affluent

wealthy

Roots

Other words with the flu / flux root

  • confluent: flowing together
  • fluctuate: to rise and fall irregularly
  • fluent: flowing easily in speech or skill
  • fluid: able to flow; smooth or changeable
  • flux: continuous change or flow
  • influx: a flowing in; arrival of many
  • superfluous: more than needed; unnecessary

Affluent keeps the flow image: resources seem to flow toward the person or place.

The affluent suburb had three libraries and a private test center.

Affluence is wealth imagined as flow. Money, comfort, access, and opportunity keep arriving, while other places are left dry.

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