upgrade: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 11 letter points · starts with U · ends with E
Meaning of upgrade
noun
An upward grade or slope.
An improved component or replacement item, usually applied to technology.
Example: With my phone company, I get a free upgrade every twelve months if I keep topping up 10 pounds a month.
An improvement.
Example: The remarried couples among my friends often joke that their divorce and remarriage amounted to an upgrade.
Listed forms: upgrades.
Source: Wiktionary — upgrade.
verb
- transitive
To improve, usually applied to technology, generally by complete replacement of one or more components.
Example: When you upgrade your standard of living, you become addicted to that standard of living.
- transitive
To replace with something better.
Example: I had to upgrade my anti-virus software to protect my computer from the newer threats.
- transitive
To improve the equipment or furnishings of or services rendered to.
Example: They upgraded him to the latest model.
- intransitive
To improve in condition or status.
Example: She upgraded to a more successful husband.
Listed forms: upgrades, upgrading, upgraded.
Source: Wiktionary — upgrade.
adv
- not-comparable, usually
Up a slope or grade.
Source: Wiktionary — upgrade.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for upgrade.
noun
an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
noun
the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises
- rise
- rising slope
verb
give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is upgrade in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of upgrade
U(1) + P(3) + G(2) + R(1) + A(1) + D(2) + E(1) = 11 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of upgrade
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from upgrade
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