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)
(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
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