Scrabble & Words with friends points
- double is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 9
- double is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 9
- double is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 12
Definition of double
- used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis (adjective)
Synonyms
- bivalent
- a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts (noun)
Examples
- his first job in Hollywood was as a double for Clark Gable
Synonyms
- stunt man
- stunt woman
- to double the degree (adverb)
Examples
- his eyes were double bright
Synonyms
- doubly
- twice
- a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base (noun)
Examples
- he hit a double to deep centerfield
Synonyms
- two-bagger
- two-base hit
- two-baser
- make or do or perform again (verb)
Synonyms
- duplicate
- reduplicate
- repeat
- replicate
- consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs (adjective)
Examples
- an egg with a double yolk
- a double (binary) star
- double doors
- duple (or double) time consists of two (or a multiple of two) beats to a measure
Synonyms
- dual
- duple
- having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities (adjective)
Examples
- a double (or dual) role for an actor
- every episode has its double and treble meaning
Synonyms
- dual
- three-fold
- threefold
- treble
- two-fold
- twofold
- twice as great or many (adjective)
Examples
- ate a double portion
- the dose is doubled
Synonyms
- doubled
- two-fold
- twofold
- raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2 (noun)
Examples
- I decided his double was a bluff
Synonyms
- doubling
- bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain (verb)
Examples
- He doubled and vomited violently
Synonyms
- double over
- double up
- having two meanings with intent to deceive (adjective)
Examples
- a sly double meaning
Synonyms
- forked
- increase twofold (verb)
Examples
- The population doubled within 50 years
Synonyms
- duplicate
- someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor) (noun)
Examples
- he could be Gingrich's double
Synonyms
- image
- look-alike
- a quantity that is twice as great as another (noun)
Examples
- 36 is the double of 18
- bridge: make a demand for (a card or suit) (verb)
- do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions (verb)
Examples
- She doubles as his wife and secretary
- hit a two-base hit (verb)
- large enough for two (adjective)
Examples
- a double bed
- a double room
- used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements (adjective)
Examples
- double chrysanthemums have many rows of petals and are usually spherical or hemispherical
See definition of double in Merriam Webster