richest

Adjective

rich (comparative richer or more rich, superlative richest or most rich)

1. Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions.
   • “A very welcome, kind, useful present, that means to the parish. By the way, Hopkins, let this go no further. We don't want the tale running round that a rich person has arrived. Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing.[…]”1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter VII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC

   Synonyms:

   bow-legged wi' brass, comfortably off, filthy rich, loaded, fat, minted, moneyed, moneybags, of means, oofy

   Antonyms:

   poor, almsless, arm, badly off, bankrupt, beggared, beggarly, boracic, broke, broken

2. Having an intense fatty or sugary flavour.
   • a rich dish; rich cream or soup; rich pastry; a very rich chocolate cake
3. Remunerative.
   • All racists I grew up with have rich jobs.2019 December, Justin Blackburn, The Bisexual Christian Suburban Failure Enlightening Bipolar Blues, page 79
4. Plentiful, abounding, abundant, fulfilling.
   • a rich treasury; a rich entertainment; a rich crop

   Antonyms:

   low, scarce

5. Yielding large returns; productive or fertile; fruitful.
   • rich soil or land; a rich mine
6. Composed of valuable or costly materials or ingredients; procured at great outlay; highly valued; precious; sumptuous; costly.
   • a rich endowment; a rich dress; rich silk or fur; rich presents

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