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- pronunciation:
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flu
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer, Word Parts
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
having material wealth.
Affluent families had begun to move into the neighborhood, and the value of real estate was beginning to rise.Many people commute into the city from its affluent suburbs.- synonyms:
- moneyed, prosperous, rich, wealthy, well-off, well-to-do
- antonyms:
- destitute, impecunious, impoverished, indigent, poor
- similar words:
- comfortable, fat, flush, in clover, loaded, opulent, substantial, successful, well-heeled
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| definition 2: |
based on or conditioned by prolonged prosperity and the expectation of continued prosperity, as a society.
- similar words:
- developed, industrialized
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| definition 3: |
abounding in anything; plentiful; copious.
- synonyms:
- abundant, copious, opulent, plentiful, profuse, rife
- antonyms:
- lean, poor
- similar words:
- bounteous, brimming, exuberant, flush, lavish, luxuriant
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adverb + (adj.)affluent
but, comparatively, disproportionately, economically, fairly, highly, increasingly, incredibly, ironically, largely, less, mainly, moderately, more, most, mostly, newly, overwhelmingly, relatively
(adj.)affluent
+ adverb
densely, politically, predominantly, primarily, typically
(adj.)affluent
+ noun
area,
background,
beneficiary,
black,
boomer,
businessman,
buyer,
citizen,
class,
client,
clientele,
community,
conservative,
consumer,
county,
customer,
district,
elder,
elite,
enclave,
family,
homeowner,
household,
individual,
lifestyle,
merchant,
nation,
neighbor,
neighborhood,
newcomer,
parent,
parish,
peer,
population,
professional,
region,
resident,
retirees,
section,
segment,
senior,
setting,
shopper,
society,
subdivision,
suburb,
suburbanite,
suburbia,
target,
taxpayer,
tenant,
tourist,
town,
traveler,
urbanite,
vacationer,
voter,
wealth
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| derivation: |
affluently (adv.) |
The word affluent
contains the following parts:
af-
Latin
prefix
that means to, toward
  More about this word part:
The prefix af-
occurs in Latin loanwords. It is an assimilated form of ad- used before roots beginning with "f," such as fil 1 and fix. See ad-.
Example words:
affect, affection, afferent, affiance, affiliate, affinity, affirm, affix, afflatus, afflict, affliction, affluent, affront, disaffect
flu, fluct, flux, fluv, flum
Latin
root
that means flow
Example words:
affluent, circumfluent, confluence, conflux, effluent, effluvium, fluctuate, fluent, fluid, flume, fluvial, flux, influence, influenza, influx, refluent, superfluous
-ant, -ent
Latin
adjective- and noun-forming suffix
that means (in adjectives) doing the action denoted by the verb root; (in nouns) one who or that which does the action denoted by the verb root.
More about this word part:
The suffix -ant
, -ent
forms adjectives and, to a much lesser extent, nouns from Latin verb stems such as fid in confident
and stud in student
. This suffix is the equivalent in Latin of the "-ing" inflection in English. Many adjectives ending in -ant
, -ent
have a corresponding noun ending in -ance, -ence, -ancy, -ency.
Example words:
aberrant, accident, accidental, adherent, adjacent, affluent, agent, alterant, ambient, antecedent, applicant, arrogant, benevolent, coherent, combatant, complacent, confidant, confident, consequent, consultant, continent, conversant, current, defoliant, dependent, different, disinfectant, dissonant, dominant, efficient, eloquent, equilibrant, exorbitant, extravagant, fluent, hydrant, ignorant, important, inadvertent, incessant, incognizant, inconsonant, indignant, informant, itinerant, malevolent, miscreant, parent, participant, patient, precedent, predominant, president, prudent, pungent, recreant, reluctant, repugnant, resident, resonant, servant, significant, student, tenant, transcendent, vacant, vagrant, variant, verdant
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