Enricher

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A person or element that enhances the value or quality of an object or material A substance that provides necessary nutrients to enrich something's content A contributor that deepens or improves the richness of a situation or experience
2. An individual who adds value or quality to something ; a compound that boosts the nutritional or beneficial content of a substance
3. A person who makes something richer or better in quality ; a substance introduced to increase the nutritive or enriching properties of materials

Etymology: "Enricher" is a straightforward formation: the verb "enrich" with the agent suffix "-er," meaning one who or that which performs the action. To enrich something is to make it richer, and an enricher is the thing that does so, here a substance that adds nutrients to food. The suffix has a long ancestry. It descends from a Latin "-arius," used to form nouns denoting a person or thing connected with something, which passed into Old French as "-ier" and reached English through Middle English "-er." Old English had its own "-ere" suffix, which is why the ending is so common in English nouns such as "baker" and "teacher," and the same pattern lets English turn almost any verb into a name for a doer or a tool.

Synonyms: enhancer, improver

Antonyms: diminisher, degrader