DUPLEX Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

ˈdü-ˌpleks

Definition of duplex

as in dual

consisting of two members or parts that are usually joined a duplex apartment with all of the bedrooms on the second floor

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Recent Examples of duplex

Adjective

The project consists of 10 duplex-style homes of 1,300 square feet apiece, with three bedrooms, attached two-car garages and private yards. — Joe Tash, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2022 For the penthouses, Herzog and de Meuron worked alongside structural engineers AKT to create the unique features within each duplex penthouse and interior designer Tom Dixon’s Design Research Studio to create lovely homes. — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 17 Nov. 2022

Noun

Its 93 rooms are distributed across two luxury hotels, Delos and Soukana, plus an area called Madrague, which includes five old fisherman’s cottages with duplex rooms. — Alexander Lobrano, Air Mail, 8 Aug. 2026 These have included a penthouse on lower Fifth Avenue, a Brooklyn Heights apartment, and a duplex on Washington Square Park, all of them featuring an abundance of sunlight, soft colors, floral fabrics, and a mix of antique and vintage pieces. — Michael Boodro, Architectural Digest, 7 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for duplex

Recent Examples of Synonyms for duplex

Adjective

Beyond offering optimal protection, the dual-layer airbag phone case also comes with a 3-in-1 Ostand.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 Sep. 2026
The Panthers allowed a pair of 100-yard rushers (D’Andre Swift and Kyle Monangai) and had no solution for Williams, the slippery, dual-threat athlete who accounted for 334 yards (including 65 on the ground) and three touchdowns.

— Joseph Person, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of dual

Noun

Record-breaking Brooklyn home The Oppenheimer actor’s pad in the Big Apple is a massive penthouse triplex in The Standish, a luxury building in Brooklyn Heights.

— Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 24 July 2026
The triplex spans about 8,900 square feet, plus another 3,400 square feet of outdoor space, including a private rooftop terrace with a plunge pool and outdoor kitchen.

— Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 1 May 2026

Definition of triplex

Adjective

Binary thinking doesn’t work There is a long history of binary thinking about addictive goods.

— Jonathan Caulkins, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2026
Yet the franchise gave audiences a galaxy brimming with desert planets, ocean worlds, binary sunsets, and countless versions of Earth.

— Alix Freckelton, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of binary

Noun

With its open kitchen, family room and sunroom that opened onto a deck, the four-bedroom, $460,000 condo in the nearby suburb of Hudsonville checked every box.

— Emily Elconin for CNN, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2026
The video, which was captured from The Mark on Brickell Bay, a nearby condo building, showed one of the cars in flames and a plume of black smoke.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of condo

Adjective

Barahona has been behind bars since March 2011 after being accused of killing Nubia and torturing her twin brother, Victor.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026
Now 20, Taraneh Rahimi faces execution over her alleged role in the January protests, while her twin sister could spend decades in prison, in a case unfolding amid a sharp rise in Iran’s use of the death penalty.

— Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of twin

Noun

That means more scrutiny on gross margins, infrastructure efficiency, how costs scale relative to revenue, and your serviceable debt capacity.

— Denada Ramnishta, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Age-band extension, category breadth, product sophistication and supply-chain efficiency are becoming the new battlegrounds.

— Li Jun, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of efficiency

Noun

The place had belonged to a former photography director of this magazine, Jordan Schaps, who started renting the 700-square-foot floor-through for $135 a month in 1975.

— Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 1 Nov. 2025
With its floor-through dwellings, celebrity penthouse, secret passageways, and camaraderie (begrudging or otherwise) between residents both longtime and new, the Arconia is a world within itself.

— Scarlett Harris, Architectural Digest, 8 Sep. 2025