decuple
Multiply by ten
Decuple means tenfold—ten times as great or numerous.
As an adjective, it describes quantities multiplied by ten: a decuple increase in production.
As a verb, to decuple is to multiply by ten: The company decupled its workforce over the decade.
The word is rare, appearing mainly in technical or formal contexts where precision about the multiplier matters.
By a factor of ten
- multiplyIncrease in number
- timesOccurrences or multiplications
- factorContributor to result
- productManufactured item for sale
multiplier · increase · numerical · calculate · compute · arithmetic · operation · repeated
Hundred times over
- thousandfoldMultiplied by a thousand
- quintupleMultiply by five
- sextupleConsisting of six parts
- septupleMultiply by seven
octuple · nonuple · quadruple · triple · double · millionfold
tenfold
By a factor of ten
product · multiplier · increase · numerical · calculate · compute · arithmetic · operation · repeated · computation
hundredfold
Hundred times over
- thousandfoldMultiplied by a thousand
- quintupleMultiply by five
- sextupleConsisting of six parts
septuple · octuple · nonuple · quadruple · triple · double · millionfold
magnitude
Size or scale
- proportionComparative relation of parts
- amplifyIncrease in strength
- boostUpward push or increase
expand · escalate · intensify · heighten · augment · increase · enlarge · extend · growth · surge