affluent
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af·flu·ent
(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.
[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.]
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)adj
1. rich; wealthy
2. abundant; copious
3. flowing freely
n
(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.
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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)
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:
Slang: loaded.
Idioms: having money to burn, in the money, made of money, rolling in money.
Translations
غَنِي، مُيْسُور
zámožný
rigvelstående
tehetős
auîugur, velmegandi
pertekliusturtasturtingas
bagātsturīgs
bogat
affluent
[ˈæflʊənt]affluent
1adj → reich, wohlhabend; the affluent society → die Wohlstandsgesellschaft; you affluent so-and-so! → du reicher Sack! (inf), → du Großkapitalist!
affluent
2n (Geog spec) → Nebenfluss m
affluent
(ˈӕfluənt) adjective wealthy. He is becoming more and more affluent.
ˈaffluence noun wealth.