Adoption in Thesaurus

Adoption in other Meanings

adopt
adopted
adoption agency
adoptive
au pair
babysit
babysitter
bring up
care
care order
chaperone
charge
child
childcare
Childline
childminder
children’s home
client
crèche
day care
dependent
father
foster
foster child
give one’s name to
godchild
guardian
guardianship
in loco parentis
keeping minor
legitimize
looked-after
make one’s heir
mother
nanny
orphan pensioner
parent
protection
protégé
protégée
pupil
raise
raise as one’s own
rear
safekeeping
sign adoption papers for
supervision order
take as one’s own
take in
take into one’s family
trust
ward

Synonyms:

acceptance, approbation, appropriation, approval, assumption, choice, confirmation, embracement, embracing, enactment, endorsement, espousal, following, maintenance, ratification, selection, support, taking on, taking over, taking up, accedence, accession, acknowledgment, acquiescence, admission, adoption , affirmation, agreement, approbation, approval, assent, concession, concurrence, favor, recognition, seal of approval
adjustment, adoption , alteration, conversion, modification, refitting, remodeling, reworking, shift, transformation, variation acceptance, accepting, acquisition, adoption , appropriation, arrogation, assuming, embracing, grab, seizure, shouldering, takeover, taking, taking on, taking up, undertaking, usurpation,
account, adoption , advantage, appliance, applicability, appropriateness, avail, benefit, call, capitalization, cause, convenience, custom, end, exercise, exercising, exertion, fitness, good, habit, handling, help, helpfulness, mileage, mobilization, necessity, need, object, occasion, operation, point, practice, profit, purpose, reason, relevance, service, serviceability, treatment, usability, usage, usefulness, utility, value, way, wear and tear, wont, worth

More Synonyms:

embrace
appropriate
seize
take up
take over
choose
select
assume
use
take to oneself
utilize
imitate
borrow
adapt for use
make one’s own
espouse
affiliate
mimic
assimilate
utilise
take as one’s own
take possession of
affirm
ratify
approve
assent to
sanction
accept
vote for

Antonyms:

disbelief, pass, rejection, repudiation