enrich

[en-rich] / ɛnˈrɪtʃ /

VERB

improve, embellish

Synonyms

STRONGEST

augment cultivate develop endow enhance refine supplement upgrade

STRONG

adorn aggrandize ameliorate better build decorate grace ornament pad parlay pyramid spike sweeten up

WEAK

beef up build up figure in flesh out hike up hop up jack up jazz up make rich pour it on run up soup up step up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

decrease

STRONG

disgrace worsen

WEAK

deplete impoverish reduce take

Example Sentences

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He rejected criticism that temporary waivers on purchases of Russian and Iranian oil served to enrich Tehran, saying the aim was to lower energy costs.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

Craik added there would also be a day event for schools on Friday "to enrich the kids' preparation for A-levels, but also to broaden their knowledge and understanding more generally of humanities subjects".

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

The same conditions that make for ideal private gardens in West Dorset also enrich a farm-to-table food culture.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

In a 28-page document reviewed by Barron’s, the firm styled SoFi as a “financial engineering treadmill” rather than a growing business and alleged it served to enrich its executives while diluting shareholders.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

Thus, Eurasia’s west-east axis allowed Fertile Crescent crops quickly to launch agriculture over the band of temperate latitudes from Ireland to the Indus Valley, and to enrich the agriculture that arose independently in eastern Asia.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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Lyndon B. Johnson on "The Great Society" (1964)

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Obama's State of the Union Address, 2014

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