adopter

Noun

Meaning

One who adopts.

A receiver, with two necks, opposite to each other, one of which admits the neck of a retort, and the other is joined to another receiver. It is used in distillations, to give more space to elastic vapors, to increase the length of the neck of a retort, or to unite two vessels whose openings have different diameters.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

adoptive parent taking elector approver consumer adoption adopt attachment fitting adapter follower acquirer user adoptive duper
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Antonyms

dean scraper opposer abolisher refuser repudiator
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Hypernyms

parent

Anagrams

readopt

Examples

I am a great enthusiast and early adopter of technology, but sometimes I wonder whether the inexorable integration of technology in our lives could diminish some of our quintessential human capacities, such as compassion and cooperation. Klaus Schwab

Our customer base is not necessarily a leader, an early adopter. H. Lee Scott, Jr.

Alabama was an early adopter of exposure notification technology. Source: Internet

Algeria will probably be the first foreign operator of the Su-57 due to its close relationship with Russia and its willingness to be an early adopter of the latest Russian tech. Source: Internet

In advance of that campaign, the Meraka Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in Pretoria, South Africa, an early adopter of the VIIRS 375m fire product, put it to use during several large wildfires in Kruger. Source: Internet

J.A. Winter, M.D., originally an associate of Hubbard and an early adopter of Dianetics, had by the end of 1950 cut his ties with Hubbard and written an account of his personal experiences with Dianetics. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

adopted wife adoptedly adoptee adoptian adoptianism adoptianist