English Explanatory Dictionary

affluent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Someone who is wealthy.
  2. A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; a tributary stream; a tributary.
adj
  1. Abundant; copious; plenteous.
  2. Abounding in goods or riches; having a moderate level of material wealth.
  3. Tributary.
  4. Flowing to; flowing abundantly.

Pronunciation

/ˈæf.lu.ənt/ ăf'lo͞o-ənt /ˈæfluːənt/ En-us-affluent.ogg ă-flo͞o'ənt ə-flo͞o'ənt /æˈfluːənt/ /əˈfluːənt/ /əˈflʊwəɳʈ/ /ˈaflʊwəɳʈ/

Word forms

affluent affluents more affluent most affluent

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. By surface analysis, af- + fluent.

Synonyms

affluent capitalist fat cat HNWI moneybags rich person influent

Antonyms

indigent

Derived words

affluence affluential affluently affluentness bioaffluent emerging affluent mass affluent nonaffluent subaffluent superaffluent unaffluent
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on A Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary