two times

1. 1.

   by a factor of two

   “the price increased twofold last year”

   Synonymstwofold

Questions about two times

What does two times mean?

two times means "by a factor of two".

What is another word for two times?

Close synonyms include twofold. 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 times a common word?

two times is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.