quintupling
Multiplying by five
Quintupling is multiplying by five or increasing fivefold.
The word appears as both verb and noun: The company announced a quintupling of its workforce.
Housing prices have been quintupling in some markets.
Less common than doubling or tripling, quintupling usually signals dramatic, newsworthy growth.
Five times as much
- multiplyIncrease in number
- factorContributor to result
- exponentialIncreasing by constant ratio
- arithmeticMathematics of basic operations
calculation · increase · numerical · times · coefficient · ratio · proportion · percentage
Increasing by repeated addition
- increasingBecoming greater in amount
- expandingGrowing in scope
- amplifyingIncreasing strength or intensity
- escalatingIncreasing by degrees
surging · ballooning · skyrocketing · mushrooming · soaring · exploding · accelerating
Increase in intensity
- expansionIncrease in scope
- escalationProgressive increase in intensity
- surgeSudden powerful increase
- multiplicationProduct-finding operation
magnification · proliferation · boost · increase · acceleration · intensification · swelling · ballooning
fivefold
Five times as much
- multiplyIncrease in number
- factorContributor to result
- exponentialIncreasing by constant ratio
arithmetic · calculation · increase · numerical · times · coefficient · ratio · proportion · percentage · scalar
multiplying
Increasing by repeated addition
- increasingBecoming greater in amount
- expandingGrowing in scope
- amplifyingIncreasing strength or intensity
escalating · surging · ballooning · skyrocketing · mushrooming · soaring · exploding · accelerating
amplification
Increase in intensity
- expansionIncrease in scope
- escalationProgressive increase in intensity
- surgeSudden powerful increase
multiplication · magnification · proliferation · boost · increase · acceleration · intensification · swelling · ballooning · snowballing
investment
Deploying capital for returns
- revenueBusiness income total
- profitsFinancial surplus after costs
- valuationAssessment of monetary worth
returns · portfolio · stocks · capitalization · dividends · growth · appreciation · gains · yield · earnings
quintuplinghalving
Dividing into two
quartering · decimating · reducing · diminishing · shrinking
quintuplingstagnating
Ceasing to develop
plateauing · maintaining · stabilizing · flatline · doubling