DOUBLING Synonyms: 88 Similar and Opposite Words

doubling 1 of 2

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as in increase

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doubling

2 of 2

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

Suarez’ plan would reverse the existing incentives, restricting new hotel development to a height of 50 feet while upping the cap for residential to 75 feet, with a doubling of the allowable square footage in most places. — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026 The road’s opening resulted in a near doubling of total cars visiting the park in just one year, park staff said in an Instagram post. — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026 The doubling on this set looks like glasses overflowing with red wine and Sprite. — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 5 July 2026 In some ways, the hub represents a doubling-down on that and other related relationships. — Lucas Laursen, IEEE Spectrum, 2 July 2026 Body-doubling has risen in popularity over the years, especially as a strategy for managing ADHD. — Tessa Cooper, The Spruce, 30 June 2026 Many firms already build plans around roughly 1% baseline productivity, so this expectation implies a near doubling of improvement. — Gleb Tsipursky, Sun Sentinel, 29 June 2026 The doubling of the standard deduction from the 2017 tax law was made permanent and indexed for inflation. — Bob Carlson, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026 And that doesn't include the doubling in size of the group that considers winning at least two College Football Playoff games the bare minimum for a successful season. — Pete Sampson, New York Times, 26 June 2026

Verb

Riding the wave of a technological boom, market returns for institutional investors soared in the 1990s, with CalPERS reporting returns of over 20% in 1997 and its assets doubling from the previous decade. — Zachary Christensen, Oc Register, 24 July 2026 The location at 601 South Main Street has now expanded into a neighboring storefront, doubling in size to 2,500 square feet. — Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 July 2026 Along with the stadium upgrades, the site will host a 4,400-capacity entertainment venue expected to host 80-100 events each year while doubling as additional hospitality space on NFL gamedays. — Tim Newcomb, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026 Company demo footage also shows the reverse gear doubling as a cleanup tool, letting the mower retrace a path to shave down long grass more than twice its own height. — New Atlas, 22 July 2026 The rain chances grew, nearly doubling to 60% on Sunday into Monday, according to the service. — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026 Gradually reduce human involvement, all while doubling the company’s revenue. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 22 July 2026 And then another and another, nearly doubling the time allotted, thrilled to be exploring the connections between past and present. — Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026 Sotheby’s New York sold selections of his Old Master paintings, sculpture and English furniture last year for $21 million, nearly doubling the low estimate on the collection. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 16 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for doubling

Noun

State leaders have introduced Assembly Bill 1383, which undermines crucial PEPRA guardrails, granting an unfunded pension benefit increase to first responders by reducing their retirement age.

— Zachary Christensen, Oc Register, 24 July 2026
Critics warn that dramatic increases could force small businesses to reduce hiring, automate more jobs, or raise prices.

— Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 24 July 2026

Definition of increase

Verb

Too fearful of discrimination to go to hospitals for antiretroviral drugs, many transgender people have stopped taking them — significantly increasing their risk of transmission.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
OpenAI disclosed the incident in a blog post on Tuesday, a stunning announcement that is certain to set off alarm bells across the industry about the increasing power of AI models and the risk of them going rogue.

— Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 22 July 2026

Definition of increasing

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Embracing New Capabilities And Categories The future with physical AI is not just a robot folding laundry or a mechanical arm performing parcel sorting in a warehouse.

— Beena Ammanath, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
This single, innovative component handles daily sun-tracking while also powering the protective folding sequence.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 17 July 2026

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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

And there was Erling Haaland living his best Norwegian life, terrifying on the pitch and absurd off it, multiplying his stardom with a flamboyance and humor that didn’t detract from his serious talent.

— Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 20 July 2026
The trouble was, the arrows kept multiplying—appearing from nowhere, whizzing in every direction—and even Larry couldn’t seem to contain them.

— Claire Stapleton, New Yorker, 18 July 2026

Definition of multiplying

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Detroit still has Cade Cunningham, but duplicating last season will be tough.

— David Aldridge, New York Times, 2 July 2026
Fiber-optic, first-person view (FPV) drones have become a key weapon in the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah’s war against Israel in recent months – bypassing Israel’s sophisticated defense systems by duplicating an asymmetric warfare tactic that first emerged in the Russia-Ukraine war.

— Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 28 June 2026

Definition of duplicating

Noun

The adjoining high-rise, built in 1960, was expanded with a 16-story addition that horizontally bumped out the existing top dozen floors and put four more stories on the top.

— Andrew Rice, Curbed, 23 July 2026
These odds remain unchanged despite the addition of British ticket buyers.

— Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

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