fourfold

1. 1.

   by a factor of four

   “the price of gasoline has increased fourfold over the past two years”

   Synonymsfour times

Other forms of fourfold

comparative

fourfolder·

superlative

fourfoldest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about fourfold

What does fourfold mean?

fourfold means "four times as great or many". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fourfold?

fourfold has 2 syllables: four-fold. The stress falls on "fold". In IPA it is /ˌfɔɹˈfoʊld/.

What is another word for fourfold?

Close synonyms include quadruple, four-fold, quadruple, quadruplicate, quadruplex. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fourfold a common word?

fourfold is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with fourfold?

14 words rhyme with fourfold. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.