twelvefold
Multiplied by twelve
Twelvefold means twelve times as great or numerous, or consisting of twelve parts.
As an adverb, it describes multiplication by twelve: The investment returned twelvefold.
The word appears in religious and mystical contexts—the twelvefold path, the twelvefold zodiac—where twelve carries symbolic significance.
Group of twelve
- timesOccurrences or multiplications
- amplifyIncrease in strength
- magnifyIncrease perceived size
- replicateCopy exactly
proliferate · escalate · compound · multiply · double · triple · quadruple · quintuple
Zealous promoters of causes
- disciplesDevoted followers of teachings
- tribesAncestral social groups
- IsraelMiddle Eastern nation
- patriarchsMale ancestral leaders
minor prophets · gates · New Jerusalem · Olympians · labors · Hercules · zodiac · constellations
dozen
Group of twelve
replicate · proliferate · escalate · compound · multiply · double · triple · quadruple · quintuple · sextuple
apostles
Zealous promoters of causes
patriarchs · minor prophets · gates · New Jerusalem · Olympians · labors · Hercules · zodiac · constellations · signs
dodecagon
Twelve-sided plane figure
- dodecahedronTwelve-faced regular polyhedron
- clockDevice displaying time
- calendarDate-tracking system
months · hours · years · eggs · carton · roses · jurors · jury · segments · divisions
- Dozensdozen, twelfths, duodecimal, gross, baker's dozen
twelvefoldunchanged
Not modified at all
twelfth · single · fractional · zero · unitary
twelvefoldelevenfold
Eleven times as much
twofold · hundredfold · thousandfold · half · single
fold, twelve, twelfth, manifold, twofold, tenfold, threefold, fourfold, sixfold