upgrade

• acclaim
• acclivity
• advance
• advancement
• aggrandize
• aggrandizement
• ameliorate
• amend
• applaud
• ascent
• bank
• better
• boost
• cant
• celebrate
• cite
• climb
• commend
• commission
• compliment
• congratulate
• correct
• creation
• decorate
• diagonal
• edit
• elevate
• elevation
• emend
• enhance
• ennoble
• ennoblement
• enrich
• eulogize
• exalt
• exaltation
• extol
• extoll
• fine
• fine-tune
• fortify
• forward
• further
• glacis
• glorification
• glorify
• grade
• gradient
• hail
• heighten
• help
• hill
• hone
• honor
• hump
• improve
• inclination
• incline
• intensify
• kick upstairs
• knight
• laud
• lean
• lift
• magnification
• meliorate
• mound
• perfect
• pitch
• polish
• praise
• preference
• preferment
• promote
• promotion
• raise
• rake
• rectify
• redraft
• reenforce
• refine
• reform
• refurbish
• rehab
• rehabilitate
• reinforce
• remediate
• remedy
• retouch
• revamp
• revise
• rework
• ridge
• rise
• salute
• slant
• slope
• strengthen
• swell
• tilt
• touch up
• upgrading
• uphill
• uplift
• uprise

• abase
• abasement
• basin
• blemish
• blight
• censure
• comedown
• condemn
• damage
• damn
• declension
• declination
• decline
• declivity
• deface
• degradation
• degrade
• demean
• demote
• demotion
• denounce
• depose
• deposition
• depression
• descent
• dethrone
• dethronement
• diminish
• dip
• discharge
• disfigure
• disgrace
• dishonor
• dismiss
• dismissal
• disrating
• downfall
• downgrade
• downhill
• drop-off
• endamage
• expel
• expulsion
• fall
• flaw
• hang
• hanging
• harm
• hollow
• humble
• humiliate
• hurt
• impair
• impeach
• impeachment
• injure
• lessen
• lower
• mar
• mortify
• oust
• ouster
• overthrow
• receding
• reduce
• reduction
• removal
• remove
• reprobate
• shame
• spoil
• suspension
• take down
• tarnish
• unmake
• unmaking
• unseat
• unseating
• vitiate
• worsen

• noun
  1. An upward grade or slope.
  2. An improved component or replacement item, usually applied to technology.
  3. An improvement.
• verb
  1. To improve, usually applied to technology, generally by complete replacement of one or more components.
  2. To replace with something better.
  3. To improve the equipment or furnishings of or services rendered to.
  4. To improve in condition or status.
  5. To replace a program with a later version of itself, a version having a higher version number or marketed under a more recent product name.
• adverb
  1. Up a slope or grade.

• We need to upgrade our computer system to improve performance.
• The hotel offered us a free room upgrade.
• She decided to upgrade her phone to the latest model.
• The airline gave him an upgrade to business class.
• They plan to upgrade the software with new features.

quantum leap

magnify

obliquity

raise

take on

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