affluent
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Synonyms & Antonyms for affluent
Synonyms: Adjective
deep-pocketed, fat, fat-cat, flush, loaded, moneyed (also monied), opulent, rich, silk-stocking, wealthy, well-endowed, well-fixed, well-heeled, well-off, well-to-do
Synonyms: Noun
bayou, branch, confluent, feeder, influent, tributary
Antonyms: Adjective
destitute, impecunious, impoverished, indigent, needy, penniless, penurious, poor, poverty-stricken
Antonyms: Noun
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Examples of affluent in a Sentence
Adjective
The store catered to a mostly affluent clientele that was relatively price insensitive, so we could afford to pay our suppliers a premium for the very best fish. The shop also developed a significant wholesale business, and soon the great and the good of London gastronomy were flocking to our door. — Frances Percival, Saveur, March 2008 A recent crop of books and articles give voice to this complaint. They happen to be written by journalists who are also well-educated and affluent mothers, but when it comes to parental discontent they are not alone. — Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, Commonweal, 16 June 2006 The Bay Area, which encompasses the cities of San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, as well as surrounding areas, is one of the nation's most affluent regions: More than 40% of the area's residents have annual household income of at least $75,000, versus only 25% in the country's other top 50 markets, according to Scarborough Research. — Eileen Davis Hudson et al., Editor & Publisher, 1 Oct. 2001 His family was more affluent than most. he is affluent and can afford to send his children to the best schoolsNoun
the Nipigon and the St. Louis rivers are affluents of Lake Superior
Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
Democrats, who control the U.S. House, want the companies to help less-affluent borrowers buy homes. — Los Angeles Times, "Trump’s Fannie-Freddie plan would end a decade of U.S. control of housing finance," 5 Sep. 2019 In practical terms, the region needs more multifamily housing for less-affluent residents, including in communities where single-family homes are the rule. — Robert Mccartney, Washington Post, "D.C. region’s leaders face big challenges as they tackle affordable-housing shortage," 4 Sep. 2019 According to many therapists who spoke to The New York Times, the patients bringing up these approaches in general tend to skew female, younger and more affluent, though many practitioners reported patients of all ages expressing interest. — Sanam Yar, New York Times, "Now Therapists Have to Figure Out Astrology, Tarot and Psychedelics," 28 Aug. 2019 The school district, in Waterbury, Connecticut, is touched by eight other districts, each one whiter, more affluent, and receiving more dollars than Waterbury itself. — Adam Harris, The Atlantic, "The Whiter, Richer School District Right Next Door," 1 Aug. 2019 Doctors have a hard time imagining abuse in affluent, white families. — Richard Klasco, Time, "Don’t Get Mad if a Doctor Says They Need to Screen Your Child for Abuse," 30 July 2019 Making benefits more generous for the highest earners while also aiding the less-affluent fits with a theory that has long influenced liberals. — Ramesh Ponnuru, The Denver Post, "Ponnuru: A Democrat’s brave but dumb idea to save Social Security," 29 July 2019 Trump voters in the 2016 election were mostly quite affluent, contrary to a popular narrative of a wave of support from disenfranchised, white, working-class voters. — Natasha Frost, Quartz, "No, Boris Johnson isn’t the UK’s Donald Trump," 25 July 2019 The cable network is ripping another project from the headlines, too, announcing a movie on the college admissions scandal that has snared other famous (and affluent), including actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin. — Bill Keveney, USA TODAY, "Lifetime doubles down on true crime with Jeffrey Epstein documentary, R. Kelly follow-up," 23 July 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
The Tory party members who elected Johnson earlier this month fit the same profile: white, male, around 55, and middle class and affluent. — Natasha Frost, Quartz, "No, Boris Johnson isn’t the UK’s Donald Trump," 25 July 2019 In the past two decades, dozens of affluent, mostly white communities have tried to secede from diverse school districts to form their own. — John Eligon, BostonGlobe.com, "Busing worked, so why is Louisville getting more segregated?," 28 July 2019 The 17-year-old Dunbar Senior High School student and linebacker on the varsity football team wrote about the hypocrisy of a divided city, and the affluent who do not travel in the desperate neighborhoods inhabited by people like him. — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, "In the weeks before he was killed, he wrote a poem. ‘In D.C., it’s nothing but people trying to take your life away’," 23 July 2019 Marketing surveys, namely the 1988 Simmons Market and the 1990 Overlooked Opinions survey, presented an image of gays and lesbians as an affluent, untapped market. — Julie Moreau, NBC News, "For companies, LGBTQ-inclusive ads weren't always risk-free," 29 June 2019 The development of seaside resorts like Newport but also Long Branch in New Jersey, catering to the affluent, occasioned near drownings, which inspired the storyline of manly rescue. — Brian T. Allen, National Review, "Silver Sailing Cups Recall Gilded Age Glamour and Sexuality," 29 June 2019