double-digit

Requiring two numerals

Double-digit describes a number from 10 to 99—any quantity requiring two digits to write.

The term usually emphasizes impressive or concerning magnitude: double-digit inflation, double-digit leads in the polls, double-digit growth.

A team winning by double digits has a comfortable margin.

The phrase implies crossing a threshold into more serious territory.

age

teenager

Person aged thirteen-nineteen

preteen · tween · juvenile · minor · thirteen · fourteen · fifteen · sixteen · seventeen · eighteen

growth

increase

Growth in amount

  • surgeSudden powerful increase
  • spikeSharp rise or point
  • jumpPropel oneself airborne

leap · gain · rise · expansion · boom · upturn · upswing · acceleration · escalation · soar

numeric-range

ten

Base of decimals

fourteen · fifteen · sixteen · seventeen · eighteen · nineteen · twenty · thirty · forty · fifty

scoring

points

Units of tally

blowout · rout · basketball · football · victory · defeat · scoreboard · halftime · winning · cushion

inflation

cost-of-living

Price of basic needs

CPI

Opposites
numerical magnitude/digit count

double-digitsingle-figure

Below ten numerically

three-digit · single · less than ten

Family

double, digit, duplicate, digital, duet, doubled, doubling, duplicity, doubles

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G