Widespread adoption Synonyms

Definitions for Widespread


  • (adjective) having considerable extent
  • (adjective) widely circulated or diffused
  • (adjective) distributed over a considerable extent

Definitions for Adoption


  • (noun) a legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood ; the adopted child is entitled to all privileges belonging to a natural child of the adoptive parents (including the right to inherit)
  • (noun) the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source
  • (noun) the act of accepting with approval ; favorable reception