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Definition of Affluent
Affluent

Flowing to; flowing abundantly.

Abundant; copious; plenteous; hence, wealthy; abounding in goods or riches.

A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; a tributary stream.

Related Definitions:
Abounding, Abundant, Abundantly, Copious, Flowing, Goods, Hence, In, Into, Lake, Or, Plenteous, Riches, River, Stream, To, Tributary, Wealthy


Affluent Quotations

The only truly affluent are those who do not want more than they have.
Erich Fromm

As long as acquiring knowledge is the educational goal of schools, educational opportunities will be limited, as they are now, to affluent families.
William Glasser

But most Canadians have recognized to a greater or lesser extent that despite much of the so-called progress of the affluent society, essential ingredients to a meaningful life seem to be either entirely lacking, or at best, difficult to grasp.
Alex Campbell

The green revolution has an entirely different meaning to most people in the affluent nations of the privileged world than to those in the developing nations of the forgotten world.
Norman Borlaug

It's a mistake to assume that Islamists always come from the slums. Indeed, many come from affluent families but for some reason just couldn't manage to integrate into Western society, even though they had good opportunities for advancement.
Otto Schily

Affluent Translations

affluent in German is reich, wohlhabend
affluent in Spanish is abundante
affluent in Swedish is mycket rik, biflod

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