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. Chris Jackson:

   Phone use is unevenly distributed with landlines mostly present in older, more affluent populations, cell phones with younger populations and less affluent populations often not having any phone access.

2. President Obama:

   I do think at a certain point you've made enough money. The affluent.

3. Wayne Dyer:

   I grew up in the east side of Detroit in an area where there was very little, except for a lot of scarcity, poverty and hunger, but I never woke up saying, 'I'm an orphan again today, isn't this terrible? Poor me,' (...) there were a couple of very affluent neighborhoods nearby, but I never thought for one second that those people had more than I had. It just seemed that they got what they were entitled to, and if I really wanted those things, then I would have them, too.

4. Andrew Rosenberg:

   It's encouraging that this wasn't a sample of all affluent, white men, because that suggests you may be able to try it with a broader population of patients, it's also encouraging there doesn't appear to be a major signal of harm for the patients and it didn't create more work for the doctors and nurses.

5. CLIFFORD VILLALON:

   There are still many affluent and famous people who believe in the simplicity of life. They live in peace without wanting it or needing it.