DOUBLED Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

doubled

verb

past tense of double

as in increased

to make twice as great or as many we doubled our investment in six months

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as in folded

to lay one part over or against another part of double the wet cloth and place it on the victim's forehead

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Recent Examples of doubled Patti Kanegae, a former resident of Largo, said her bill to insure her older home there doubled over four years, from $2,000 to $4,000, despite improvements to protect it against damaging hurricane winds. — Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2026 Other parents have told me their children’s bus ride times have doubled and many are spending more than an hour each way on the bus. — Naperville Sun, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026 That would mean the first episode grew by 61 percent from its on-air total, and episode two more than doubled. — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2026 The price more than doubled during the feverish close of the auction presented by Fanatics Collect. — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026 Gasoline prices have gone up about 40 percent over the past 12 months, whereas diesel prices have nearly doubled over that time, according to AAA. — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 24 Sep. 2026 Amid rising costs and living expenses, visits to Delta State University’s food pantry, the Statesman’s Shelf, more than doubled in recent years from 672 visits in 2023-24 to 1,672 in 2025-26. — ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026 If software changes doubled, would security reviews, testing, release approvals or operational support need to double too? — Abhi Shimpi, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026 Rapes in the park have doubled this year, rising to four from two last year. — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 18 Sep. 2026

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In March, officials said the number of national security cases involving activity by hostile states including Iran increased 50% in the six months to December 2025.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
Still, the Hawaii County Civil Defense Agency said a high-wind warning, wind advisory and high-surf advisory remained in effect for parts of the island through Sunday evening as Nolo’s maximum sustained winds increased to near 115 mph.

— Eugene Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of increased

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Thick fringe folded over the front of her face, mingling with her spider-leg lashes, which brushed the bottom of her brows.

— Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026
In the time since the encampment organizers folded up their tents, the fight has moved from the quad to the classroom, from a protest anyone could see to a comment in a lecture or a line in a syllabus.

— Jonathan Greenblatt, Sun Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of folded

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Live enterprise data arrives fragmented, outdated, duplicated and protected by different permissions.

— Taras Tymoshchuk, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026
That Robert Zemeckis film will never be duplicated or topped, but there’s a difference between these films worth teasing out.

— Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026