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

Extreme heat waves increase wildfire risk, and a warmer world supercharges storms that could ultimately send more rainfall. — Linley Sanders, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026

Even blush is supercharged with complexion-soothing ingredients. — Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 5 Aug. 2026

The easy, and increasingly convincing, fakery of artificial intelligence has arguably supercharged it. — David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026

If LRMs can supercharge mathematics research the way AlphaFold did for computational biology, this line of thinking goes, why not embrace them, idiosyncrasies and all, and just verify the results? — John Pavlus, Quanta Magazine, 31 July 2026

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