affluent

affluent

wealthy: The countess was quite affluent.; abundant; flowing freely
Not to be confused with:effluent – to flow out; an outflow of waste: The effluent from the broken sewer pipe was foul smelling.

af·flu·ent

A0123200 (ăf′lo͞o-ənt, ə-flo͞o′-)adj.1. Generously supplied with money, property, or possessions; prosperous or rich. See Synonyms at rich.2. Manifesting or requiring wealth: affluent homes; affluent living.3. Archaic Flowing freely; copious.n.1. A stream or river that flows into a larger one; a tributary.2. A person who is well-off financially: "the so-called emerging affluents" (Leslie Tweeton).3. (used with a pl. verb) Wealthy people considered as a group. Often used with the.

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[Middle English, abundant, flowing, from Old French, from Latin affluēns, affluent-, present participle of affluere, to abound in : ad-, ad- + fluere, to flow; see bhleu- in Indo-European roots.]

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af′flu·ent·ly adv.Usage Note: The pronunciation of affluent with stress on the first syllable is the widely accepted pronunciation, and the preferred form of 85 percent of the Usage Panel in our 2015 survey. The pronunciation with stress on the second syllable is acceptable to only a third of the Panel, but it is common enough to be considered a standard variant pronunciation.

affluent

(ˈæflʊənt) adj1. rich; wealthy2. abundant; copious3. flowing freelyn (Physical Geography) archaic a tributary stream[C15: from Latin affluent-, present participle of affluere to flow towards, from fluere to flow]

af•flu•ent

(ˈæf lu ənt or, sometimes, əˈflu-)

adj. 1. having an abundance of material goods; wealthy. 2. abounding in anything; abundant. 3. flowing freely: an affluent fountain. n. 4. a tributary stream. 5. an affluent person. [1400–50; late Middle English < Middle French < Latin affluent-, s. of affluēns rich, orig. present participle of affluere to flow into, abound =af- af- + fluere to flow] af′flu•ent•ly, adv.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	affluent - an affluent person; a person who is financially well off; "the so-called emerging affluents"have, rich person, wealthy person - a person who possesses great material wealth
	2.	affluent - a branch that flows into the main streamconfluent, tributary, feederbranch - a stream or river connected to a larger one
Adj.	1.	affluent - 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"wealthy, moneyed, flush, loadedrich - possessing material wealth; "her father is extremely rich"; "many fond hopes are pinned on rich uncles"

affluent

adjective wealthy, rich, prosperous, loaded (slang), well-off, opulent, well-heeled (informal), well-to-do, moneyed Cigarette smoking used to be commoner among affluent people.
wealthy broke (informal), poor, impoverished, hard-up (informal), penniless, destitute, poverty-stricken, skint (Brit. slang), indigent, down at heel, impecunious, on the breadline, penurious, stony-broke (Brit. slang)

affluent

adjectivePossessing a large amount of money, land, or other material possessions:flush, moneyed, rich, wealthy.Slang: loaded.Idioms: having money to burn, in the money, made of money, rolling in money.

Translations

富裕的

affluent

(ˈӕfluənt) adjective wealthy. He is becoming more and more affluent. 富裕的 富裕的ˈaffluence noun wealth. 富裕 富裕