| ado | (noun) a rapid active commotion | Synonyms: bustle, flurry, fuss, hustle, stir |
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| adobe | (noun) sun-dried brick; used in hot dry climates | Synonyms: adobe brick |
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| (noun) the clay from which adobe bricks are made | - |
| adobo | (noun) a dish of marinated vegetables and meat or fish; served with rice | - |
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| adolesce | (verb) become adolescent; pass through adolescence | - |
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| adolescence | (noun) in the state that someone is in between puberty and adulthood | - |
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| (noun) the time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood | - |
| adolescent | (adjective) relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent | - |
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| (adjective) in the state of development between puberty and maturity | - |
| (adjective) displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity | Synonyms: jejune, juvenile, puerile |
| (adjective) being of the age 13 through 19 | Synonyms: teen, teenage, teenaged |
| (noun) a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity | Synonyms: stripling, teen, teenager |
| adonis | (noun) any handsome young man | - |
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| adopt | (verb) take into one's family | Synonyms: take in |
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| (verb) take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect | Synonyms: acquire, assume, take, take on |
| (verb) take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own | Synonyms: embrace, espouse, sweep up |
| (verb) put into dramatic form | Synonyms: dramatise, dramatize |
| (verb) take up and practice as one's own | Synonyms: borrow, take over, take up |
| (verb) choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans | Synonyms: espouse, follow |
| (verb) take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities | Synonyms: assume, take on, take over |
| adoptable | (adjective) suitable or eligible for adoption | - |
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| adopted | (adjective) acquired as your own by free choice | Synonyms: adoptive |
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| adoptee | (noun) someone (such as a child) who has been adopted | - |
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| adopter | (noun) a person who adopts a child of other parents as his or her own child | Synonyms: adoptive parent |
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| adoption | (noun) the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception | Synonyms: acceptance, acceptation, espousal |
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| (noun) the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source | Synonyms: borrowing |
| (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) | - |
| adoptive | (adjective) of parents and children; related by adoption | - |
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| (adjective) acquired as your own by free choice | Synonyms: adopted |
| adorability | (noun) extreme attractiveness | Synonyms: adorableness |
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| adorable | (adjective) lovable especially in a childlike or naive way | Synonyms: endearing, lovely |
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| adorableness | (noun) extreme attractiveness | Synonyms: adorability |
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| adorably | (adverb) in an adorable manner | Synonyms: endearingly |
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| adoration | (noun) the act of admiring strongly | Synonyms: idolisation, idolization |
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| (noun) the worship given to God alone | Synonyms: latria |
| (noun) a feeling of profound love and admiration | Synonyms: worship |
| adore | (verb) love intensely | - |
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| adored | (adjective) regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god) | Synonyms: idolised, idolized, worshipped |
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| adorer | (noun) someone who admires a young woman | Synonyms: admirer |
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| adoring | (adjective) extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent | Synonyms: doting, fond |
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| (adjective) showing adoration | Synonyms: worshipful |
| adoringly | (adverb) with adoration | - |
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| adorn | (verb) make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc. | Synonyms: beautify, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament |
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| (verb) furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors | Synonyms: clothe, invest |
| (verb) be beautiful to look at | Synonyms: beautify, deck, decorate, embellish, grace |
| adorned | (adjective) provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction | Synonyms: decorated |
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| adornment | (noun) the action of decorating yourself with something colorful and interesting | - |
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| (noun) a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness | - |
| adoxography | (noun) fine writing in praise of trivial or base subjects | - |
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