triple

triple is a 6-letter English word with 11 senses as adjective, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Consisting of three united; multiplied by three; threefold; as, a triple knot; a triple tie. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Consisting of three united; multiplied by three; threefold; as, a triple knot; a triple tie.
2. adjective. Three times repeated; treble. See Treble.
3. adjective. One of three; third.
4. adjective. To make threefold, or thrice as much or as many; to treble; as, to triple the tax on coffee.
5. noun. a base hit at which the batter stops safely at third base
6. noun. a quantity that is three times as great as another
7. noun. a set of three similar things considered as a unit

   Synonyms: triad, trio, triplet

8. verb. increase threefold

   "Triple your income!"

   Synonyms: treble

9. verb. hit a three-base hit
10. adjective. having three units or components or elements

    "a ternary operation"

    "a treble row of red beads"

    Synonyms: ternary, treble, triplex

11. adjective. three times as great or many

    "a claim for treble (or triple) damages"

    "a threefold increase"

    Synonyms: threefold, treble

Synonyms

triad, trio, triplet, treble, ternary, triplex, threefold

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in triple:

pretil, tripel

Common word forms

tripled, tripler, triples, tripling, tripleness

Words from these letters

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