adjective · formal
affluent
UK/ˈæflʊənt/US/ˈæfluənt/AF·flu·ent
Band 7+speakingtask2
Having a lot of money; wealthy (used in more formal contexts).
Examples
“Many affluent families send their children to private schools.”
“Affluent neighbourhoods often have better public services.”
“The policy was criticised for favouring the affluent.”
Band 8 sentence
“While economic growth has created many affluent households, regional inequality remains a persistent problem.”
Collocations
- affluent society
- affluent neighbourhood
Word family
affluence nounaffluently adverb
Common mistakes
He grew up in a affluent family.→He grew up in an affluent family.
affluencey→affluence
Say it for a higher band
5rich→6well-off→7+affluent
Synonyms
wealthy
Easily confused
wealthy
“The wealthy entrepreneur invested in several green startups.”
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