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adoptor

adoptor is the alternative form of adopter.

Meaning of adopter

Noun

adopter (plural adopters)

  1. one who adopts
    • Google says the smartglasses are still in "beta" – prototype – form, despite being openly on sale, and that it wants early adopters to buy and use them and report back problems and suggestions so it can shape the future of the product, which is expected to eventually cost about the same as the...2014 June 24, “Google Glass go on sale in the UK for £1,000”, in The Guardian

Forms of adoptor

pluraladoptors

Origin of adoptor

From adopt + -or.

Questions about adoptor

What is adoptor the alternative form of?
Adoptor is the alternative form of adopter.

Words near adoptor in the dictionary

  1. adoptive parent
  2. adoptive parents
  3. adoptive sibling
  4. adoptive siblings
  5. adoptively
  6. adoptor
  7. adoptors
  8. adopts
  9. adopts out
  10. adorabilities
  11. adorability

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Adapted from Wiktionary: adoptor (page history and authors); adopter (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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