DOUBLES Synonyms: 71 Similar and Opposite Words

doubles 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of double

as in increases

to make twice as great or as many we doubled our investment in six months

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as in folds

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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doubles

2 of 2

noun

plural of double

as in twins

something or someone that strongly resembles another he looks so much like you that he could be your double

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Recent Examples of doubles

Verb

Raking counts as moderate-intensity exercise, closer to doubles tennis and power yoga than just sweeping the porch. — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026 Then William Contreras and Jake Bauers each bounced ground-rule doubles into the stands, Bauers’ driving in two runs to cut the Dodgers’ lead in half. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026 Haugsjaa and Forgan pulled off rare feats by claiming titles in both singles and doubles races at USA Luge's national start championships, which are considered the unofficial start of the team's competitive season. — ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026 Perfect for suiting up and putting on ski or hiking boots, the cushioned seat flips over and doubles as a worktop, serving as an extension of the rear garage and/or the compact kitchen block. — New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2026 Now it’s bested itself, unveiling a sub-1 nm chip that roughly doubles that density using NanoStack technology, which stacks transistors vertically, building up rather than out. — Micheline Maynard, Time, 15 Oct. 2026 Extensive storage and a laundry room that doubles as a catering kitchen complete the floor. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2026 Not only that, but the display doubles as a touchscreen, so anyone taking a look can swipe through photos themselves. — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026 The loungy lobby doubles as a co-working space, and leads into Bluestone Lane café where guests and locals stop by for breakfast and Australian-style coffee. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2026

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Halpin got his first postseason start in Game 5 of the ALDS and had two doubles. — Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026 Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin, meanwhile, became the first American team to win a medal in Olympic mixed doubles curling, taking silver. — Preston Fore, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026 Forgan claimed the women's singles title, before joining her Olympic teammate Sophia Kirkby to successfully defend their doubles start title. — ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026 Padma Khanna and other doubles performed some of the dances instead of Kumari, which made the continuity puzzle harder. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026 Top performers Matt Olson has 34 doubles, 41 home runs and 93 RBIs for the Braves. — CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026 Each match features four singles sets and a mixed doubles Supertiebreaker. — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026 Colorado’s Jeff Cirillo doubled twice in a 13-4 win over San Diego, giving him 51 doubles for the year. — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for doubles

Verb

If Skydance increases spending on content, that could push its competitors to also invest more, Laurent Yoon, senior analyst at the research and brokerage firm Bernstein, told me.

— Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Though this increases the X-Y dimensions, Apple worked closely with the system team to ensure the phones' internals could support this slightly larger package.

— Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of increases

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Born as the score to a surreal short film set on Manchester’s empty streets, the ambient duo’s latest album folds classical instrumentation and field recordings into a mood of deep introspection.

— Kiana Mickles, Pitchfork, 13 Oct. 2026
Once the protein folds into its final form, the backbone will describe the protein’s overall shape.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of folds

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Stand runs computational fluid dynamics, physics models built on top of digital twins.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026
Aiming to protect what’s left of its buildings and monuments is a converted Volkswagen Crafter—the ARK III, a mobile 3D-scanning lab that creates digital twins of sacred and historical structures for future restoration.

— Chris Stokel-Walker, Time, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of twins

Noun

Al Hassan remembers showing a group of visitors TAMM’s feature for taking pictures and reporting potholes.

— Inzamam Rashid, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2026
The men appear to have developed a close relationship and often share pictures together on their socials, including posing together at the 2021 Los Angeles premiere of the Peter Jackson’s Beatles miniseries Get Back (see above).

— Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of pictures

Verb

Silver will remain, though is highly likely to be a different shade — Apple rarely duplicates colors between years.

— David Phelan, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Interpretive guidance from attorneys general and relevant agencies comes first, as Attorney General Tong’s Connecticut advisory and Attorney General Campbell’s earlier Massachusetts advisory demonstrate, doing the threshold work that a substantial share of state AI legislation otherwise duplicates.

— Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 15 May 2026

Definition of duplicates

Noun

His proficiency, buoyed by his expensive taste and skill in daisy-chaining images together, got his foot in the door of the indie-rap revitalization.

— Matthew Ritchie, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026
Two more search warrants were carried out for the TikTok account, and during an interview, deputies said the teen confessed to taking photos of a younger child and using AI to alter the images to make the child appear nude.

— Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of images

Noun

In honor of the nation’s 250th anniversary, researchers at Penn State University have modeled its acoustic properties, drawing on data collected from one of the bell’s replicas.

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 15 Oct. 2026
Fitting that there are dinosaur replicas towering over the lobby that leads straight through the building.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Oct. 2026