adopted son
Legally accepted boy
An adopted son is a male child legally taken into a family and raised as one's own, with full rights of a biological child.
The term emphasizes the legal and emotional bond rather than biological connection: He introduced his adopted son to the extended family.
Sometimes used figuratively for someone treated like family: The team's coach became like an adopted son to the aging owner.
- fosterEncourage development of
- heirOne who receives legacy
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- orphanChild whose parents died
- familyRelated people together
parentage · bloodline · stepson · legal · legal guardian · custody · home study · birth · biological · blood relative · lineage · family tree · ward · forever home · guardian · papers · surname · belonging
- boysboy, lad, laddie, young boy, little boy
- younger relativesdaughter, grandson, granddaughter, nephew, niece
- extended familyaunt, uncle, grandparents, grandparent, great aunt
adopted sonadoptive father
Man who legally becomes parent
adoptive mother · adoptive parent · adoptive parents · birth parent · biological parent
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