ADAPTIVE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for ADAPTIVE?

Need another word that means the same as “adaptive”? Find 1 synonym and 30 related words for “adaptive” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Adaptive” are: adaptative

Adaptive as an Adjective

Definitions of "Adaptive" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “adaptive” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Having a capacity for adaptation.
• Characterized by or given to adaptation.

Synonyms of "Adaptive" as an adjective (1 Word)

adaptative

Having a capacity for adaptation.

Usage Examples of "Adaptive" as an adjective

• Mutation is ultimately essential for adaptive evolution in all populations.
• The adaptive coloring of a chameleon.

Associations of "Adaptive" (30 Words)

acclimate	Get used to a certain climate. It will take a few days to get acclimated to the altitude.
accordance	The act of granting rights. There is good accordance between the values.
adaptation	The action or process of adapting or being adapted. The adaptation of teaching strategy to meet students needs.
adaption	The process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions.
adjust	Decide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim. The insurance agent may have the responsibility of adjusting small losses.
adjustment	The act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment. For many couples there may need to be a period of adjustment.
alter	Make an alteration to. Eliot was persuaded to alter the passage.
amend	Make amendments to. A few things had gone wrong but these had been amended.
attune	Make harmonious. Students are not attuned to making decisions.
conform	Adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions. The pressure to conform.
conformance	Correspondence in form or appearance. Conformance testing.
conforming	Adhering to established customs or doctrines (especially in religion.
convert	A person who has been converted to another religious or political belief. Convert hotels into jails.
correct	Socially right or correct. Correct behavior.
correspond	Be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics. The carved heads described in the poem correspond to a drawing of Edgcote House.
disabuse	Free somebody (from an erroneous belief. He quickly disabused me of my fanciful notions.
edit	Be editor of a newspaper or magazine. The same family has been editing the influential newspaper for almost 100 years.
exactly	Used to emphasize the accuracy of a figure or description. What exactly are you looking for.
fit	The manner in which something fits. My family keep fit by walking and cycling.
manually	By hand rather than automatically or electronically. Manually operated gates.
metamorphose	Subject (rock) to metamorphism. Overnight family houses metamorphose into bed and breakfast as 7 000 visitors roll into town.
modify	Make partial or minor changes to (something. She may be prepared to modify her views.
modulation	The process of changing from one form or condition into another. Endorphins in the body are responsible for the modulation of pain sensation.
ratify	Sign or give formal consent to (a treaty, contract, or agreement), making it officially valid. Both countries were due to ratify the treaty by the end of the year.
rearrange	Change the position of. Please rearrange these files.
reconcile	Settle (a quarrel. He was reconciled to leaving.
rectify	Find a straight line equal in length to (a curve. His methods of rectifying the cycloid.
retouch	Give retouches to hair. Retouch the roots.
revisal	The act of rewriting something.
revise	Revise or reorganize especially for the purpose of updating and improving. He had cause to revise his opinion a moment after expressing it.