souped up
Modified for speed
Souped up describes something that has been modified or enhanced to increase its power, speed, or performance.
The term originated with car enthusiasts who would modify engines for more horsepower, but it now applies broadly to anything that's been boosted or improved beyond its original specifications.
He drove a souped-up Mustang with a custom exhaust.
The IT department gave us souped-up laptops for the video editing project.
- enhancedIncreased in quality
- upgradedRaised in quality
- boostedRaised or amplified
- modifiedChanged in some way
- high performanceExcellence in function
overclocked · improved · better · fast · pedal to the metal · retrofitted · stronger · turbocharged · customized · custom build · nitro · hot rod · hotrod · performance · suped up · revised · amplified · tuned
- car talkpedal to the metal, hit the gas, step on it, floor it, burn rubber
- intensifiedamplified, boosted, enhanced, heightened, increased
- food idiomspiece of cake, bread winner, low-hanging fruit, cool as a cucumber, bad egg
- dressed updressed up, dolled up, decked out, spruced up, gussied up
- driving slangfloor it, gun it, pedal to the metal, pedal to metal, peel out
souped updetuned
Shifted from standard pitch
slowed down · weakened · depowered · underpowered · downgraded
souped upstock
Goods kept for sale
unmodified · original · off-the-shelf · standard issue · unmolested
souped upstripped down
Simplified to basics
bare-bones · watered down · toned down · scaled back · dialed down