Unscramble double

Definition of double

adjective:

• having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities; ; - R.W.Emerson; -Frederick Harrison; "a double (or dual) role for an actor", "the office of a clergyman is twofold; public preaching and private influence", "every episode has its double and treble meaning". Synonyms: dual, three-fold, threefold, treble, two-fold, twofold.
• consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs; "an egg with a double yolk", "a double (binary) star", "double doors", "dual controls for pilot and copilot", "duple (or double) time consists of two (or a multiple of two) beats to a measure". Synonyms: dual, duple.
• twice as great or many; "ate a double portion", "the dose is doubled", "a twofold increase". Synonyms: doubled, two-fold, twofold.
• used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements; "double chrysanthemums have many rows of petals and are usually spherical or hemispherical". Antonyms: single.
• used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis. Synonyms: bivalent. Antonyms: multivalent, univalent.
• large enough for two; "a double bed", "a double room".
• having two meanings with intent to deceive; "a sly double meaning", "spoke with forked tongue". Synonyms: forked.

adverb:

• downward and forward; "he was bent double with pain".
• two together; "some people sleep better double".
• to double the degree; "she was doubly rewarded", "his eyes were double bright". Synonyms: doubly, twice.

noun:

• a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base; "he hit a double to deep centerfield". Synonyms: two-bagger, two-base hit, two-baser.
• a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts; "his first job in Hollywood was as a double for Clark Gable". Synonyms: stunt man, stunt woman.
• someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor); "he could be Gingrich's double", "she's the very image of her mother". Synonyms: image, look-alike.
• a quantity that is twice as great as another; "36 is the double of 18".
• raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2; "I decided his double was a bluff". Synonyms: doubling.

verb:

• increase twofold; "The population doubled within 50 years". Synonyms: duplicate.
• hit a two-base hit.
• bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain; "He doubled and vomited violently". Synonyms: double over, double up.
• do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions; "She doubles as his wife and secretary".
• bridge: make a demand for (a card or suit).
• make or do or perform again; "He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick". Synonyms: duplicate, reduplicate, repeat, replicate.

Related words

clone, copy, geminate, recapitulate, redouble, reduplicate, replicate, ringer.

Words nearby

doable, doubled, doubler, doubles, doublet, doubly, rouble.

Rhymes with

bubble, hubble, redouble, rubble, stubble, trouble.