DOUBLING Synonyms: 88 Similar and Opposite Words

doubling 1 of 2

noun

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

The 30 workers on the plan already had to deal with a 9% premium hike and a doubling of their deductible for this year after the club’s longtime health insurer stopped operating. — Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026 Lasting less than 60 days and consisting of two 5-day blasts, this episode saw a doubling of the X-ray brightness of the AGN at the heart of NGC 1275. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 12 Oct. 2026 The project has included a near doubling of the plant's capacity and is designed to greatly rid our rivers and streams of wastewater, if not entirely. — Andy Sheehan, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026 Latif is conflicted by his double life, bewildered by his doubling of parental responsibilities, constantly trying to think two moves ahead yet always ending up three steps behind. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2026 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

Verb

Lavender, rosemary, jasmine, mint and eucalyptus, with herbs doubling as a kitchen garden. — Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Oct. 2026 The Cowboys settled a lawsuit with a former cheerleader in 2019 that led to the squad doubling the per-game pay for members to $400. — ABC News, 23 Oct. 2026 Reaching Portugal’s top-flight league could mean doubling again from there. — Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 22 Oct. 2026 So, the investment also includes a new manufacturing training academy at Joliet Junior College, expanding industrial maintenance training and doubling welding capacity. — Megan De Mar, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026 Within Italy’s unscripted sphere, the factual genre has seen the most significant growth, up 36% in terms of number of hours, with the number of domestic factual titles adapted from international formats doubling. — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 21 Oct. 2026 Fashion has become one of the major categories for the marketplace, driving more orders than any other type of product with order volumes doubling since 2025. — Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2026 After safety Chamarri Conner recorded a sack on a blitz, Karlaftis added Kansas City’s fourth of the game, doubling the club’s season total to eight. — Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 19 Oct. 2026 SkyTwin aims two identical modules at the same target, doubling the light so fine detail shows up sooner. — New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for doubling

Noun

Rain chances increase on Saturday to 80% and rise on Sunday to 90%, according to the National Weather Service in Miami.

— Amaia Gavica, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026
Advertisement Article continues below this ad Some parks have seen particularly sharp increases in recent years.

— Data Reporter, Austin American Statesman, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of increase

Verb

But the company’s stock has gone nowhere over the past two years, as Instacart struggled to find new paths to growth while facing increasing competition from Amazon and Walmart’s grocery-delivery offerings.

— Rob Wile, NBC news, 29 Oct. 2026
For a while, the music hangs there, pieces echoing each other with increasing intensity.

— Vanessa Ague, Pitchfork, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of increasing

Verb

In an era where architectural images spread rapidly through social media, this building, resembling a white folding fan, undoubtedly has the potential to become a popular landmark.

— Wendy Wang, Architectural Digest, 22 Oct. 2026
As petrified parents filed into the warehouse-like church nestled in a strip mall and took seats on folding chairs, Michelle noticed a woman near the front, sitting alone.

— Taylor Galgano, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of folding

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

The transform works by summing a bunch of signals and multiplying each by a special exponential factor.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026
Certificate lifespans are shrinking, machine identities are multiplying across cloud and AI systems and expectations around cryptographic governance are increasing.

— Amit Sinha, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of multiplying

Noun

Meeting this lowest-possible overshoot scenario would require a tripling of renewable electricity capacity by 2035, and dramatic cuts to fossil fuels, including the phaseout of coal by 2040, the report states.

— Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026
His $72 dollar target on TeraWulf implies a tripling from here.

— Brian Sullivan, CNBC, 16 July 2026

Definition of tripling

Verb

Engineering is done once, allowing the second team to focus its efforts on new initiatives instead of duplicating work.

— Andy Zosel, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026
The country plans to expand LNG capacity from 77 million tons per year to 142 million by 2030, and duplicating that infrastructure isn’t feasible.

— Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of duplicating

Noun

The property evolved over the decades, with an expansion of the building around 1895, and another addition around 1930.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026
Batman’s nemesis is a billionaire with his own personal island for committing atrocities; Superman is traveling the world combating corporate abuse of laborers; this year’s new addition, Green Arrow, flat-out hunts CEOs.

— Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2026