twin

1. 1.

   duplicate or match

   “The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse”

   Synonymsduplicateparallel

   Broadermatch
2. 2.

   bring two objects, ideas, or people together

   “This fact is coupled to the other one”

   “Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?”

   “The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project”

   Synonymsmatchmatecouplepair

   Broaderjoin

   Narrowermismatemismatch
3. 3.

   grow as twins

   “twin crystals”

   Broadergrow
4. 4.

   give birth to twins

   Broadergive birth

1. 1.

   being two identical

   Synonymsduplicatematchingtwinned

   Similarmatched

Other forms of twin

plural

twins·

past tense or participle

twinned

present participle

twinning

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 twin

What does twin mean?

twin means "either of two offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy". That is the primary sense; the word has 9 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in twin?

twin has 1 syllable: twin. In IPA it is /ˈtwɪn/.

What is another word for twin?

Close synonyms include Gemini, Twin Falls, counterpart, similitude, duplicate. 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 twin a common word?

twin is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.