Synonyms of twice

twice

adverb

ˈtwīs 

as in double

to two times the amount or degree

having been turned down before, he is twice shy about making any more marriage proposals

Synonyms & Similar Words

• double
• doubly
• twofold

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of twice

The Omaha mayor and police chief said in a joint statement Monday that the gloves were used twice in the last school year, including in a program for students with learning deficits. — Julia Ainsley, NBC news, 21 Aug. 2026

The Hawkeyes have reached the conference title game twice since then (2021 and 2023) and were blown out by Michigan twice. — Antonio Morales, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026

In a paper in Science Advances, evolutionary biologist Bill Martin of Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf in Germany and his colleagues present evidence that life might have, in effect, begun twice. — Philip Ball, Scientific American, 20 Aug. 2026

The Boise site alone will eventually include two fabs, each roughly the size of 10 football fields; a single fab will have enough steel rebar to circle Earth twice, according to Mehrotra. — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2026