sextupling

Increasing six times

Sextupling means multiplying by six or increasing sixfold.

As a verb form, it describes the process of making something six times as large or numerous: The company's revenue is sextupling this quarter.

As a noun or adjective, it characterizes such an increase: The sextupling of housing prices has made the area unaffordable.

The word follows the pattern of doubling, tripling, and quadrupling but sees far less use outside technical or statistical contexts.

magnitude

sixfold

Six times over

escalation · amplification · skyrocketing · ballooning · mushrooming · snowballing · explosive · steep · rapid · massive

mathematical

sixfold

Six times over

multiplicand · coefficient · arithmetic · calculation · exponent · ratio · proportion · scaling · percentage · increase

six-related

hexad

Group of six

hexagonal

Opposites
multiplicative change direction

sextuplinghalving

Dividing into two

quartering · decimating · reducing · diminishing · shrinking

magnitude of multiplicative change

sextuplinghalving

Dividing into two

doubling · tripling · stagnating

Family

multiply, duplicate, multiple, multiplication, duplicated, multiplying, duplicating, quadruple, duplication

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G