Definitions For Double

noun

  • Tennis played with two players on each side
  • Badminton played with two players on each side
  • 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 Doubles 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
10
Words with Friends
13

The word Double is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 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 Doubles

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