Synonyms of adopts

adopts

verb

present tense third-person singular of adopt

as in borrows

to take for one's own use (something originated by another)

shortly after moving to the U.S., the family dutifully adopted the American tradition of having turkey for Thanksgiving

Synonyms & Similar Words

• borrows
• embraces
• espouses
• follows
• assimilates
• cultivates
• utilizes
• incorporates
• uses
• takes on
• takes up
• imitates
• usurps
• picks up on
• appropriates
• absorbs
• copies
• cherishes
• assumes
• fosters
• raises
• naturalizes
• simulates
• honors
• pretends
• takes over
• affects
• domesticates
• arrogates
• quotes
• nurtures
• heeds
• treasures
• prizes
• brings up
• puts on
• rears

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• abandons
• relinquishes
• forsakes
• surrenders
• rejects
• gives up
• disowns
• renounces
• abjures
• repudiates
• spurns
• discards
• abnegates
• throws out
• throws away
• jettisons
• junks

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of adopts

Before the city or state adopts or regulates an AI tool that touches housing, jobs, benefits or immigration, the people affected should be asked first. — Steven Choi, New York Daily News, 4 Oct. 2026

By law, Maryland regularly adopts the international standard for that very reason. — Tom Nyein, Baltimore Sun, 3 Oct. 2026

Another key element of the measure is establishing a two-year budget cycle for the city, which currently adopts its budget annually. — Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

But Eliot also uses free indirect discourse, the technique in which an omniscient narrator adopts the perspective of an individual character, to inhabit Dorothea beyond her surface qualities. — Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026

Success won’t be determined by who adopts AI the fastest or deploys post-quantum cryptography first. — Evgeny Gervis, Forbes.com, 22 Sep. 2026

The Indiana Natural Resources Commission adopts rules for the state's hunting and trapping seasons, including the start and stop dates. — Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 9 Sep. 2026

On closer-range shots, Brughmans often adopts a wide base with his chest slightly forward and his arms relatively low. — Matt Pyzdrowski, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026

The change could add $1 or so to the price of oil if Iran adopts a fee structure similar to what Turkey charges for the Turkish Straits, Kaneva said. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2026