upgrade
n 1: an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't
make it up the rise" [syn: ascent, acclivity, rise,
raise, climb] [ant: descent]
2: software that provides better performance than an earlier
version did
3: a reservation that is upgraded; "I got an upgrade to first
class when coach class was full"
4: the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises
[syn: rise, rising slope]
5: hardware that provides better performance than an earlier
version did
6: 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"
v 1: rate higher; raise in value or esteem [ant: downgrade]
2: to improve, especially something that was old or outdated;
"I've upgraded my computer so I can run better software";
"The company upgraded their personnel"
3: 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, advance,
kick upstairs, raise, elevate] [ant: demote]
4: get better travel conditions; "I upgraded to First Class
when Coach Class was overbooked"
5: give better travel conditions to; "The airline upgraded me
when I arrived late and Coach Class was full"
WordNet (r) 2.0
145 Moby Thesaurus words for "upgrade":
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
upgrade
1. A new or better version of some hardware or software.
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
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