ALL meanings of adoptive
a·dop·tive
A a - adjective adoptive Someone's adoptive family is the family that adopted them. 3
- adjective adoptive Someone's adoptive country or city is the one that they choose for their home, although they were not born there. 3
- adjective adoptive acquired or related by adoption 3
- adjective adoptive of or relating to adoption 3
- adjective adoptive having to do with adoption 3
- adjective adoptive having become so by the act of adoption 3
- noun adoptive As a result of the adoption of another's child. 1
- adjective adoptive of or involving adoption. 1
- adjective adoptive acquired or related by adoption: an adoptive father or son. 1
- adjective adoptive tending to adopt. 1
- adjective adoptive child: adopted 1
- adjective adoptive parent: adopting 1
- adjective adoptive Related through adoption; more generally, relating to adoption. 0