Synonyms for redouble
- verb
Most common
Definitions
- v. 1
To double, especially to double again; to increase considerably; to multiply; to intensify.
Having lost sight of our objectives, we redoubled our efforts.
Forms
- Past participle
- redoubled
e.g. redoubled → intensified, renewed, doubled, repeated…
Example sentences
- double Houses here are double the price of those in Kobe.
- renew Are you going to renew your lease when it expires?
- intensify It is unavoidable that the fighting will intensify.
- reiterate Ziri had to reiterate his original terms.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| redouble | steady | |
| double | steady | |
| renew | steady | |
| intensify | falling | |
| reiterate | steady | |
| reduplicate | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- renew2
- 6 letters
- double2, repeat2
- 9 letters
- intensify4, reiterate4
- 11 letters
- reduplicate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (renew2 = 2 syllables).