Synonyms of doubling

doubling 1 of 2

noun

as in increase

Related Words

• increase
• quadrupling
• tripling
• addition
• multiplication
• accumulating
• proliferation
• accumulation
• growth
• creep
• escalation
• expansion
• mushrooming
• inflation
• enlargement
• rise
• amplification
• augmentation
• distension
• spread
• lengthening
• cumulation
• extension
• accrual
• increment
• accretion
• gain
• boost
• hike

Dissimilar Words

• decrease
• reduction
• lowering
• diminishing
• diminution
• shrinkage
• contracting
• contraction
• drop
• compression
• lessening
• shrinking
• fall
• constriction
• condensation
• abatement
• condensing
• shortening
• diminishment
• compressing
• falloff
• drop-off
• retrenchment
• constricting
• retrenching

doubling

2 of 2

verb

present participle of double

1

as in increasing

to make twice as great or as many

we doubled our investment in six months

Synonyms & Similar Words

• increasing
• multiplying
• duplicating
• expanding
• redoubling
• enlarging
• compounding
• building (up)
• rising
• escalating
• proliferating
• mounting
• swelling
• accumulating
• mushrooming
• burgeoning
• snowballing
• ballooning
• waxing

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• folding
• overlapping
• overlaying
• collapsing
• overlying
• shutting
• closing
• telescoping
• plaiting
• pleating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• extending
• opening
• spreading
• unfolding
• unrolling

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of doubling

Noun

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

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

Verb

The school is doubling in size, going from four classrooms last year to eight this year. — Chierstin Roth, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026

Micron shares jumped more than 50% that year after almost doubling the year prior. — Cj Haddad,katie Tarasov, CNBC, 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

Players of the Game Bohm finished the day with a career-high, and team-leading, five hits for the Phillies, delivering an RBI single in the fifth inning and doubling three times. — Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 16 Aug. 2026

The trundle bed from West Elm comes in handy, doubling as a place to lounge and for sleepovers. — Kelly Ryan Kegans, Midwest Living, 16 Aug. 2026

The result is a system that, in the long term, could carry out sub hunting autonomously, but in the short term acts as an onboard co-pilot, freeing up human operators while doubling sonobuoy processing capacity. — David Szondy august 12, New Atlas, 13 Aug. 2026