affluent

Definition of affluent in English English dictionary: Somebody who is wealthy; Abundant; copious; plenteous; tributary; A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; a tributary stream; a tributary; Abounding in goods or riches; materially wealthy; {a} wealthy, plentiful, abundant; well-off financially, rich; (Stream)A stream or river that flows into a larger one; a Tributary ADVANCE\x 540; A tributary stream or river; a branch that flows into the main stream; A tributary or feeder stream Streams receiving the run-off from the watershed and flowing into the lake are its affluents; analogous to the affluent of a river The analogy can be very close where a lake has large inflowing and outflowing streams and is located in a valley or elongated basin In usage, the term may have the same meaning as influent; although where the reference is to a single inflowing stream, the word influent appears to be the preferred one See Influent and Inlet; A stream or river that flows into a larger one; a tributary; Fluid entering the filter or filter system Commonly described as influent, it is the opposite of effluent; If you are affluent, you have a lot of money. Cigarette smoking used to be commoner among affluent people. = prosperous, wealthy The affluent are people who are affluent. The diet of the affluent has not changed much over the decades. having plenty of money, nice houses, expensive things etc = wealthy (present participle of affluere , from ad- + fluere ); Flowing to; flowing abundantly; {s} wealthy, rich; plentiful, abundant; an affluent person; a person who is financially well off; "the so-called emerging affluents"; Abundant; copious; plenteous; hence, wealthy; abounding in goods or riches; an affluent person; a person who is financially well off; "the so-called emerging affluents" 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; A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; a tributary stream; 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; monied
affluent society: elite, upper classes, high society
affluently: In an affluent manner
affluently: abundantly, plentifully
affluently: Abundantly; copiously

affluent

Hyphenation

af·flu·ent

Turkish pronunciation

äfluınt

Synonyms

flush, loaded, moneyed, opulent, prosperous, rich, stinking rich, upper class, upscale, well-off, well-to-do, abundant, bountiful, copious, full

Antonyms

destitute, impoverished, needy, penniless, poor, insufficient, lacking, suffering, wanting

Pronunciation

/ˈaflo͞oənt/ /ˈæfluːənt/

Etymology

[ -&nt ] (adjective.) 15th century. Middle French affluent, from Latin affluentem, accusative singular of affluēns, present active participle of affluō (“flow to or towards; overflow with”), from ad (“to, towards”) + fluō (“flow”) (cognate via latter to fluid, flow). Sense of “wealthy” (plentiful flow of goods) c. 1600, which also lead to nominalization affluence.“” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001 Only relation to antonym indigent is common Latinate suffix +‎ -ent.

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