FOLDED Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

folded

verb

past tense of fold

as in doubled

to lay one part over or against another part of fold the blanket so that it will fit inside the trunk

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as in flopped

to be unsuccessful the business folded after just two months

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Recent Examples of folded The day could be sliced into identical pieces, the body trained to answer the bell, and the worker folded into a machine that only made sense when every human motion had been made useful to someone else. —

Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026 Fire shelters weigh around 6 pounds and are folded up inside several protective layers in a firefighter’s pack. —

Jack Dura, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026 Iconic songwriter Jimmy Jam folded his hands together for a snazzy shot. —

Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026 These include rolled or folded leaf blades, a dark or blue tinge to the foliage, or lingering footprints after walking on the lawn. —

Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 29 June 2026 Seated near the senators, a woman in a crisp white uniform appears to listen in, her hands folded neatly in her lap. —

Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 25 June 2026 Plus, the wide waistband can be folded to fit shorter frames. —

Destinee Scott, Travel + Leisure, 24 June 2026 Three decades later, it had been folded into the mainstream. —

Jabari M. Evans, The Conversation, 24 June 2026 The Davis era at Sony moved into eclipse in October 2011, when new chairman-CEO Doug Morris, folded the Arista and J imprints and assigned their artists to flagship label RCA Records. —

Chris Morris, Variety, 22 June 2026

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Crawford, playing his 1,000th career game, doubled to start the bottom of the sixth for the first hit of the night.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
Meanwhile, the increase jobs with AI as a prerequisite has more than doubled.

— Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 3 July 2026

Definition of doubled

Verb

Witnesses said ambulances and rescue workers rushed to the scene after the roof collapsed.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 1 July 2026
Families of the people in both apartment buildings – and others that collapsed in the area – have uploaded videos to social media in the days after the earthquake, pleading for help.

— Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026

Definition of collapsed

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This was the case for Morocco’s opener, where Casemiro had eyes on two players at once while his team-mates failed to cut out the pass ahead of him.

— Mark Carey, New York Times, 6 July 2026
The stutter-step approach by Bruno Guimãraes on the penalty kick failed anyway and the game remained scoreless into the first hydration break.

— Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 5 July 2026