adopted
adjectiveHow many syllables in adopted?
There are 3 syllables in the word adopted.How to pronounce adopted:
Definition of adopted:
- adopted (adjective):
- having been adopted such as
- acquired as your own by free choice.
Synonyms for adopted:
fatherless
illegitimate
misbegotten
motherless
nameless
orphaned
unfathered
Antonyms for adopted:
blundered
bombed
failed
fell
fell flat
fell short
felled
fizzled
flopped
floundered
fluffed
flunked
folded
foundered
lost out
missed
missed the mark
slipped
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