Synonyms for twain
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1. twain

   Both refers to two objects previously mentioned, or had in mind, viewed or acting in connection; as, both men fired at once; "two men fired" might mean any two, out of any number, and without reference to any previous thought or mention. Twain is a nearly obsolete form of two. The two, or the twain, is practically equivalent to both; both, however, expresses a closer unity. We would say both men rushed against the enemy; the two men flew at each other. Compare EVERY.

   Synonyms:
   both, two

   Antonyms:
   each, either, every, neither, no one, none, not any

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1. couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duadnoun

   two items of the same kind

   Synonyms:
   pas de deux, duad, bitstock, bracing, orthodontic braces, coupling, bridge, yoke, pair, gallus, duet, dyad, twosome, couplet, match, mates, suspender, braces, straddle, brace, duette, couple, span, duo, distich

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1. twainnoun

   Synonyms:
   [Nearly obsolete.] two

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1. List of paraphrases for "twain":

   tuyen

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1. Bill Hicks:

   I ascribe to Mark Twain’s theory that the last person who should be President is the one who wants it the most. The one who should be picked is the one who should be dragged kicking and screaming into the White House.

2. Jackson Browne:

   I grew up reading Shakespeare and Mark Twain.

3. Brenda Ueland:

   The secret of getting ahead is getting started. Mark Twain

4. Jill Biden:

   You never know what you're getting into, what you're walking into, she looked at my heritage. She tried to do Italian meals for our lunch, and then we just talked, like girlfriends. I mean, we talked about literature, Shakespeare, we talked about Mark Twain, we talked about exercise. I mean, stuff that just women do when they get together, and they feel like they have something in common.

5. Mark Jessee:

   I remember my mother saying that Professor Marks met Mark Twain and Buffalo Bill, [But] as a small child, I wasn’t really interested in it.