What are some opposite words for affluent?

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

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English Synonyms and Antonyms3.5 / 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.

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

    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

    Preposition:
    Plentiful in resources.

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Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  1. affluentnoun

    an affluent person; a person who is financially well off

    "the so-called emerging affluents"

    Antonyms:
    poor

    Synonyms:
    tributary, confluent, feeder

  2. feeder, tributary, confluent, affluentadjective

    a branch that flows into the main stream

    Antonyms:
    poor

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

  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"

    Antonyms:
    poor

    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

How to use affluent in a sentence?

  1. Ben Carson:

    If you happen to be in an affluent community, there's a lot more money for the schools, better facilities, everything. All that does is perpetuate the situation, wouldn't it make more sense to put the money in a pot and redistribute it throughout the country so that public schools are equal, whether you're in a poor area or a wealthy area?

  2. Jeff Farrell:

    There is a remarkable variety of kids who become gutter punk, many come from broken homes, or are throwaway kids. But there are also people from affluent backgrounds. This is a very varied set of kids, just like at any high school across the country.

  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. Lawrence Levy:

    In a culture that's more affluent than ever imaginable in human existence, why is there so much mental anguish ? Why aren't we just filled with joy and contentment ?

  5. Police Chief Debra Walthall Bland:

    I guess I was simply a brown face in an affluent neighborhood.

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Words popularity by usage frequency

rankingword
#350small
#746short
#1008mean
#1711poor
#3889narrow
#10208inadequate
#10242insufficient
#14778exhausted
#15777scarce
#16860drained
#17142deficient
#27010affluent
#30192impoverished
#37666scant
#44975sparing
#49769stingy
#67164scanty
#113305miserly
#188960straitened
#226840niggardly

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