adoptive

Adjective

of parents and children; related by adoption
- "adoptive parents"
acquired as your own by free choice
- "an adoptive country"

Adj

Related through adoption.
Pertaining to adoption.

Examples

"My adoptive parents recently got to know my biological parents."

Origin / Etymology

From adopt + -ive.

Synonyms

adopted

Antonyms

biological, native, blood

Scrabble Score: 14

adoptive: valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
adoptive: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
adoptive: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

adoptive is a valid Words With Friends word