Scrabble & Words with friends points
- adopts is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 9
- adopts is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 9
- adopts is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 10
Definition of adopts
- put into dramatic form (verb)
Examples
- adopt a book for a screenplay
Synonyms
- dramatise
- dramatize
- take into one's family (verb)
Examples
- They adopted two children from Nicaragua
Synonyms
- take in
- choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans (verb)
Synonyms
- espouse
- follow
- take up and practice as one's own (verb)
Synonyms
- borrow
- take over
- take up
- take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect (verb)
Examples
- he adopted an air of superiority
Synonyms
- acquire
- assume
- take
- take on
- take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities (verb)
Synonyms
- assume
- take on
- take over
- take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own (verb)
Examples
- They adopted the Jewish faith
Synonyms
- embrace
- espouse
- sweep up
See definition of adopts in Merriam Webster