Synonyms for adopt
əˈdɒptadopt

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1. adopt

   Synonyms:
   advocate, assert, cherish, claim, court, defend, favor, haunt, hold, keep, maintain, occupy, prosecute, protect, pursue, retain, seek, support, undertake, uphold, vindicate

   Antonyms:
   abandon, abdicate, abjure, cast off, cease, cede, depart from, desert, discontinue, forego, forsake, forswear, give up, leave, quit, recant, relinquish, renounce, repudiate, resign, retire from, retract, surrender, vacate, withdraw from

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1. adopt

   Synonyms:
   assume, select, affiliate, take, elect, arrogate, choose, endorse, avow, appropriate

   Antonyms:
   reject, decline, repudiate, disavow, discard, renounce, abandon, disown, disclaim

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1. adopt, follow, espouseverb

   choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans

   "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals"

   Synonyms:
   conform to, take in, embrace, play along, espouse, acquire, travel along, keep an eye on, fall out, sweep up, take, hook up with, borrow, comply, come after, assume, abide by, survey, take over, be, watch over, pursue, take after, keep up, get hitched with, get married, wed, watch, keep abreast, follow, marry, stick to, observe, surveil, conjoin, dramatise, succeed, accompany, come, postdate, take on, trace, stick with, dramatize, take up

2. adopt, borrow, take over, take upverb

   take up and practice as one's own

   Synonyms:
   usurp, take in, suck up, seize on, resume, buy up, espouse, acquire, hook on, imbibe, suck in, lift out, sweep up, take, sorb, strike, borrow, assume, relieve, take over, scoop up, repeat, scoop, buy out, embrace, fasten on, arrogate, soak up, sop up, suck, follow, seize, start, dramatise, latch on, draw, accept, take on, absorb, dramatize, take up, scoop out, bear

3. assume, adopt, take on, take oververb

   take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities

   "When will the new President assume office?"

   Synonyms:
   usurp, take in, embrace, absorb, buy up, espouse, simulate, acquire, undertake, don, put on, sweep up, take, take for granted, strike, borrow, meet, assume, admit, relieve, take over, play, encounter, repeat, presume, arrogate, get into, sham, follow, seize, dramatise, tackle, accept, take on, feign, wear, dramatize, buy out, take up, bear

4. assume, acquire, adopt, take on, takeverb

   take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect

   "His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables"

   Synonyms:
   require, read, usurp, occupy, get into, rent, withdraw, lead, ingest, develop, take on, carry, deal, assume, have, subscribe to, hold, choose, learn, fill, embrace, larn, necessitate, take over, consume, espouse, demand, don, feign, consider, need, study, dramatize, win, pick out, dramatise, simulate, gain, contract, grow, film, remove, presume, lease, train, ask, meet, take up, bring, strike, use up, select, take, engage, drive, sham, sweep up, make, claim, take for granted, get, get hold of, exact, take away, pack, call for, take in, submit, convey, take aim, shoot, aim, direct, charter, put on, wear, follow, contain, seize, bear, play, subscribe, encounter, borrow, produce, involve, acquire, look at, postulate, evolve, hire, accept, guide, admit, undertake, arrogate, tackle, conduct

5. adopt, take inverb

   take into one's family

   "They adopted two children from Nicaragua"

   Synonyms:
   take on, earn, take in, put one over, gather in, suck up, assimilate, invite, espouse, befool, acquire, slang, imbibe, pull in, put on, view, put one across, sweep up, take, have, suck, borrow, make, assume, bring in, see, take over, gain, ingest, embrace, soak up, sop up, watch, receive, follow, clear, gull, dramatise, cod, realise, fool, draw, take up, overhear, catch, absorb, dupe, realize, dramatize, consume, collect, suck in

6. dramatize, dramatise, adoptverb

   put into dramatic form

   "adopt a book for a screenplay"

   Synonyms:
   follow, sweep up, aggrandise, dramatize, take on, acquire, aggrandize, assume, blow up, take in, embroider, embrace, take up, embellish, lard, take, take over, dramatise, borrow, pad, espouse

7. espouse, embrace, adopt, sweep upverb

   take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own

   "She embraced Catholicism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith"

   Synonyms:
   embrace, hook up with, acquire, marry, sweep, cover, get hitched with, dramatize, wed, hug, take up, comprehend, assume, get married, embroil, take in, encompass, follow, squeeze, sweep up, conjoin, bosom, take, take over, dramatise, drag in, borrow, espouse, take on, drag, tangle

Matched Categories

1. • Authorship
   • Change
   • Choose
   • Take Office
   • Write

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1. adoptverb

   Synonyms:
   appropriate, take to one's self, take or select as one's own

2. adoptverb

   Synonyms:
   approve, espouse, support, maintain

3. adoptverb

   Synonyms:
   affiliate, father, treat as one's own child

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1. adoptverb

   Synonyms:
   father, affiliate, espouse, support, maintain

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1. List of paraphrases for "adopt":

   take, adoption, approve, adopting, enact, accept, adopts, pass, inta, embrace, introduce, adopted, taking, endorse, through, approving, undertake, assume, depend, make

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ADOPT

   Synonyms:
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1. Gopal Krishna Agarwal:

   There's definitely a suggestion to give interest-free loans to farmers. Banks won't have to pay, it has to be incorporated into the budget, and what's the so sacrosanct issue about keeping the fiscal deficit at less than 3.5 percent? If you don't adopt an expansionary economic policy, then the government alone can't create demand by just spending on infrastructure. It has to come from both public and the private sector. The economy will grow only when demand will be created.

2. Kevin Russell:

   They are designed to see how far your principle forces the court to go, and if it leads to a ridiculous result, then maybe that's a reason why the court shouldn't adopt that principle, i think that is part of his nature, making sure the law is accessible to everybody – and he doesn't see himself as a super-genius, the only person that can figure out what the law means.

3. Rod Rosenstein:

   Even the best law enforcement officers make mistakes and ... some engage in willful misconduct, we can only hope to maintain public confidence if we correct mistakes, hold wrongdoers accountable and adopt policies to prevent problems from recurring.

4. Raymond Holliwell:

   Each experience through which we pass operates ultimately for our good. This is a correct attitude to adopt and we must be able to see it in that light.

5. Xie Zhenhua:

   Currently there are still some differences, but I believe that once the negotiations get underway, each country will fully play a constructive role and all will be able to adopt flexible positions, in the final phase we should be able to obtain some consensus.