Definition of affluent Affluent
/æˈfluʌnt/ - [afluunt] - af•flu•ent
We found 14 definitions of affluent from 6 different sources.
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What does affluent mean?
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NounPlural: affluents |
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| 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 | ||
| affluent - a branch that flows into the main stream | ||
| feeder, tributary, confluent | ||
| distributary a branch of a river that flows away from the main stream and does not rejoin it | ||
| branch a division of some larger or more complex organization; "a branch of Congress"; "botany is a branch of biology"; "the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages" | ||
Adjectiveaffluent, affluenter, affluentest |
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| 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" | ||
| flush, loaded, moneyed, wealthy | ||
| rich pleasantly full and mellow; "a rich tenor voice" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- affluent (Noun)
Somebody who is wealthy. - affluent (Noun)
A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; a tributary stream; a tributary. - affluent (Adjective)
Abundant; copious; plenteous. - affluent (Adjective)
Abounding in goods or riches; materially wealthy. - affluent (Adjective)
tributary.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- affluent (a.)
Flowing to; flowing abundantly. - affluent (a.)
Abundant; copious; plenteous; hence, wealthy; abounding in goods or riches. - affluent (n.)
A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; a tributary stream.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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affluent
af′flōō-ent, adj. abounding: wealthy (with in).—n. a stream flowing into a river or lake.—ns. Af′fluence, abundance: wealth; Af′fluency (obs.).—adv. Af′fluently.—n. Af′fluentness. [L. affluĕre, affluent-em—ad, to, fluĕre, to flow.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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affluent
A stream flowing directly into another stream; a more specific term than tributary.
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🔤- affluent, noun, singular of affluents.
- affluent, adjective.
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