Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb twin

4 senses of twin

Sense 1
twin, duplicate, parallel -- (duplicate or match; "The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse")
       => match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree -- (be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun")

Sense 2
match, mate, couple, pair, twin -- (bring two objects, ideas, or people together; "This fact is coupled to the other one"; "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?"; "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project")
       => join, bring together -- (cause to become joined or linked; "join these two parts so that they fit together")

Sense 3
twin -- (grow as twins; "twin crystals")
       => grow -- (increase in size by natural process; "Corn doesn't grow here"; "In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees"; "her hair doesn't grow much anymore")

Sense 4
twin -- (give birth to twins)
       => give birth, deliver, bear, birth, have -- (cause to be born; "My wife had twins yesterday!")

Antonyms of adj twinning

1 sense of twinning

Sense 1
biparous, twinning -- (producing two offspring at a time)

INDIRECT (VIA multiparous) -> uniparous -- (producing only one offspring at a time)

Similarity of adj twinning

1 sense of twinning

Sense 1
biparous, twinning -- (producing two offspring at a time)
       => multiparous (vs. uniparous) -- (producing more than one offspring at a time)

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