adoptive parent
A person who adopts a child and brings it up as their ownA person who adopts a child and brings it up as their own.
» Tom's adoptive parents are much kinder to him than his birth parents ever were.
Meaning
1 sensesA person who adopts a child and brings it up as their own.
a person who adopts a child of other parents as his or her own child
Examples
6 sentencesTom's adoptive parents are much kinder to him than his birth parents ever were.
She loves her adoptive parents deeply.
The social organization found us adoptive parents.
Sami started to open up more to his adoptive parents.
Her adoptive parents are much kinder to her than her birth parents ever were.
ruЕё приёмные родители гораздо добрее к ней, чем родные.
deIhre Adoptiveltern sind sehr viel netter zu ihr als es ihre leiblichen Eltern je waren.
Forms
plural: adoptive parents| Singular | adoptive parent |
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- a person who adopts a child of other parents as his or her own child:adopter