affluent
affluent Lexical Profile
affluent Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Having a great deal of money, material goods, or financial wealth; prosperous.
"The new community center was funded largely by donations from affluent neighborhoods in the city."
Flowing freely or in great quantity (used in literary or formal contexts).
"The valley was nourished by affluent springs descending from the snow-capped peaks."
• noun
A tributary stream or river that flows into a larger mainstream river or a lake.
"Hydrologists mapped every minor affluent feeding into the Amazon basin during the rainy season."
Word Nuance & Usage
Do not confuse with 'effluent', which refers to liquid waste or sewage discharged into a river or sea; 'affluent' means wealthy or refers to a clean tributary stream flowing into a larger river.
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Old French 'affluent' and directly from Latin 'affluentem', the present participle of 'affluere' ('to flow toward' or 'to abound in'), formed from 'ad-' ('to') and 'fluere' ('to flow').