affluent

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Pronunciation

• (British)
  • IPA: /ˈæf.lu.ənt/
• (America)
  • enPR: ăf'lo͞o-ənt, IPA: /ˈæfluːənt/
  • enPR ă-flo͞o'ənt, IPA: /æˈfluːənt/, /əˈfluːənt/

Noun

affluent (plural affluents)

1. Somebody who is wealthy.
   • 1994, Philip D. Cooper, Health care marketing: a foundation for managed quality (page 183)

     The affluents are most similar to the professional want-it-alls in their reasons for preferring specific hospitals and in their demographic characteristics.

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

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:moneybags

Translations

• French: richard
• German: Reicher, Geldsack (pejorative)
• Russian: бога́ч
• Spanish: ricachón (pejorative)

Adjective

affluent

1. Abundant; copious; plenteous.

   • language […] affluent in expression

2. (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.

3. (dated) Tributary.
4. (obsolete) Flowing to; flowing abundantly.

   • affluent blood

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:wealthy

Antonyms

• indigent

Translations

• French: abondant
• German: reichlich
• Portuguese: afluente
• Russian: оби́льный
• Spanish: abundante

Translations

• French: riche
• German: wohlhabend, begütert, reich
• Portuguese: afluente
• Russian: бога́тый
• Spanish: adinerado, rico

Translations

• French: affluent
• Russian: вливаться
• Spanish: afluente

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