superrich

[soo-per-rich]

adjective

1. extremely rich or wealthy.

2. extremely rich or abundant in a particular ingredient or quality.

noun

1. the superrich, extremely wealthy people as a class.

Example Sentences

High-rise New York apartments have acquired totemic significance for the superrich.

From Los Angeles Times

Similarly, the one pillar of American society that seems to be unalterable as everything else breaks is that the superrich continue to get richer.

From Slate

Again, one doesn’t need a quid pro quo to see how access makes it more likely for policy to favor the interests of the superrich.

From Slate

Part of this is an influx of the superrich: The Yellowstone Club, a private luxury real-estate endeavor built on what was once public land in the town of Big Sky, claims to have the highest concentration of billionaires anywhere outside of New York City.

From Slate

Recently after I had written about how tax researchers had discovered there’s more personal wealth in Seattle than anyone had thought, I was contacted by a person who fit into the category of what I had sweepingly called the “superrich.”

From Seattle Times