/ Thesaurus Find synonyms for: Adjective1. adoptive (vs. biological), foster, surrogateusage: of parents and children; related by adoption; "adoptive parents"2. adopted (vs. native), adoptiveusage: acquired as your own by free choice; "my adopted state"; "an adoptive country"WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.See also: adoptive (Dictionary) Related Content Daily Word Quiz: braggart Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language Synonyms Index