Affluent
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈæf.lu.ənt/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Affluent is a noun meaning Someone who is wealthy.
Meaning
Someone who is wealthy.
More Meanings
- A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; a tributary stream; a tributary.
- Abundant; copious; plenteous.
- (by extension) Abounding in goods or riches; having a moderate level of material wealth.
- (dated) Tributary.
- (obsolete) Flowing to; flowing abundantly.
Example Sentences
They were affluent, but aspired to true wealth.
The Upper East Side is an affluent neighborhood in New York City.
The shores are affluent in beauty, and incomparably lovely is the drive to the heights of Castel-a-Mare.
One reason, the department suggested, was that affluent New Yorkers were likely to eat expensive fish high in mercury, like swordfish and tuna.
Word Forms
- affluents
Synonyms for affluent
Depending on context, synonyms include capitalist, moneybags, influent, flush, rich, loaded.
Antonyms for affluent
Common opposites include indigent.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include wealthy, rich, moneyed, loaded, feeder, tributary.
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