diff --git a/sycl/source/backend.cpp b/sycl/source/backend.cpp
index 98c5ceb06f7fc..1a91190d3ea0a 100644
--- a/sycl/source/backend.cpp
+++ b/sycl/source/backend.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 //
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
-#include "detail/adapter.hpp"
+#include "detail/adapter_impl.hpp"
 #include "detail/context_impl.hpp"
 #include "detail/event_impl.hpp"
 #include "detail/kernel_bundle_impl.hpp"
diff --git a/sycl/source/backend/level_zero.cpp b/sycl/source/backend/level_zero.cpp
index 80817d9a008cf..dcb5cd2d32aba 100644
--- a/sycl/source/backend/level_zero.cpp
+++ b/sycl/source/backend/level_zero.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 //
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
-#include <detail/adapter.hpp>
+#include <detail/adapter_impl.hpp>
 #include <detail/platform_impl.hpp>
 #include <detail/queue_impl.hpp>
 #include <detail/ur.hpp>
diff --git a/sycl/source/backend/opencl.cpp b/sycl/source/backend/opencl.cpp
index c8d0f13d8ff3a..39389791feb7b 100644
--- a/sycl/source/backend/opencl.cpp
+++ b/sycl/source/backend/opencl.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 //
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
-#include <detail/adapter.hpp>
+#include <detail/adapter_impl.hpp>
 #include <detail/kernel_impl.hpp>
 #include <detail/platform_impl.hpp>
 #include <detail/queue_impl.hpp>
diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/adapter.hpp b/sycl/source/detail/adapter_impl.hpp
similarity index 94%
rename from sycl/source/detail/adapter.hpp
rename to sycl/source/detail/adapter_impl.hpp
index 5a0f43f700744..a1c16e148a13b 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/adapter.hpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/adapter_impl.hpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//==- adapter.hpp ----------------------------------------------------------==//
+//==- adapter_impl.hpp ----------------------------------------------==//
 //
 // Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
 // See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ namespace detail {
 /// runtimes for the device-agnostic SYCL runtime.
 ///
 /// \ingroup sycl_ur
-class Adapter {
+class adapter_impl {
 public:
-  Adapter() = delete;
+  adapter_impl() = delete;
 
-  Adapter(ur_adapter_handle_t adapter, backend UseBackend)
+  adapter_impl(ur_adapter_handle_t adapter, backend UseBackend)
       : MAdapter(adapter), MBackend(UseBackend),
         MAdapterMutex(std::make_shared<std::mutex>()) {
 
@@ -57,12 +57,12 @@ class Adapter {
   }
 
   // Disallow accidental copies of adapters
-  Adapter &operator=(const Adapter &) = delete;
-  Adapter(const Adapter &) = delete;
-  Adapter &operator=(Adapter &&other) noexcept = delete;
-  Adapter(Adapter &&other) noexcept = delete;
+  adapter_impl &operator=(const adapter_impl &) = delete;
+  adapter_impl(const adapter_impl &) = delete;
+  adapter_impl &operator=(adapter_impl &&other) noexcept = delete;
+  adapter_impl(adapter_impl &&other) noexcept = delete;
 
-  ~Adapter() = default;
+  ~adapter_impl() = default;
 
   /// \throw SYCL 2020 exception(errc) if ur_result is not UR_RESULT_SUCCESS
   template <sycl::errc errc = sycl::errc::runtime>
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ class Adapter {
   void *UrLoaderHandle = nullptr;
 #endif
   UrFuncPtrMapT UrFuncPtrs;
-}; // class Adapter
+}; // class adapter_impl
 
 } // namespace detail
 } // namespace _V1
diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/allowlist.hpp b/sycl/source/detail/allowlist.hpp
index 8f3d204033e9c..656f6ed0e4122 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/allowlist.hpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/allowlist.hpp
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include <detail/adapter.hpp>
+#include <detail/adapter_impl.hpp>
 #include <sycl/detail/defines_elementary.hpp>
 #include <sycl/detail/ur.hpp>
 
diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/device_image_impl.hpp b/sycl/source/detail/device_image_impl.hpp
index 614eeac04992e..3947c9e74ed88 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/device_image_impl.hpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/device_image_impl.hpp
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include <detail/adapter.hpp>
+#include <detail/adapter_impl.hpp>
 #include <detail/compiler.hpp>
 #include <detail/context_impl.hpp>
 #include <detail/device_impl.hpp>
diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/error_handling/error_handling.cpp b/sycl/source/detail/error_handling/error_handling.cpp
index f883340444ebf..230151d381109 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/error_handling/error_handling.cpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/error_handling/error_handling.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include "error_handling.hpp"
 #include "sycl/detail/common.hpp"
 
-#include <detail/adapter.hpp>
+#include <detail/adapter_impl.hpp>
 #include <sycl/backend_types.hpp>
 #include <sycl/detail/ur.hpp>
 
diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/event_impl.cpp b/sycl/source/detail/event_impl.cpp
index 2bf1233042e6a..80dd73d5201ab 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/event_impl.cpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/event_impl.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 //
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
-#include <detail/adapter.hpp>
+#include <detail/adapter_impl.hpp>
 #include <detail/event_impl.hpp>
 #include <detail/event_info.hpp>
 #include <detail/queue_impl.hpp>
diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/event_impl.hpp b/sycl/source/detail/event_impl.hpp
index 0e3db59d34a7d..ba70296bb67fa 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/event_impl.hpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/event_impl.hpp
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include <detail/adapter.hpp>
+#include <detail/adapter_impl.hpp>
 #include <sycl/detail/cl.h>
 #include <sycl/detail/common.hpp>
 #include <sycl/detail/host_profiling_info.hpp>
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class graph_impl;
 }
 class context;
 namespace detail {
-class Adapter;
+class adapter_impl;
 class context_impl;
 using ContextImplPtr = std::shared_ptr<sycl::detail::context_impl>;
 class queue_impl;
diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/event_info.hpp b/sycl/source/detail/event_info.hpp
index e660d5f33c796..a914d9302c4a8 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/event_info.hpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/event_info.hpp
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include <detail/adapter.hpp>
+#include <detail/adapter_impl.hpp>
 #include <detail/event_impl.hpp>
 #include <detail/ur_info_code.hpp>
 #include <sycl/detail/common.hpp>
diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/global_handler.cpp b/sycl/source/detail/global_handler.cpp
index 51a77ab85a4d1..2f2e6d0019db4 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/global_handler.cpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/global_handler.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #include "llvm/Support/Signals.h"
 #endif
 
-#include <detail/adapter.hpp>
+#include <detail/adapter_impl.hpp>
 #include <detail/config.hpp>
 #include <detail/global_handler.hpp>
 #include <detail/kernel_name_based_cache_t.hpp>
@@ -230,8 +230,8 @@ std::mutex &GlobalHandler::getFilterMutex() {
   return FilterMutex;
 }
 
-std::vector<Adapter *> &GlobalHandler::getAdapters() {
-  static std::vector<Adapter *> &adapters = getOrCreate(MAdapters);
+std::vector<adapter_impl *> &GlobalHandler::getAdapters() {
+  static std::vector<adapter_impl *> &adapters = getOrCreate(MAdapters);
   enableOnCrashStackPrinting();
   return adapters;
 }
diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/global_handler.hpp b/sycl/source/detail/global_handler.hpp
index fd3dd7e1fc0a5..2182cb993dce7 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/global_handler.hpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/global_handler.hpp
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class context_impl;
 class Scheduler;
 class ProgramManager;
 class Sync;
-class Adapter;
+class adapter_impl;
 class ods_target_list;
 class XPTIRegistry;
 class ThreadPool;
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class GlobalHandler {
   std::mutex &getPlatformToDefaultContextCacheMutex();
   std::mutex &getPlatformMapMutex();
   std::mutex &getFilterMutex();
-  std::vector<Adapter *> &getAdapters();
+  std::vector<adapter_impl *> &getAdapters();
   ods_target_list &getOneapiDeviceSelectorTargets(const std::string &InitValue);
   XPTIRegistry &getXPTIRegistry();
   ThreadPool &getHostTaskThreadPool();
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class GlobalHandler {
   InstWithLock<std::mutex> MPlatformToDefaultContextCacheMutex;
   InstWithLock<std::mutex> MPlatformMapMutex;
   InstWithLock<std::mutex> MFilterMutex;
-  InstWithLock<std::vector<Adapter *>> MAdapters;
+  InstWithLock<std::vector<adapter_impl *>> MAdapters;
   InstWithLock<ods_target_list> MOneapiDeviceSelectorTargets;
   InstWithLock<XPTIRegistry> MXPTIRegistry;
   // Thread pool for host task and event callbacks execution
diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/kernel_name_based_cache_t.hpp b/sycl/source/detail/kernel_name_based_cache_t.hpp
index 33632a73a8e66..3c2b3fb03cf6f 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/kernel_name_based_cache_t.hpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/kernel_name_based_cache_t.hpp
@@ -29,15 +29,15 @@ struct FastKernelCacheVal {
   const KernelArgMask *MKernelArgMask; /* Eliminated kernel argument mask. */
   ur_program_handle_t MProgramHandle;  /* UR program handle corresponding to
                                      this kernel. */
-  const Adapter &MAdapterPtr;          /* We can keep reference to the adapter
-                                     because during 2-stage shutdown the kernel
-                                     cache is destroyed deliberately before the
-                                     adapter. */
+  const adapter_impl &MAdapterPtr;     /* We can keep reference to the adapter
+                                because during 2-stage shutdown the kernel
+                                cache is destroyed deliberately before the
+                                adapter. */
 
   FastKernelCacheVal(ur_kernel_handle_t KernelHandle, std::mutex *Mutex,
                      const KernelArgMask *KernelArgMask,
                      ur_program_handle_t ProgramHandle,
-                     const Adapter &AdapterPtr)
+                     const adapter_impl &AdapterPtr)
       : MKernelHandle(KernelHandle), MMutex(Mutex),
         MKernelArgMask(KernelArgMask), MProgramHandle(ProgramHandle),
         MAdapterPtr(AdapterPtr) {}
diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/kernel_program_cache.cpp b/sycl/source/detail/kernel_program_cache.cpp
index e50e8d0f23bf0..02706f928111d 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/kernel_program_cache.cpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/kernel_program_cache.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 //
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
-#include <detail/adapter.hpp>
+#include <detail/adapter_impl.hpp>
 #include <detail/context_impl.hpp>
 #include <detail/kernel_program_cache.hpp>
 
diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/persistent_device_code_cache.cpp b/sycl/source/detail/persistent_device_code_cache.cpp
index 6e728fbe2e554..36175d8a9a8ff 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/persistent_device_code_cache.cpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/persistent_device_code_cache.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 //
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
-#include <detail/adapter.hpp>
+#include <detail/adapter_impl.hpp>
 #include <detail/device_impl.hpp>
 #include <detail/persistent_device_code_cache.hpp>
 #include <detail/program_manager/program_manager.hpp>
diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/platform_impl.hpp b/sycl/source/detail/platform_impl.hpp
index e279851fce309..70e619b8ec9b7 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/platform_impl.hpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/platform_impl.hpp
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include <detail/adapter.hpp>
+#include <detail/adapter_impl.hpp>
 #include <detail/split_string.hpp>
 #include <detail/ur.hpp>
 #include <detail/ur_info_code.hpp>
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class platform_impl : public std::enable_shared_from_this<platform_impl> {
   //
   // Platforms can only be created under `GlobalHandler`'s ownership via
   // `platform_impl::getOrMakePlatformImpl` method.
-  explicit platform_impl(ur_platform_handle_t APlatform, Adapter *AAdapter)
+  explicit platform_impl(ur_platform_handle_t APlatform, adapter_impl *AAdapter)
       : MPlatform(APlatform), MAdapter(AAdapter) {
     // Find out backend of the platform
     ur_backend_t UrBackend = UR_BACKEND_UNKNOWN;
diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/queue_impl.hpp b/sycl/source/detail/queue_impl.hpp
index 9952fceeeccd8..fd830ab6601a6 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/queue_impl.hpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/queue_impl.hpp
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include <detail/adapter.hpp>
+#include <detail/adapter_impl.hpp>
 #include <detail/config.hpp>
 #include <detail/context_impl.hpp>
 #include <detail/device_impl.hpp>
diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/sycl_mem_obj_t.cpp b/sycl/source/detail/sycl_mem_obj_t.cpp
index eb79189ce7a68..87fc643459b18 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/sycl_mem_obj_t.cpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/sycl_mem_obj_t.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 //
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
-#include <detail/adapter.hpp>
+#include <detail/adapter_impl.hpp>
 #include <detail/context_impl.hpp>
 #include <detail/event_impl.hpp>
 #include <detail/memory_manager.hpp>
diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/sycl_mem_obj_t.hpp b/sycl/source/detail/sycl_mem_obj_t.hpp
index 561285784b9a1..a0b5c6b24f529 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/sycl_mem_obj_t.hpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/sycl_mem_obj_t.hpp
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ namespace detail {
 // Forward declarations
 class context_impl;
 class event_impl;
-class Adapter;
-using AdapterPtr = Adapter *;
+class adapter_impl;
+using AdapterPtr = adapter_impl *;
 
 using EventImplPtr = std::shared_ptr<event_impl>;
 
diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/ur.cpp b/sycl/source/detail/ur.cpp
index 8c31e8dd05ad1..c45a4a6b6d0b1 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/ur.cpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/ur.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 /// \ingroup sycl_ur
 
 #include "ur.hpp"
-#include <detail/adapter.hpp>
+#include <detail/adapter_impl.hpp>
 #include <detail/config.hpp>
 #include <detail/context_impl.hpp>
 #include <detail/global_handler.hpp>
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ bool trace(TraceLevel Level) {
   return (TraceLevelMask & Level) == Level;
 }
 
-static void initializeAdapters(std::vector<Adapter *> &Adapters,
+static void initializeAdapters(std::vector<adapter_impl *> &Adapters,
                                ur_loader_config_handle_t LoaderConfig);
 
 bool XPTIInitDone = false;
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ std::vector<AdapterPtr> &initializeUr(ur_loader_config_handle_t LoaderConfig) {
   return GlobalHandler::instance().getAdapters();
 }
 
-static void initializeAdapters(std::vector<Adapter *> &Adapters,
+static void initializeAdapters(std::vector<adapter_impl *> &Adapters,
                                ur_loader_config_handle_t LoaderConfig) {
 #define CHECK_UR_SUCCESS(Call)                                                 \
   {                                                                            \
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ static void initializeAdapters(std::vector<Adapter *> &Adapters,
                                     sizeof(adapterBackend), &adapterBackend,
                                     nullptr));
     auto syclBackend = UrToSyclBackend(adapterBackend);
-    Adapters.emplace_back(new Adapter(UrAdapter, syclBackend));
+    Adapters.emplace_back(new adapter_impl(UrAdapter, syclBackend));
 
     const char *env_value = std::getenv("UR_LOG_CALLBACK");
     if (env_value == nullptr || std::string(env_value) != "disabled") {
diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/ur.hpp b/sycl/source/detail/ur.hpp
index 9a46b12f8abd5..19f27d63824bc 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/ur.hpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/ur.hpp
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ namespace sycl {
 inline namespace _V1 {
 enum class backend : char;
 namespace detail {
-class Adapter;
-using AdapterPtr = Adapter *;
+class adapter_impl;
+using AdapterPtr = adapter_impl *;
 
 namespace ur {
 void *getURLoaderLibrary();
diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/ur_utils.hpp b/sycl/source/detail/ur_utils.hpp
index 020f20d718a45..36538cd1deb17 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/ur_utils.hpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/ur_utils.hpp
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include <detail/adapter.hpp>
+#include <detail/adapter_impl.hpp>
 #include <detail/compiler.hpp>
 #include <sycl/detail/defines_elementary.hpp>
 #include <sycl/detail/ur.hpp>
diff --git a/sycl/unittests/helpers/UrMock.hpp b/sycl/unittests/helpers/UrMock.hpp
index 9f5ece694599d..df44d5ea56a76 100644
--- a/sycl/unittests/helpers/UrMock.hpp
+++ b/sycl/unittests/helpers/UrMock.hpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include <detail/adapter.hpp>
+#include <detail/adapter_impl.hpp>
 #include <detail/global_handler.hpp>
 #include <detail/platform_impl.hpp>
 #include <detail/ur.hpp>