adoptive parent

Noun

Meaning

a person who adopts a child of other parents as his or her own child

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

parent progenitor adopter stepfather

Antonyms

descendant genitor

Hypernyms

parent

Examples

As an adoptive parent myself of foster children, I have seen firsthand the glaring problems of the system currently facing this Nation. Dennis Cardoza

Adopting means opening your home, and heart, to a life you've never known. But there is nothing as richly rewarding as being an adoptive parent. Michael Gove

Close letter words and terms

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