To take as one's own

    embrace, appropriate, seize, take up, take over, choose, select, assume, use, take to oneself, utilize, imitate, borrow, adapt for use, make one's own, espouse, affiliate, mimic.

    Antonyms deny*, repudiate*, reject. *

  3. To vote acceptance

    affirm, assent (to), ratify; see approve 1.

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