DOUBLING Synonyms: 88 Similar and Opposite Words

doubling 1 of 2

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as in increase

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doubling

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verb

present participle of double

as in increasing

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

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as in folding

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 doubling

Noun

Investors and analysts poured scorn on US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s doubling of long-term bond purchases last week, which provided temporary relief but faces structural economic headwinds that are driving yields higher. — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 23 Aug. 2026 Such jobs command a pay premium as corporations invest billions in the new tech, leading to a doubling in AI job postings on the site since 2023. — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026 Xander literally split into his good and bad qualities, Faith and Buffy, already foils, swapping bodies, the Buffybot, Joan the Vampire Slayer, and so on—and doubling is of course a classic literary trope. — Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2026 In contrast, SpaceX’s own figures have only shown the global customer base doubling, from 7 million in August 2025 to now over 13 million+ consumer subscribers. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 18 Aug. 2026 And yet this metafictional doubling—in which people appear simultaneously as themselves and with a set of fictional flourishes—has the side effect of undermining the discursive conceit of the text. — Maya Binyam, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2026 Under Infantino’s proposal, each FIFA member country would have received an initial payment of $20 million and a doubling of their annual stipend to $5 million. — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 1 Aug. 2026 Arguably the subsequent doubling was due to a combination of surging Chinese demand and momentum trading, but even assuming that, the market tightness after the war ended kept prices on a long upward trajectory, not a rocket launch. — Michael Lynch, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 Oil analysts are expecting a doubling, tripling or - in Marathon’s case - a more than 700 percent surge in earnings. — Brian Sullivan, CNBC, 30 July 2026

Verb

My favorite scare must have been accomplished with the person-doubling technology from The Prestige. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026 Meyer Riegger opened a Seoul space in collaboration with Galerie Jocelyn Wolff last year, while Gladstone Gallery is doubling in size and relocating to Hannam-dong ahead of the fairs. — Payal Uttam, ARTnews.com, 26 Aug. 2026 Canada notably slapped a 50% tariff on American steel and aluminum, doubling the current rate. — Alex Harring, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026 Researchers in Kathmandu found earlier this year that glaciers across the Hindu Kush Himalaya region are melting at an accelerating rate, with ice loss rates doubling since 2000, primarily due to rising global temperatures and climate change. — Niranjan Shrestha, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026 The school is doubling in size, going from four classrooms last year to eight this year. — Chierstin Roth, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026 Critics warn that tariffs could backfire by potentially doubling or tripling drug prices due to cost pass-through. — Arthur L. Kellermann, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 Mayo estimates that roughly two-thirds of JPMorgan’s increase in market value over the past six years came from earnings per share doubling, while only one-third came from the stock commanding a higher multiple. — Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026 Eating disorders are on the rise, doubling in prevalence worldwide between 2000 and 2018. — Miranda Roberts, The Conversation, 17 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for doubling

Noun

The typical small business faces premium increases of 14% next year, based on a preliminary analysis by KFF.

— Sarah Agostino, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
Australia’s National Emergency Management Agency has warned that the growing trend of concurrent and cascading disasters is expected to continue and, in many cases, increase.

— Milad Haghani, Scientific American, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of increase

Verb

Qantas said demand for international travel remained strong, with both Qantas and its low-cost carrier Jetstar increasing capacity and unit revenue, although higher fuel costs weighed on international earnings.

— Jenny Lee, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
His foundation is aiming to spend $200 billion by 2045 with an increasing focus on AI.

— Reuters, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of increasing

Verb

Many of those waiting for the court to open in the early morning hours sat in folding chairs beneath flags flying at half-staff in honor of the late country music legend Dolly Parton.

— Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
There’s a Santa Claus in a folding chair with a cardboard plank on two milk crates hustling tourists via three card monte.

— Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of folding

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In an Instagram post May 12, Lomelin said the last four years of of business had been difficult due to rising costs, include the quadrupling of raw chocolate prices.

— Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026
The maker of memory for computers has been a big winner this year, with its stock roughly quadrupling, because the AI boom has created a surge of demand for its products.

— Stan Choe, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2026

Definition of quadrupling

Verb

What Bitcoin’s Market Cap Actually Measures Market capitalization is calculated by multiplying the latest market price by the circulating supply.

— Dave Birnbaum, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
For example, multiplying two large prime numbers is easy, but determining the two prime factors that led to a particular product is difficult.

— Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of multiplying

Verb

That does not mean flexibility everywhere; duplicating every workload across clouds usually costs more than the option is worth.

— Dr. Aditya Vikram Kashyap, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Rather, each pair should serve a distinct purpose instead of duplicating another one already hanging in the closet.

— Alesandra Dubin, Glamour, 31 July 2026

Definition of duplicating

Noun

With key draft additions filling secondary gaps alongside veteran pass rushers upfront, even a middle-of-the-pack defensive performance would drastically change Dallas' game-to-game outlook.

— David Troy OutKick, FOXNews.com, 26 Aug. 2026
The addition of Victory+ had been designed in part to accommodate the NWSL’s growing inventory after expansion to 16 teams increased the regular-season schedule from 182 matches in 2025 to 240 this year.

— Asli Pelit, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026