supercharge

verb

su·​per·​charge ˈsü-pər-ˌchärj 

supercharged; supercharging; supercharges

transitive verb

1

: to charge greatly or excessively (as with vigor or tension)

2

: to supply a charge to the intake of (an engine) at a pressure higher than that of the surrounding atmosphere

3

: pressurize sense 1

supercharge noun

Examples of supercharge in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The deal with accountancy firm Oury Clark saved dozens of jobs and served as a jump-off point for Playhouse to supercharge its production wing. —Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2025

HubSpot has officially launched its first CRM connector for Anthropic’s Claude, bringing real-time customer context into the AI assistant to supercharge business workflows. —Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2025

The Republican campaigned on promises to supercharge the U.S. economy and crack down on immigration, and the poll found that Americans gave him mixed marks on both those areas, where his administration is using aggressive tactics. —Nicole Jeanine Johnson, USA Today, 30 July 2025

Southeast Asia, smaller than China (and split into different markets), lacks the network effects to supercharge a local content platform. —Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 29 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1846, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for supercharge

• overcharge
• barge
• charge
• large
• marge
• sarge
• targe
• discharge
• enlarge
• litharge
• recharge
• surcharge