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enhancer

enhancer

7 4.8
Something added to make another thing work, look, or taste better
  • noun
  • /ɪnˈhænsər/
translation icon : potenciador
  • This is soft sculpt transforming skin enhancer in light medium.
  • flavor enhancer
  • mood enhancer
  • shine enhancer

And so we feel like this is a productivity enhancer.

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Examples

  • Doing this helps cut down on the need for all the flavor enhancers.

    Blog text (24)
  • The company also makes a communications enhancer that helps clean noisy phone lines for more reliable data and fax transmissions.

    Academic text (1993)
  • All I need is a video enhancer!

  • So I think the night lip enhancer is for enhancing your lips at night.

  • New thermal compound skin enhancer gives you that shiny glow

  • I mean, people use caffeine as a not only a mood enhancer, but a mood stabiliser.

  • And the last thing is High Beam, which is a luminescent complexion enhancer and it looks like this.

  • Graphic organizers, self-talk, problem-solving sequences, study skills, and memory enhancers are examples of such skills.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Purex crystals are softeners, and the Downy dots are just a fragrance enhancer.

    Blog text (5)
  • The dressing, by the way, is a great flavor enhancer for just about everything on the menu.

Synonyms

inducer
vsenhancer
  • Specialized
2 7.9

A substance that makes certain genes become active

is not limited to biology and improves quality or effect generally
increaser
vsenhancer
1 3.6

A person or thing that makes something bigger

emphasizes enhancing quality, value, or effect rather than mere increase
potentiator
vsenhancer
  • Specialized
8.0

A chemical that makes a medicine or drug work better

is more general, improving quality, value, or effect across contexts
improver
vsenhancer
  • Specialized
6.5

A substance added to things like flour and fuel to make them work or taste better

covers any thing that improves quality, value, or effect broadly
enricher
vsenhancer
5.4

A person or thing that makes something more valuable

focuses more on improving overall quality or effect than on richness
heightener
vsenhancer
7.0

Something that makes a feeling or effect stronger

is broader, also applying to general improvement of value or effect

How Enhancing

intensifier
  • Specialized
6 6.7
amplifier
  • Specialized
30 3.4
potentiator
  • Specialized
8.0
enhancer
7 4.8
booster
  • Jargon
2 3.3
additive
  • Specialized
38 3.7
adjunct
6 6.9

Surface Forms

enhancer singular
enhancers plural

Morphology

enhancer = enhance (transparent) = enhance + er

Standard derivation: an agent or instrument that improves or increases quality, directly predictable from 'enhance'.

Etymology

Enhancer comes from the verb enhance, made from en- 'make' plus a root that means 'high', the same idea in the English word high. So a flavor or shine enhancer 'improves' something by making its quality higher, which is why we call things that make better 'enhancers'.