Meanings
plural adopters
- one who adopts
1 more example
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 average smartphone.
2014 June 24, “Google Glass go on sale in the UK for £1,000”, in The Guardian
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna person who adopts a child of other parents as his or her own child
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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Chinese Mandarin 采纳者
- 采纳者one who adopts
Italian adottatore
- adottatoreone who adopts
Persian پذیرنده, پذیرفتار
- پذیرنده (pazirande)one who adopts
- پذیرفتار (paziroftâr)one who adopts
- اتخاذگر (etexâzgar)one who adopts
Portuguese adotante
- adotanteone who adopts
Spanish adoptante, adoptador
- adoptanteone who adopts
- adoptadorone who adopts
Swedish adoptant
- adoptantone who adopts
Thai ผู้รับบุตรบุญธรรม
- ผู้รับบุตรบุญธรรม (pûu-ráp-bùt-bun-tam)one who adopts
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Cite this entry
adopter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adopter
“adopter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adopter. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “adopter,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adopter.
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