affluent
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affluent
- /ˈæf.lu.ənt/ UK
- /ˈæfluːənt/ US
- /æˈfluːənt/ US
- /əˈfluːənt/ US
Where it comes from
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. By surface analysis, af- + fluent.
noun affluents
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Someone who is wealthy.
The affluents are most similar to the professional want-it-alls in their reasons for preferring specific hospitals and in their demographic characteristics.
Similar: affluent, capitalist, fat cat, HNWI, moneybags, rich person
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A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; a tributary stream; a tributary.
It [Central Asia] is separated from the river-system of the Aral and Caspian Seas, […] from the affluents of the Indus and Ganges, on the south, by the chain of the Küen-lün, the rival of the Himalayas, […]
Similar: influent
adjective more affluent · most affluent
- Abundant; copious; plenteous. The shores are affluent in beauty, and incomparably lovely is the drive to the heights of Castel-a-Mare.
- Abounding in goods or riches; having a moderate level of material wealth. They were affluent, but aspired to true wealth.
- Tributary.
- Flowing to; flowing abundantly. affluent blood
Opposite: indigent
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: wealthy, rich, moneyed, loaded, feeder, tributary, flush, well-to-do, prosperous, high-class, well-off, flourishing, thriving, upscale, advantaged, influential
adjective
Opposite: indigent
Translations
Every language
noun someone who is wealthy
| Español | ricachón |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 金持ち kanemochi, 金満家 kinmanka |
| 中文 | 富人 fùrén, 富翁 fùwēng |
| Français | richard |
| Deutsch | Geldsack, Reicher |
| Ελληνικά | πλούσιος ploúsios |
| Русский | бога́ч bogáč |
adj abundant
| Español | abundante |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 裕福 yūfuku |
| 中文 | 豐富 /丰富 fēngfù, 豐裕 /丰裕 fēngyù |
| Português | afluente |
| Français | abondant |
| Deutsch | reichlich |
| Ελληνικά | άφθονος áfthonos, πλούσιος ploúsios |
| Русский | оби́льный obílʹnyj, изоби́льный izobílʹnyj |
adj abounding in goods or riches; materially wealthy
| Español | adinerado, acaudalado, rico, acomodado |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 裕福 yūfuku |
| 中文 | 富裕 fùyù |
| Português | afluente |
| Français | riche |
| Deutsch | wohlhabend, begütert, reich |
| Ελληνικά | εύπορος éfporos, πλούσιος ploúsios |
| Русский | бога́тый bogátyj, состоя́тельный sostojátelʹnyj, зажи́точный zažítočnyj |
adj tributary
| Español | afluente, afluyente |
|---|---|
| Français | affluent |
| Ελληνικά | υποτελής ypotelís |
| Русский | влива́ющийся vlivájuščijsja |
Talk about this word "affluent." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/affluent. Accessed 5 Nov. 2026. affluent. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/affluent "affluent." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 5, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/affluent.Cite this
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title = {affluent},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-05}
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