Definitions For Double

noun

  • A base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base
  • Raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2
  • A quantity that is twice as great as another
  • Someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)
  • A stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts
  • To cause (something) to become two times as great or as many
  • To become two times as great or as many
  • To have a second job or use
  • Something that is two times the usual size, strength, or amount
  • Someone who looks very much like another person
  • A person who looks like an actor and takes the actor's place in some scenes in a movie or TV show

verb

  • Increase twofold
  • Hit a two-base hit
  • Do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions
  • Make or do or perform again
  • Bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain
  • Bridge: make a demand for (a card or suit)
  • Two times as many or as much
  • Two times

adjective

  • Having two meanings with intent to deceive
  • Large enough for two
  • Twice as great or many
  • Consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs
  • Having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities

adjective

  • Used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis
  • Used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements

adverb

  • To double the degree
  • Two together
  • Downward and forward

Is Double a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
9
Words with Friends
12

The word Double is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Double in a Sentence

  • One of the eggs had a double yolk.
  • The truck crossed the double yellow line and entered the other lane.
  • My name is “Allison,” with a double “l.”
  • We all doubled over laughing.
  • He doubled up in pain.
  • Raced to his side double quick
  • I'll have one more glass of vodka. Make it a double, please.
  • People often tell me that I'm his double.
  • The actress's double did all of the dangerous scenes.

Synonyms for Double

Antonyms for Double

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