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 )
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