Meanings
present singular third person enriches · participle present enriching · participle past enriched · past enriched · alternative obsolete inrich
- transitiveTo add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize.
European adventurers found themselves within a watery world, a tapestry of streams, channels, wetlands, lakes and lush riparian meadows enriched by floodwaters from the Mississippi River.
2013 January 28, Nancy Langston, “The Fraught History of a Watery World”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, archived from the original on 22 Jan 2013, page 59Antonyms: impoverish
- transitivenatural sciencesTo increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes, especially in a nuclear fuel.
The head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog says US strikes on Iran fell short of causing total damage to its nuclear program and that Tehran could restart enriching uranium “in a matter of months,” contradicting President Donald Trump’s claims the US set Tehran’s ambitions back by decades.
2025 June 29, Laura Sharman and Sophie Tanno, “UN nuclear watchdog chief says Iran could again begin enriching uranium in ‘matter of months’”, in CNN - transitiveTo add nutrients to foodstuffs; to fortify.
- chemistryTo make to rise the proportion of a given constituent.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo enhance.
verbTo make (someone or something) rich or richer.
verbTo adorn, ornate more richly.
verbTo add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize.
verbTo increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes, especially in a nuclear fuel.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Frenchenrichier
- Anglo-Normanenrichir
- Middle Englishenrichen
- Englishenrich
From Middle English enrichen, from Anglo-Norman enrichir and Old French enrichier. By surface analysis, en- + rich.
More words from Middle English, Anglo-Norman, Old French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans verryk, verryk
- verrykto make rich(er)
- verrykto add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize
- verrykto increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes
Ancient Greek πλουτίζω
- πλουτίζω (ploutízō)to make rich(er)
Arabic أَثْرَى, خَصَّبَ
- أَثْرَى (ʔaṯrā)to make rich(er)
- خَصَّبَ (ḵaṣṣaba)to increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes
Basque aberastu
- aberastuto make rich(er)
Bulgarian обогатявам, украсявам
- обогатявам (obogatjavam)to make rich(er)
- украсявам (ukrasjavam)to adorn, ornate more richly
- обогатявам (obogatjavam)to add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize
- обогатявам (obogatjavam)to increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes
Catalan enriquir, enriquir
- enriquirto make rich(er)
- enriquirto add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize
Chinese Mandarin 濃縮 /浓缩
- 濃縮 /浓缩 (nóngsuō)to increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes
Dutch verrijken, verrijken
- verrijkento make rich(er)
- verrijkento add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize
- verrijkento increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes
Finnish rikastuttaa, rikastuttaa
- rikastuttaato make rich(er)
- rikastuttaato adorn, ornate more richly
- lannoittaato add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize
- väkevöidäto increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes
- lisätä ravinteitato add nutrients to foodstuffs
- väkevöidächemistry: to make to rise the proportion of a given constituent
French enrichir
- enrichirto make rich(er)
German bereichern, anreichern
- bereichernto make rich(er)
- anreichernto increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes
Hungarian gazdagít
- gazdagítto make rich(er)
Italian arricchire, arricchire
- arricchireto make rich(er)
- arricchireto add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize
- arricchireto increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes
Japanese 豊にする, 富ます
- 豊にする (yutaka ni suru)to make rich(er)
- 富ます (tomasu)to make rich(er)
Latin dītō, locuplētō
- dītōto make rich(er)
- locuplētōto make rich(er)
Latvian bagātināt, bagātināt
- bagātinātto make rich(er)
- bagātinātto add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize
- bagātinātto add nutrients to foodstuffs
Māori whakawhairawa, whakanakonako
- whakawhairawato make rich(er)
- whakanakonakoto adorn, ornate more richly
- whakarāwaito adorn, ornate more richly
- whakangakoto adorn, ornate more richly
- whakahaumakoto adorn, ornate more richly
- whakamōmonato add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize
- whakawairākauto add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize
- whakahaumakoto add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize
- whakamōmonato add nutrients to foodstuffs
Persian غنیسازی کردن
- غنیسازی کردن (ġani-sâzi kardan)to increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes
Polish bogacić, wzbogacić
- bogacićto make rich(er)
- wzbogacićto make rich(er)
- wzbogacićto increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes
- wzbogacićto add nutrients to foodstuffs
Portuguese enriquecer, enriquecer
- enriquecerto make rich(er)
- enriquecerto add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize
Russian обогащать
- обогащать (obogaščatʹ)to make rich(er)
Spanish enriquecer
- enriquecerto make rich(er)
Swedish berika, berika
- berikato make rich(er)
- berikato add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize
- anrikato increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes
- berikato add nutrients to foodstuffs
Ukrainian збага́чувати, збагати́ти
- збага́чувати (zbaháčuvaty)to make rich(er)
- збагати́ти (zbahatýty)to make rich(er)
Vietnamese làm giàu
- làm giàuto increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes
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Cite this entry
enrich. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enrich
“enrich.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enrich. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “enrich,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enrich.
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