Synonyms for adoptive
əˈdɒp tɪvadop·tive

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1. adoptiveadjective

   of parents and children; related by adoption

   "adoptive parents"

   Synonyms:
   adopted

   Antonyms:
   begotten, natural, biological

2. adopted, adoptiveadjective

   acquired as your own by free choice

   "my adopted state"; "an adoptive country"

   Synonyms:
   adopted

   Antonyms:
   natural, begotten, biological

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1. List of paraphrases for "adoptive":

   foster

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1. Lisa Wright:

   My( adoptive) mom told me,' Your mommy loved you, but she was really young, and she knew she couldn't take care of you. I wanted the baby so bad, and that's why your mom let me take care of you,' you weren't abandoned. This was just the best thing for you.

2. Stacy Case:

   Then as a teenager, she did have a nice adoptive family, but because of her experiences she veered and ended up on the wrong side of law -- and ended up being sex-trafficked. If she had grown up differently, if she had had other opportunities, it may not have ended up that way.

3. Ivanka Trump:

   We’re still at zero weeks of paid leave. We’re the only country in the developed world that that’s true of, the president has called for maternity and paternity and adoptive leave, and we’re working to make that happen.

4. Travis Tolliver:

   To become whole, i've always felt incomplete, always kind of the outsider. My adoptive parents have blonde hair blue eyes. I just kind of stood out like a sore thumb.

5. Laurie Johnson:

   We’ve had people call us afterwards or send us emails with pictures of their adopted dogs saying, ‘thank you for the referral,’ it’s definitely exponential in its reach of adoptive homes.