ADOPTIVE PARENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does adoptive parent mean? 

• ADOPTIVE PARENT (noun)
  The noun ADOPTIVE PARENT has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: ADOPTIVE PARENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ADOPTIVE PARENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

adopter; adoptive parent

Hypernyms ("adoptive parent" is a kind of...):

parent (a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian)