two-fold

1. 1.

   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”

   “every episode has its double and treble meaning”

   Synonymsdoubledualtwofoldtreblethreefoldthree-fold

   Similarmultiple
2. 2.

   twice as great or many

   “ate a double portion”

   “the dose is doubled”

   “a twofold increase”

   Synonymsdoubledoubledtwofold

   Similarmultiple

Questions about two-fold

What does two-fold mean?

two-fold means "having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in two-fold?

two-fold has 2 syllables: two--fold. The stress falls on "two-".

What is another word for two-fold?

Close synonyms include double, dual, twofold, treble, threefold. 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 two-fold a common word?

two-fold 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.