Dictionary Definition
enrich
Verb
1 make better or improve in quality; "The
experience enriched her understanding"; "enriched foods" [ant:
deprive]
2 make wealthy or richer; "the oil boom enriched
a lot of local people" [ant: impoverish]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- /ɪnˈrɪtʃ/, /In"rItS/
- Rhymes with: -ɪtʃ
Etymology
< from enrichir.Verb
Antonyms
- impoverish (1), (2)
- deplete (3)
Translations
to make someone rich or richer
- Finnish: rikastuttaa
- Italian: arricchire
to add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to
fertilize
- Finnish: lannoittaa
- Italian: arricchire
to increase the amount of one isotope in a
mixture of isotopes
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: (nóngsuō)
- Finnish: rikastaa, väkevöidä
- Italian: arricchire
Derived terms
Anagrams
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
acculturate, add to,
adorn, advance, ameliorate, amend, array, beautify, bedeck, bedizen, better, blazon, boost, bring forward, civilize, color, convolute, dandify, deck, deck out, decorate, dizen, doll up, dress, dress up, edify, educate, elaborate, elevate, embellish, emblazon, embroider, emend, endow, enhance, enlighten, fatten, favor, fecundify, fertilize, festoon, fig out, fix up,
flourish, fortify, forward, foster, fructify, furbish, garnish, gild, go straight, grace, gussy up, impregnate, improve, improve upon, inseminate, involve, lard, lift, load with ornament, make an
improvement, manure,
meliorate, mend, nurture, ornament, overcharge, overlay, overload, paint, prank, prank up, preen, prettify, primp, primp up, prink, prink up, prolificate, promote, raise, redecorate, redo, refine, refine upon, reform, refurbish, restore, richen, set off, set out,
smarten, smarten up,
socialize, spruce up,
straighten out, titivate, transfigure, transform, trick out, trick
up, trim, upgrade, uplift, varnish