charge up

1. 1.

   cause to be agitated, excited, or roused

   “The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks”

   Synonymsagitaterouseturn onchargecommoveexcite

   Broaderdisturb

   Narrowerhype upbotherpotherelectrify

Questions about charge up

What does charge up mean?

charge up means "cause to be agitated, excited, or roused".

What is another word for charge up?

Close synonyms include agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is charge up a common word?

charge up is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.