Synonyms for affluent
ˈæf lu ənt or, sometimes, əˈflu-af·flu·ent

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.5 / 4 votes

1. affluent

   Enough is relative, denoting a supply equal to a given demand. A temperature of 70° Fahrenheit is enough for a living-room; of 212° enough to boil water; neither is enough to melt iron. Sufficient, from the Latin, is an equivalent of the Saxon enough, with no perceptible difference of meaning, but only of usage, enough being the more blunt, homely, and forcible word, while sufficient is in many cases the more elegant or polite. Sufficient usually precedes its noun; enough usually and preferably follows. That is ample which gives a safe, but not a large, margin beyond a given demand; that is abundant, affluent, bountiful, liberal, plentiful, which is largely in excess of manifest need. Plentiful is used of supplies, as of food, water, etc.; as, "a plentiful rain," Ps. lxviii, 9. We may also say a copious rain; but copious can be applied to thought, language, etc., where plentiful can not well be used. Affluent and liberal both apply to riches, resources; liberal, with especial reference to giving or expending. (Compare synonyms for ADEQUATE.) Affluent, referring especially to riches, may be used of thought, feeling, etc. Neither affluent, copious, nor plentiful can be used of time or space; a field is sometimes called plentiful, not with reference to its extent, but to its productiveness. Complete expresses not excess or overplus, and yet not mere sufficiency, but harmony, proportion, fitness to a design, or ideal. Ample and abundant may be applied to any subject. We have time enough, means that we can reach our destination without haste, but also without delay; if we have ample time, we may move leisurely, and note what is by the way; if we have abundant time, we may pause to converse with a friend, to view the scenery, or to rest when weary. Lavish and profuse imply a decided excess, oftenest in the ill sense. We rejoice in abundant resources, and honor generous hospitality; lavish or profuse expenditure suggests extravagance and wastefulness. Luxuriant is used especially of that which is abundant in growth; as, a luxuriant crop.

   Synonyms:
   abounding, abundant, adequate, ample, bounteous, bountiful, complete, copious, enough, exuberant, full, generous, large, lavish, liberal, luxuriant, overflowing, plenteous, plentiful, profuse, replete, rich, sufficient, teeming

   Antonyms:
   deficient, drained, exhausted, impoverished, inadequate, insufficient, mean, miserly, narrow, niggardly, poor, scant, scanty, scarce, scrimped, short, small, sparing, stingy, straitened

   Preposition:
   Plentiful in resources.

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. affluentnoun

   an affluent person; a person who is financially well off

   "the so-called emerging affluents"

   Synonyms:
   tributary, confluent, feeder

   Antonyms:
   poor

2. feeder, tributary, confluent, affluentadjective

   a branch that flows into the main stream

   Synonyms:
   tributary, eater, confluent, feeder, bird feeder, self-feeder, birdfeeder

   Antonyms:
   poor

3. affluent, flush, loaded, moneyed, wealthyadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   wet, squiffy, crocked, fuddled, tight, flush(p), wealthy, plastered, smashed, ladened, soused, cockeyed, loaded, monied, soaked, moneyed, stiff, besotted, laden, slopped, pie-eyed, blotto, pissed, blind drunk, sloshed, sozzled, flush, pixilated

   Antonyms:
   poor

Matched Categories

1. • Rich Person

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.5 / 2 votes

1. affluentadjective

   Synonyms:
   abundant, exuberant

2. affluentadjective

   Synonyms:
   opulent, wealthy, rich, moneyed

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:4.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "affluent":

   wealthy, rich, well-off, prosperous, tributary, well-to-do

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How to use affluent in a sentence?

1. Christine Shisler:

   We're seeing a lot of affluent newcomers looking to buy high-purchase price homes, now we can actually service any mortgage amount.

2. The FBI:

   The incarcerated fraudsters — who typically bribe guards to acquire cell phones — would choose an affluent area such as Beverly Hills, California, they would search the Internet to learn the correct area code and telephone dialing prefix. Then, with nothing but time on their hands, they would start dialing numbers in sequence, trolling for victims.

3. Art Hushen:

   The electeds are like,' I got my apple for the day, we did it, we dropped crime.' But can you imagine living there ? That would not happen in an affluent neighborhood. Would not happen if people were paying a lot for those apartment complexes.

4. Robert Gangi:

   White people in [ the affluent Brooklyn neighborhood of ] Park Slope virtually never get ticketed for these kind of activities whereas African-American and Latino people in different neighborhoods in this city will get sanctioned — ticketed and sometimes arrested.

5. Stanley Greenberg:

   It may be that this election realigns the way affluent college women look at the two parties, because Kelly Dittmar are also seeing a lot of professional women being elected as House Democrats, and almost only as House Democrats, as part of this wave. That may well reinforce what is happening with them, i don't think this is just a blip.