DOUBLES Synonyms: 71 Similar and Opposite Words

doubles 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of double

as in increases

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

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as in folds

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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doubles

2 of 2

noun

plural of double

as in twins

something or someone that strongly resembles another he looks so much like you that he could be your double

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Recent Examples of doubles

Verb

Won three straight Big West individual singles and doubles titles. —

Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026 Brian May Doubles His Downloads Chart Wins May doubles his solo successes on the Official Singles Downloads chart and collects his first new hit in nearly 15 years. —

Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026 If convicted, Mencia could face nearly 12 years in prison and be ordered to repay the unpaid taxes, along with interest that nearly doubles the amount owed. —

Liza Esquibias, USA Today, 18 June 2026 Owen Hull had a triple and two doubles among his four hits, Gavin Gallaher had four hits and four RBIs and North Carolina rolled past West Virginia 12-7 on Wednesday to advance to the College World Series finals for the first time since 2007. —

CBS News, 17 June 2026 Esrailian and Meth met in the seventh grade and were paired as doubles partners as sophomores. —

Gqlshare, Daily News, 17 June 2026 Last week, Serena restarted her doubles career at Queen’s Club Championship in London. —

Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 17 June 2026 Moore's Law is the idea that the number of transistors on a computer chip doubles every two years, leading to more powerful semiconductors over time. —

Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 17 June 2026 The Rooms Borgo Egnazia has three types of accommodations, from standard doubles to palatial villas. —

Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2026

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The doubles team at Harvard-Westlake was selected the LA Daily News Tennis co-Players of the Year. —

Gqlshare, Daily News, 17 June 2026 Serena won her first doubles match with partner Victoria Mboko at Queen's Club in London last week and was slated to play doubles with Karolina Muchova at the Berlin Open later on Tuesday. —

CBS News, 16 June 2026 The sisters have won 14 Grand Slam titles together in doubles, including six at Wimbledon — the first in 2000 and the last in 2016. —

Andrew Dampf, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026 Serena is the only player since Steffi Graf to have recorded a career Golden Slam in singles, and the only to also do it in doubles. —

Kelly McCarthy, ABC News, 16 June 2026

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Researchers think that making art also increases neuroplasticity (the ability to form new connections).

— Mark Gurarie, Verywell Health, 17 June 2026
That increases the risk that individuals’ personal data could be exposed, misused or commercialized without their consent.

— Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 17 June 2026