Definition for Adoption:

• The act of adopting: the state of being adopted.

Synonyms for Adoption:

• n.

  •
  • abstention.
  •
  • adopt,
  • accept,
  • give.
  •
  • wear.
  •acceptance (noun)
  • approval,
  • permission,
  • confirmation,
  • enactment.
  •acceptation (noun)
  • acceptation.
  •act (noun)
  • adoption,
  • espousal.
  •adaptation (noun)
  • re-modelings,
  • re workings,
  • trans formations,
  • re-modeling,
  • re-fittings,
  • refittings,
  • trans-formation,
  • trans formation,
  • re fitting,
  • re-fitting,
  • re fittings,
  • re working,
  • re modelings,
  • re modeling,
  • re-workings,
  • re-working,
  • trans-formations.
  •adoption (noun)
  • borrowing.
  •advocacy (noun)
  • advocacy.
  •assumption (noun)
  • under-takings,
  • shoulderings,
  • taking ups,
  • under-taking,
  • assumings,
  • under taking,
  • under takings,
  • acceptings,
  • taking ons.
  •choosing or taking something as one's own (noun)
  • maintenance,
  • endorsement,
  • support,
  • embracing,
  • approbation,
  • taking on,
  • taking up,
  • ratification,
  • choice,
  • appropriation,
  • taking over,
  • following.
  •employment (noun)
  • dis-position,
  • dis-positions,
  • dis position,
  • exercisings,
  • dis positions.
  •selection (noun)
  • Choosing.
  •use (noun)
  • pro-fits,
  • serviceabilities,
  • pro fit,
  • wear tear,
  • pro fits.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • guardian,
  • block vote,
  • sitter,
  • occupancy,
  • majority,
  • exhaustion,
  • adoptive,
  • cloture,
  • change,
  • au pair,
  • nursemaid,
  • recourse,
  • absentee ballot,
  • adopted,
  • proxy vote,
  • Embracement,
  • plebiscite,
  • Polling,
  • ward,
  • quota,
  • nanny,
  • postal vote,
  • expenditure,
  • tactical voting,
  • implementation,
  • ballot,
  • vote of confidence,
  • vote of censure,
  • no.,
  • foster,
  • babysitter,
  • selection,
  • absolute majority,
  • overall majority,
  • Aye,
  • yea,
  • babysit,
  • vote of no confidence,
  • care order,
  • election,
  • adoption agency,
  • childcare,
  • user,
  • plurality,
  • casting vote,
  • ballot box,
  • day care,
  • adaptation,
  • yes,
  • absentee vote,
  • poll,
  • Gerrymandering,
  • houseparent,
  • sit,
  • vote,
  • in loco parentis.
  •
  • chaperon,
  • care,
  • nurse,
  • usage,
  • application,
  • drain,
  • reuse,
  • consumption.
  •
  • manipulation,
  • commitment,
  • operation.
  •
  • exercise.

Paraphrases for Adoption:

• Equivalence

  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    adoptions.

• Forward Entailment

  • Verb, past tense
    adopted.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    approbation.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    Adopting, questions, Children, matters, issues, adopted, systems, introduction, endorsement, accreditation, implementation, promulgation, appropriation.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    ombudsmen, ratification, adopted, authorisation, transposition, creation, imposition, advent, reception, assumption, inception, formulation, adoptee, introduction, issuance, validation, endorsement, roll-out, accreditation, Promulgating, domestication, elaboration, concurrence, sanction, Enacting, finalization, transition, publication, presumption, preparation, definition, appropriation.
  • Verb, past tense
    Introduced, promulgated, streamlined, proclaimed, called, Took.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    implements, determines, Comes, calls, covers.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    approval, approvals, enactment, passage.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    approval, admission, enactment, approbation, passage, implementation, promulgation, completion.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    Adopting.
  • Verb, base form
    Adopting, adopted, passage.

Antonyms for Adoption:

• n.

  • choosing or taking something as one's own
    pass, disapproval, repudiation, refusal, opposition, rejection.

Adoption Sentence Examples:

• He determined that the torch which for him had been lighted in Glasgow University should burn likewise for those who would succeed him in the land of his adoption.

• It involved an intimacy, a closer intimacy than adoption: having her there in his library at all hours to work with him; and always that little uneasy consciousness of hers.

Homophones for Adoption:

• adaptation, Adaption, ahead of time, at bottom.

Hypernym for Adoption:

• n.

  • act
    bosom, embrace.

Hyponym for Adoption:

• n.

  • act
    blessing, approval, proceedings, legal proceeding, approving, proceeding.