'upgrade' definitions:
Definition of 'upgrade'
(from WordNet)
noun
An upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise" [syn: ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade] [ant: declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope, fall]
noun
Software that provides better performance than an earlier version did
noun
A reservation that is improved; "I got an upgrade to first class when coach class was full"
noun
The property possessed by a slope or surface that rises [syn: upgrade, rise, rising slope]
noun
Hardware that provides better performance than an earlier version did
noun
The act of improving something (especially machinery) by raising it to a higher grade (as by adding or replacing components); "the power plant received a new upgrade"
verb
Rate higher; raise in value or esteem [ant: downgrade]
verb
To improve what was old or outdated; "I've upgraded my computer so I can run better software"; "The company upgraded their personnel"
verb
Give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work" [syn: promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate] [ant: break, bump, demote, kick downstairs, relegate]
verb
Get better travel conditions; "I upgraded to First Class when Coach Class was overbooked"
verb
Give better travel conditions to; "The airline upgraded me when I arrived late and Coach Class was full"
Synonyms of 'upgrade'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abruptness,
- acclinate,
- acclivitous,
- acclivity,
- acculturate,
- advance,
- aggrandize,
- ameliorate,
- amend,
- anabasis,
- anabatic,
- ascendant,
- ascending,
- ascension,
- ascensional,
- ascensive,
- ascent,
- aslant,
- aslantwise,
- aslope,
- at a slant,
- atilt,
- better,
- boost,
- breakthrough,
- bring forward,
- civilize,
- clamber,
- climb,
- climbing,
- downgrade,
- downhill,
- edify,
- educate,
- elevate,
- elevation,
- emend,
- enhance,
- enlighten,
- ennoble,
- enrich,
- escalade,
- exalt,
- fatten,
- favor,
- forward,
- foster,
- fountain,
- go straight,
- graduate,
- gush,
- gyring up,
- hike,
- improve,
- improve upon,
- in the ascendant,
- increase,
- jet,
- jump,
- kick upstairs,
- knight,
- lard,
- leap,
- leaping,
- levitation,
- lift,
- make an improvement,
- meliorate,
- mend,
- mount,
- mounting,
- nurture,
- off plumb,
- pass,
- precipitousness,
- prefer,
- promote,
- raise,
- rakingly,
- rampant,
- rearing,
- refine upon,
- reform,
- rise,
- rising,
- rising ground,
- rocketing up,
- saltation,
- saltatory,
- scandent,
- scansorial,
- shooting up,
- skyrocketing,
- slantingly,
- slantways,
- slantwise,
- slaunchways,
- slopeways,
- slopingly,
- soaring,
- socialize,
- spiraling,
- spout,
- spring,
- springing,
- spurt,
- steepness,
- straighten out,
- surge,
- takeoff,
- taking off,
- tipsily,
- transfigure,
- transform,
- up,
- uparching,
- upclimb,
- upcoming,
- updraft,
- upgang,
- upgo,
- upgoing,
- upgrowth,
- uphill,
- uphillward,
- upleap,
- uplift,
- upping,
- uprisal,
- uprise,
- uprising,
- uprush,
- upshoot,
- upslope,
- upsloping,
- upsurge,
- upsurgence,
- upsweep,
- upswing,
- upward,
- upwith,
- vault,
- verticalness,
- wax,
- zooming