affluent
Americanadjective
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having an abundance of wealth, property, or other material goods; prosperous; rich.
an affluent person.
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abounding in anything; abundant.
- Synonyms:
- teeming
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flowing freely.
an affluent fountain.
noun
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a tributary stream.
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an affluent person.
a luxurious resort appealing to young affluents.
adjective
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rich; wealthy
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abundant; copious
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flowing freely
noun
Related Words
See rich.
Other Word Forms
- affluently adverb
- nonaffluent adjective
- subaffluent adjective
- subaffluently adverb
- superaffluent adjective
- superaffluently adverb
- unaffluent adjective
Etymology
Origin of affluent
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin affluent- (stem of affluēns “rich”; originally present participle of affluere ), equivalent to af- af- + flu- “flow” + -ent -ent
Example Sentences
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A few months earlier, the brothers were reportedly kicked out of a luxury apartment block in the affluent Johannesburg suburb of Sandton after complaints about the noise they were making.
From BBC
Even in more affluent parts of the capital, Havana, people have been cooking with firewood during the blackouts.
From BBC
Yet his parents divorced when he was young, and he consequently seemed to have two lives: one with his struggling single-parent mom, the other with his affluent father.
Chavie Lieber is a Wall Street Journal reporter in New York covering culture with a focus on the lifestyles of the affluent and influential.
Card issuers have dangled increasingly rich rewards and travel perks to court the affluent, who are coveted because they are willing to pay hefty annual fees, spend a lot and are less likely to default.
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