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Adjective double has 7 senses
- double, dual, twofold, treble, threefold - having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities; "a double (or dual) role for an actor"; "the office of a clergyman is twofold; public preaching and private influence"- R.W.Emerson; "every episode has its double and treble meaning"-Frederick Harrison
Antonym: single (indirect, via multiple)
- double, dual, duple - 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"
Antonym: single (indirect, via multiple)
- double, doubled, twofold - twice as great or many; "ate a double portion"; "the dose is doubled"; "a twofold increase"
Antonym: single (indirect, via multiple)
- double - 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"
Antonym: single
- bivalent, double - used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis
- double - large enough for two; "a double bed"; "a double room"
Antonyms: small, little (indirect, via large, big)
Antonyms: small, little (indirect, via large, big)
- double, forked - having two meanings with intent to deceive; "a sly double meaning"; "spoke with forked tongue"
Antonyms: unequivocal, univocal, unambiguous (indirect, via equivocal)
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