adoptive

adoptive is a 8-letter English word with 3 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Pertaining to adoption; made or acquired by adoption; fitted to adopt; as, an adoptive father, an child; an adoptive language. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 16 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Pertaining to adoption; made or acquired by adoption; fitted to adopt; as, an adoptive father, an child; an adoptive language.
2. adjective. acquired as your own by free choice

   "my adopted state"

   "an adoptive country"

   Synonyms: adopted

3. adjective. of parents and children; related by adoption

   "adoptive parents"

Synonyms

adopted

Common word forms

adoptively

Words from these letters

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