adoptable

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adjective

Able to be adopted.

“Personability and youthful vigor make this puppy highly adoptable.”

Opposite
unadoptable
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Meanings

adjectiveadoptable (comparative more adoptable, superlative most adoptable)

comparative more adoptable · superlative most adoptable

  1. Able to be adopted.

    Only after reaching three weeks of age are the infants considered adoptable.

  2. Desirable to adopt.

    Personability and youthful vigor make this puppy highly adoptable.

nounadoptable (plural adoptables)

plural adoptables

  1. A person or animal that is eligible to be adopted.
  2. InternetgamesA unique creature for a user to adopt.
  3. artA character of which one can claim ownership, designed by an artist.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivesuitable or eligible for adoption

Opposite
unadoptable

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From adopt + -able.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

French adoptable
  • adoptableable to be adopted
Italian adottabile
  • adottabileable to be adopted
Portuguese adotável
  • adotávelable to be adopted
Spanish adoptable
  • adoptableable to be adopted

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

adoptable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adoptable

MLA

“adoptable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adoptable. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “adoptable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adoptable.

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