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Adjective
- 1. adoptive (vs. biological), foster, surrogate
- usage: of parents and children; related by adoption; "adoptive parents"
- 2. adopted (vs. native), adoptive
- usage: acquired as your own by free choice; "my adopted state"; "an adoptive country"
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Definition and meaning of adoptive (Dictionary)