AFFLUENT

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Noun

affluent (plural affluents)

Somebody who is wealthy.

A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; a tributary stream; a tributary.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:moneybags

Adjective

• affluent (comparative more affluent, superlative most affluent)

• Abundant; copious; plenteous.

(by extension)

• Abounding in goods or riches; having a moderate level of material wealth.

They were affluent, but aspired to true wealth.

The Upper East Side is an affluent neighborhood in New York City.

• (dated) Tributary.

• (obsolete) Flowing to; flowing abundantly.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:wealthy

Antonyms:

indigent

Derived terms

affluence

affluential

affluently

affluentness

bioaffluent

emerging affluent

mass affluent

nonaffluent

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French affluent, borrowed in turn 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 led to nominalization affluence.[1]

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