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enrich

verb · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ɪnˈɹɪt͡ʃ/
  • rhymes with -ɪtʃ
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: EH0 N R IH1 CH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: IH0 N R IH1 CH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

verb

Meaning 1

To enhance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: increment, raise, up, add, amplify, augment, dilate, eke / eke out, elevate, embiggen, enhance, enlarge, enlargen, enrich, greaten, grow, increase, largen, magnify, propagate, strengthen, swell

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To make (someone or something) rich or richer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Hobbies enrich lives.
  • The choke in a car engine enriches the fuel mixture.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: enrichen, richen

Antonyms: impoverish, lean, derich, disenrich

3

verb

Meaning 3

To adorn, ornate more richly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: array, bedeck, dress up, adore, adorn, apparel, invest, detail, beautify, betrim, commend, decorate, decore, deck, deck out, do up, dub, embellish, enrich, garnish, grace, mangonize, ornament, prettify, pretty up

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: impoverish

5

verb

Meaning 5

To increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes, especially in a nuclear fuel.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: deplete, downblend

6

verb

Meaning 6

To add nutrients to foodstuffs; to fortify.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To make to rise the proportion of a given constituent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

verb

Meaning 8

make better or improve in quality

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The experience enriched her understanding
  • enriched foods

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: deprive

Broader terms: better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate

Narrower terms: round out, fill out, choke, throttle, fertilize, fertilise, feed

9

verb

Meaning 9

make wealthy or richer

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the oil boom enriched a lot of local people

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: impoverish

Broader terms: add

Narrower terms: feather one's nest

History

Etymology

From Middle English enrichen, from Anglo-Norman enrichir and Old French enrichier. By surface analysis, en- + rich.

Across languages

Translations

71 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: verryk — to make rich(er)
  • Anglo-Norman: enrichir — to make rich(er)
  • Basque: aberastu — to make rich(er)
  • Bulgarian: обогатявам (obogatjavam) — to make rich(er)
  • Catalan: enriquir — to make rich(er)
  • Ngazidja Comorian: utadjirisa — to make rich(er)
  • Dutch: verrijken — to make rich(er)
  • Finnish: rikastuttaa — to make rich(er)
  • French: enrichir — to make rich(er)
  • Galician: enriquecer — to make rich(er)
  • Galician: enrequentar — to make rich(er)
  • Georgian: გაამდიდრებს (gaamdidrebs) — to make rich(er)
  • German: bereichern — to make rich(er)
  • Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌹𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gabigjan) — to make rich(er)
  • Ancient Greek: πλουτίζω (ploutízō) — to make rich(er)
  • Hungarian: gazdagít — to make rich(er)
  • Interlingua: inrichir — to make rich(er)
  • Italian: arricchire — to make rich(er)
  • Japanese: 豊にする (yutaka ni suru) — to make rich(er)
  • Japanese: 富ます (tomasu) — to make rich(er)
  • Latin: dītō — to make rich(er)
  • Latin: locuplētō — to make rich(er)
  • Latvian: bagātināt — to make rich(er)
  • Luxembourgish: bereecheren — to make rich(er)
  • Māori: whakawhairawa — to make rich(er)
  • Middle English: richen — to make rich(er)
  • Polish: bogacić — to make rich(er)
  • Polish: wzbogacić — to make rich(er)
  • Portuguese: enriquecer — to make rich(er)
  • Russian: обогащать (obogaščatʹ) — to make rich(er)
  • Spanish: enriquecer — to make rich(er)
  • Swedish: berika — to make rich(er)
  • Ukrainian: збага́чувати (zbaháčuvaty) — to make rich(er)
  • Ukrainian: збагати́ти (zbahatýty) — to make rich(er)
  • Bulgarian: украсявам (ukrasjavam) — to adorn, ornate more richly
  • Finnish: rikastuttaa — to adorn, ornate more richly
  • Interlingua: inrichir — to adorn, ornate more richly
  • Māori: whakanakonako — to adorn, ornate more richly
  • Māori: whakarāwai — to adorn, ornate more richly
  • Māori: whakangako — to adorn, ornate more richly
  • Māori: whakahaumako — to adorn, ornate more richly
  • Afrikaans: verryk — to add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize
  • Bulgarian: обогатявам (obogatjavam) — to add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize
  • Catalan: enriquir — to add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize
  • Dutch: verrijken — to add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize
  • Finnish: lannoittaa — to add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize
  • Interlingua: inrichir — to add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize
  • Italian: arricchire — to add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize
  • Latvian: bagātināt — to add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize
  • Māori: whakamōmona — to add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize
  • Māori: whakawairākau — to add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize
  • Māori: whakahaumako — to add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize
  • Portuguese: enriquecer — to add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize
  • Swedish: berika — to add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize
  • Afrikaans: verryk — to increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes
  • Bulgarian: обогатявам (obogatjavam) — to increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes
  • Chinese Mandarin: 濃縮 /浓缩 (nóngsuō) — to increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes
  • Dutch: verrijken — to increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes
  • Finnish: väkevöidä — to increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes
  • German: anreichern — to increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes
  • Italian: arricchire — to increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes
  • Persian: غنیسازی کردن (ġani-sâzi kardan) — to increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes
  • Polish: wzbogacić — to increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes
  • Swedish: anrika — to increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes
  • Vietnamese: làm giàu — to increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes
  • Finnish: lisätä ravinteita — to add nutrients to foodstuffs
  • Latvian: bagātināt — to add nutrients to foodstuffs
  • Māori: whakamōmona — to add nutrients to foodstuffs
  • Polish: wzbogacić — to add nutrients to foodstuffs
  • Swedish: berika — to add nutrients to foodstuffs
  • Finnish: väkevöidä — chemistry: to make to rise the proportion of a given constituent