Clues for the word "ADOPT"
We've had 158 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 405 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on January 26, 2026.
Definition of adopt
- v. t. - To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.; esp. to take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child.
- v. t. - To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally; to select and take or approve; as, to adopt the view or policy of another; these resolutions were adopted.
Referring Clues
- Ratify
- Emulate Mia
- Vote to accept
- Embrace
- Take for one's own
- Assume
- Take 4, clue 4
- Take in, as a stray cat
- Take in or on
- Take as one's own
- Take under one's wing
- Take in
- Begin using
- Take on
- Pass
- Put into effect
- Opposite of reject
- Rear as one's own
- Expand the family, in a way
- Espouse
- Take in, as a stray
- Become the legal parent of
- Become parents overnight
- Take in by choice
- Choose a textbook series
- Accept
- Take an animal from the shelter
- Take in or take on
- Assume as one's own
- Rescue, as a pet
- Decide to use
- Take up, as a strategy
- Make one's own
- Accept formally and put into effect
- Take over
- Get from a shelter
- One of the ASPCA's "Ways to Help"
- Decide to use, as a policy
- Take up
- Take in, as a child
- Get from the ASPCA
- Start a family, perhaps
- One way to enlarge a family
- Become a new father, in a way
- Emulate Madonna
- Vote into law
- One way to get a new toy
- Settle on, as a plan
- Get from the ASPCA, maybe
- Become parents to
- Appropriate, as an idea
- Take in from a pet shelter
- Choose, as a textbook series
- Take as your own
- Take home from a shelter
- Start using
- Take into one's home
- Take into one's family
- One way to become parents
- Pass, as a resolution
- Approve, as a plan
- Take up, as a cause
- Become a parent of, in court
- Add to the family, in a way
- Give a home to
- Get a pound pooch, say
- Accept formally
- Put into practice
- Take into custody?
- One way to motherhood
- One way to become a parent
- One way to fatherhood
- Take home from the shelter
- Take in a stray
- Become a mother, maybe
- Get a pet from the pound, say
- Bring into the family
- Get a pet from a pound
- Add to the family
- Bring home from the shelter
- Take from a pet shelter
- Sure way to motherhood
- Rescue from a shelter
- Accept as one's own
- Take responsibility for
- Choose and take
- Take home a shelter animal
- Pass into law
- Pass a bill
- Take kids in
- Take in a kid
- Take a kid, legally
- Become a parent, perhaps
- Foster
- Take up or perform in a suitable case
- Take up or do in a suitable case
- Nowadays, choose to be parental
- Take responsibility for fuss over gymnastics
- Assume fusspot overlooking nothing
- Support expert capturing cheat
- Choose as one's own
- Take in, take on or take up
- One way to become a father
- Take home from the pound
- Select gathering suitable to be held outside
- Embrace and fuss, then part
- Start to use
- Take in, as a stray dog
- Take on or take in
- Get from the ASPCA, perhaps
- Take up half the load as you choose
- Take home from an animal shelter
- Take in (child)
- Animal shelter's plea
- Officially bring into the family
- Take up training with much fuss
- Take a pup from the pound, say
- Take on another's child
- Take in, as a pet
- Take home from the shelter, say
- Take in, as a dog
- Care for an orphan
- Sponsor, as a highway
- Add to one’s family
- Bring home from an animal shelter
- Take up, when likely to be out of the party
- Eschew a breeder, say
- Assume you'll get a pint at a party
- Take up, as a plan
- Get a pet from a shelter
- Pass, as a law
- Take in, as a Persian
- ___-a-thon (animal shelter event)
- Get a pet from the pound, e.g.
- Make one’s own
- Give a stray a forever home, say
- Appropriate when likely to hold a party
- Welcome to the family
- Take into the family, as a shelter dog
- If you want to take something up, now's the time to choose
- Bring home
- Welcome a child
- Borrow
- Take home from a pet shelter
- Welcome into the family
- Start a family, maybe
- Good way to add to the family
- Become a parent to
- Bring home a stray cat
- "___, Don't Shop" (animal rescue slogan)
- Rescue, perhaps
- Appropriate
- Choose a pound puppy
- ___-a-Highway (litter-cleaning program)
- Bring home from the pound
- Grow one's family, perhaps
- Nowadays, choose to take something up
- A large number choose to take over
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - January 26, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 12, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 18, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 04, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - October 24, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 11, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 08, 2025
- New York Times - September 19, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 01, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 29, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 07, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - July 01, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 20, 2025
- Mirror Daily - April 18, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 21, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 09, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 05, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - February 01, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 29, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 31, 2024
- Daily American - December 23, 2024
- USA Today - December 23, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - December 16, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - December 05, 2024
- LA Times - November 24, 2024
- LA Times - November 21, 2024
- Mirror Daily - November 14, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 11, 2024
- Your Life Choices - September 28, 2024
- Mirror Daily - August 29, 2024
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