affluent
[adjective]
Synonyms: wealthy, loaded (slang), moneyed, opulent, prosperous, rich, well-heeled (informal), well-off, well-to-do

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Antonyms: impecunious, straitened
Contrasted words: poor, bankrupt, impoverished
Related Words: acquisitive, grasping

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English Thesaurus: rich, wealthy, affluent, prosperous, well-off, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

af‧flu‧ent /ˈæfluənt/ adjective formal
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old French; Origin: Latin, present participle of affluere 'to flow in large quantities', from ad- 'to' + fluere 'to flow']
having plenty of money, nice houses, expensive things etc Synonym : wealthy:
affluent families
an affluent society/area etc
the affluent Côte d'Azur
—affluence noun [uncountable]

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

rich having a lot of money – used about people and places:
She married a rich Greek shipowner.
one of the world’s richest nations
wealthy rich – used about people and places, especially when they have been rich for a long time:
wealthy landowners
Orange County is a very wealthy area.
a wealthy Arab businessman
affluent formal rich – used about societies, groups of people, or areas where people live, where people have nice houses and a lot of expensive possessions:
today’s affluent society
affluent young professionals
an affluent suburb of Boston
prosperous formal rich – used about places and groups of people, especially when their money is related to success in business:
Sales have grown fastest in the more prosperous areas of the south.
prosperous merchants and bankers
well-off fairly rich compared to other people, so that you can live very comfortably:
Her parents are pretty well-off.
children from well-off families
well-to-do written rich – used especially in the past about families and people who had a fairly high position in society:
Only well-to-do families could afford to send their children to university.
The Westons were now well-to-do and there was no necessity for work.
privileged having special advantages because your family have a lot of money and a high position in society:
He comes from a privileged background.
The sport was only played by a privileged few.
comfortably off [not before noun] having enough money to have a nice life without having to worry about money:
I wouldn’t say that we were rich – just comfortably off.
be rolling in it/be loaded informal to be extremely rich:
They’ve got two houses and a boat – they must be rolling in it.
Her books were so successful that she’s loaded now.

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