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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
affluent
    adj 1: having an abundant supply of money or possessions of
           value; "an affluent banker"; "a speculator flush with
           cash"; "not merely rich but loaded"; "moneyed
           aristocrats"; "wealthy corporations" [syn: affluent,
           flush, loaded, moneyed, wealthy]
    n 1: an affluent person; a person who is financially well off;
         "the so-called emerging affluents"
    2: a branch that flows into the main stream [syn: feeder,
       tributary, confluent, affluent] [ant: distributary]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Affluent \Af"flu*ent\, a. [Cf. F. affluent, L. affluens, -entis,
   p. pr. See Affluence.]
   1. Flowing to; flowing abundantly. "Affluent blood."
      --Harvey.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Abundant; copious; plenteous; hence, wealthy; abounding in
      goods or riches.
      [1913 Webster]

            Language . . . affluent in expression. --H. Reed.
      [1913 Webster]

            Loaded and blest with all the affluent store,
            Which human vows at smoking shrines implore.
                                                  --Prior.
      [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Affluent \Af"flu*ent\, n.
   A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake;
   a tributary stream.
   [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Affluent:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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