affluent

1. 1.

   an affluent person; a person who is financially well off

   “the so-called emerging affluents”

   Broaderrich person
2. 2.

   a branch that flows into the main stream

   Synonymsfeedertributaryconfluent

   Broaderbranch

1. 1.

   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”

   “a substantial family”

   Synonymsflushloadedmoneyedwealthysubstantial

   Similarrich

Other forms of affluent

plural

affluents·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about affluent

What does affluent mean?

affluent means "an affluent person; a person who is financially well off". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in affluent?

affluent has 3 syllables: af-flu-ent. The stress falls on "af". In IPA it is /ˈæfluənt/.

What is another word for affluent?

Close synonyms include feeder, tributary, confluent, flush, loaded. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is affluent a common word?

affluent is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.