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upgrader

upgrader

1 4.2
A person or device that makes software and equipment newer and better
  • noun
  • /ˈʌpˌɡreɪdər/
translation icon : actualizador
  • Many upgraders choose to update their software to benefit from new features and improved security.

Examples

  • How do you think first weekend sales will be impacted by the fact that AT&T is not offering full subsidization to 4S upgraders?

    Blog text (28)
  • Great news for upgraders, but alas, Apple giveth and Apple taketh away.

  • Tsuyoshi was a video format upgrader by trade.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • So, it's a third, and if you add an upgrader, you can get into the $80,000 -- $100,000 per producing barrel.

    Blog text (32)
  • What might Microsoft include or need to include in order to make Windows 8 a satisfying experience for early adopters and uncommitted upgraders alike?

    Blog text (23)
  • Throughout the review period, I kept asking myself who this camera was aimed at: the DSLR user/enthusiast/amateur looking for a second, more compact body, or the compact upgrader?

    Blog text (16)
  • As an upgrader, she specializes in enhancing outdated computer systems to improve functionality.

  • Tech enthusiasts are often upgraders, looking for the latest advancements in devices and technology.

Synonyms

updater
vsupgrader
  • Specialized
1 3.8

A person or program that installs the newest changes for software

is for making a newer better version instead of only keeping it current
improver
vsupgrader
1 3.7

A person or thing that helps make something better

focuses on creating a newer higher version rather than general gradual betterment

How Upgrading

overhaul
73 5.1
modernizer
1 4.6
upgrader
1 4.2
updater
  • Specialized
1 3.8
restorer
6 5.0

Surface Forms

upgrader singular
upgraders plural

Morphology

upgrader = upgrade (transparent) = upgrade + er

Standard agentive formation from the verb 'upgrade' with '-er'; a learner who knows 'upgrade' can infer a person or device that upgrades.

Etymology

The word upgrader comes from up- ('higher') and grade ('level' or 'quality'), so an upgrader is a person or device that moves something to a higher level by updating or improving it.