DOUBLING Synonyms: 88 Similar and Opposite Words

doubling 1 of 2

noun

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

In fact, genome doubling is the single most radical mutation an organism can experience in a single generation. — Carrie Arnold contributing, Quanta Magazine, 2 Sep. 2026 The bilaterality of drawing with two hands is undeniably analogous to the doubling of stereoscopy. — Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026 Paramount has pointed to the near doubling of its release count since the 2025 merger with Skydance, while also heralding its commitment for Paramount-WBD to distribute at least 30 theatrical films per year. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2026 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

Verb

On the domestic front, Andréa separated from partner Colette (Ophélia Kolb), a co-parent to her daughter Flora — some sticky questions will arrive, doubling the pressure. — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026 The schedule at the US Open (and at two of the other three grand slams) is split into two – a day and night session – which basically allows organizers to sell two batches of tickets for the courts, essentially doubling the possible revenue. — Ben Church, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026 The national debt surpassed $40 trillion in August after doubling in less than a decade. — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026 All of those companies have been massive winners for investors this year, with HPE and AMD more than doubling in value and Intel almost tripling, as the artificial infrastructure buildout expands to companies beyond Nvidia. — Isabel O'Brien, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2026 The panels store within the roof rails when driving but expand at camp to deliver up to 600 watts of charging while doubling as an awning, saving space and weight as compared to separate awning and charging systems. — New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2026 Apollo chief economist Torsten Slok noted in a recent blog post that from 2016 through 2025, call center employment in the Philippines has risen each year, nearly doubling to 2 million over the 10-year span. — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026 But the pop star had some big news for the crowd, bringing out Melinda French Gates to announce that Gates would be doubling the amount, bringing the evening’s charitable donation total up to $20 million. — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 30 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for doubling

Noun

The penalty tax is a scale that progressively increases based on how many millions a team is over the luxury-tax threshold.

— Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
After adjusting for demographic, lifestyle, health and environmental factors, the researchers found that any increase in light exposure above 3 lux during nighttime sleep was associated with measurable, subtle cardiac damage.

— Barbara Mantel, NBC news, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of increase

Verb

According to Borges de Moraes, cases like Pourrain’s are increasing under the current administration.

— Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Cancer rising among younger ages The question of why colorectal cancer cases are increasing among younger adults has been an ongoing one within medicine.

— Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of increasing

Noun

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

These factors, including varying breeds, make the old wives tale of multiplying a dog's age by seven inaccurate.

— Maddie Rhodes, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026
Paxlovid — a combination of the drugs nirmatrelvir and ritonavir — works by stopping the virus that causes Covid from multiplying.

— Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 1 Sep. 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