What is "wealthiest"

Wealthy \Wealth"y\, a. [Compar. Wealthier; superl. Wealthiest.]

1. Having wealth; having large possessions, or larger than most men, as lands, goods, money, or securities; opulent; affluent; rich.

   A wealthy Hebrew of my tribe.
   --Shak.

   Thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.
   --Ps. lxvi. 1

2. 2. Hence, ample; full; satisfactory; abundant. [R.]

   The wealthy witness of my pen.
   --B. Jonson.

a. (en-superlative of: wealthy)

1. adj. having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value; "an affluent banker"; "a speculator flush with cash"; "not merely rich but loaded"; "moneyed aristocrats"; "wealthy corporations" [syn: affluent, flush, loaded, moneyed]

2. [also: wealthiest, wealthier]

See wealthy