affluent

to have wealth, to be rich

TRANSLATION

reich, wohlhabend

STATISTICS

IN THE PRESS

California has become less AFFLUENT since the collapse of the dotcom boom in the late 1990's, though its economy remains roughly the same size as the UK's.

(BBC News - Friday, 25 July, 2003)

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affluent

Means generously supplied with money, property, or possessions; prosperous or rich.

Sample sentence:

"All cities have affluent areas where better paid employees prefer to live"

Synonyms:

flush, loaded, moneyed, opulent, prosperous, rich, stinking rich, upper class, upscale, uptown, well-fixed, well-heeled, well-off, well-to-do

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