fivefold

five·fold

adjective \ˈfīv-ˌfōld, -ˈfōld\

Definition of FIVEFOLD

1

: having five units or members

2

: being five times as great or as many

— five·fold \-ˈfōld\ adverb

Examples of FIVEFOLD

1. There has been a fivefold increase in membership this year.

First Known Use of FIVEFOLD

before 12th century

Rhymes with FIVEFOLD

acold, age-old, ahold, all told, behold, bifold, billfold, black gold, blindfold, blue mold, bread mold, choke hold, controlled, Cotswold, cuckold, eightfold, enfold, fanfold, fool's gold, foothold, fourfold, freehold, gatefold, go gold, green mold, handhold, head cold, household, ice-cold, infold, knock cold, leaf mold, leasehold, make bold, ninefold, old gold, onefold, on hold, pinfold, potholed, roothold, scaffold, sheepfold, sixfold, slime mold, stokehold, stone-cold, stronghold, take hold, tenfold, threefold, threshold, toehold, twice-told, twofold, unfold, unmold, untold, uphold, white gold, whole-souled, withhold