affluent
adjective
[ ˈaflʊənt ]
• (especially of a group or area) having a great deal of money; wealthy.
• "the affluent societies of the western world"
Similar:
wealthy,
rich,
prosperous,
opulent,
well off,
moneyed,
cash rich,
with deep pockets,
well-to-do,
comfortable,
propertied,
substantial,
of means,
of substance,
in clover,
plutocratic,
silk-stocking,
well heeled,
rolling in it/money,
in the money,
made of money,
filthy rich,
stinking rich,
loaded,
flush,
on easy street,
quids in,
worth a packet/bundle,
• (of water) flowing freely or in great quantity.
affluent
noun
• a tributary stream.
Origin:
late Middle English (in affluent (sense 2 of the adjective)): via Old French from Latin affluent- ‘flowing towards, flowing freely’, from the verb affluere, from ad- ‘to’ + fluere ‘to flow’.
