DUPLEX Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

ˈdü-ˌpleks

Definition of duplex

as in dual

consisting of two members or parts that are usually joined a duplex apartment with all of the bedrooms on the second floor

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Recent Examples of duplex

Adjective

The project consists of 10 duplex-style homes of 1,300 square feet apiece, with three bedrooms, attached two-car garages and private yards. — Joe Tash, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2022 For the penthouses, Herzog and de Meuron worked alongside structural engineers AKT to create the unique features within each duplex penthouse and interior designer Tom Dixon’s Design Research Studio to create lovely homes. — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 17 Nov. 2022

Noun

Then the back unit of the duplex became available, and Blanding immediately thought of her sister. — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 17 Aug. 2026 Its 93 rooms are distributed across two luxury hotels, Delos and Soukana, plus an area called Madrague, which includes five old fisherman’s cottages with duplex rooms. — Alexander Lobrano, Air Mail, 8 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for duplex

Recent Examples of Synonyms for duplex

Adjective

Following last week's interest rate hike, Goolsbee was putting into perspective what to expect going forward in the Fed's tug-of-war between its dual mandate of fostering price stability and maximizing employment.

— Kevin Stankiewicz,Matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026
That dual fashion-and-function appeal is part of why the neckline is showing up across so many outerwear categories at once, including designer wool overcoats and accessible nylon commuters.

— Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of dual

Noun

Through a series of renovations it’s morphed from a one-bedroom apartment to a sophisticated NoHo triplex with a rooftop chicken coop, adjusting to major life milestones, such as the birth of Scherieber’s third child, Hazel Bee.

— Tanya Fevzi, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026
Record-breaking Brooklyn home The Oppenheimer actor’s pad in the Big Apple is a massive penthouse triplex in The Standish, a luxury building in Brooklyn Heights.

— Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 24 July 2026

Definition of triplex

Adjective

Although binary tests offer an illusion of certainty, pregnancy is a nonlinear experience—and confirming one is a process of slowly ruling out all other possibilities.

— Ian Crouch, New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2026
But renewal decisions should not be binary; an unpopular HR or payroll platform may still cost more to replace than to improve.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of binary

Noun

In the Pearl District, this 2004 one-bedroom condo is across the street from Powell’s City of Books—known as the largest bookstore in the world.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 21 Sep. 2026
Some cases over the last month include a bear that entered an arcade in Fraser Valley, a bear that went romping through an Aspen restaurant, and attacks at a Rio Grande National Forest Park campground and inside a condo in Durango.

— Christa Swanson, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of condo

Adjective

The twin-engine utility helicopter, which was manufactured in 1994, had been assisting with the firefighting since the first day of the blaze.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026
Among the newcomers for MacKenzie are twin sisters Caileigh and Chelsea Tiller, who could have immediate impact as freshman.

— Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of twin

Noun

The roughly 5,700-square-foot penthouse has five bedrooms, large open living and entertaining areas, and two south-facing terraces overlooking London’s rooftops.

— Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 16 Sep. 2026
The penthouses at the Pagani Residences, which is under construction in the causeway town of North Bay Village, come with a special edition Pagani hypercar worth around $3 million.

— Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of penthouse

Noun

The place had belonged to a former photography director of this magazine, Jordan Schaps, who started renting the 700-square-foot floor-through for $135 a month in 1975.

— Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 1 Nov. 2025
With its floor-through dwellings, celebrity penthouse, secret passageways, and camaraderie (begrudging or otherwise) between residents both longtime and new, the Arconia is a world within itself.

— Scarlett Harris, Architectural Digest, 8 Sep. 2025