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Spell Bee Word: Affluent


What does affluent mean?

Word: Affluent

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Affluent means having a lot of money and a comfortable way of life.

Synonyms: rich, wealthy, prosperous, well-off

Antonyms: poor, impoverished

How do you spell affluent?

Syllables: af - flu - ent

Tricky part: Do not mix it up with effluent, the dirty water that flows out of a factory: affluent begins with a and ends in ent.

Watch out for: affluant, afluant, affulent

Memory tip: Affluent people have money flowing in: the flu of fluid and fluent is the flow.

Affluent in a sentence

Example 1: The affluent family donated computers to the village school.

Example 2: Even in affluent areas, people should save water.

Example 3: Mayfair is one of the more affluent parts of London.

Fun Fact

Affluent, fluent, fluid and influence all come from the Latin verb fluere, to flow.

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Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

affluent

a) generous
b) content
c) needy
d) thrifty

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c) needy. Needy people lack money, the opposite of affluent.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

nueltfaf

a) afflict
b) fluent
c) affluent
d) affront

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c) affluent. Fluent is two letters short, affront needs an r and an o, and afflict an i and a c.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Only the most afluent families in our town could afford a car in the 1960s.

a) town
b) afluent
c) families
d) afford

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b) afluent. Like afford in the same sentence, affluent needs ff.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which detail best suggests that a family is affluent?

a) they own a large house and two cars
b) they grow their own vegetables
c) they rent a small one-room flat
d) they save hard for one bicycle

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a) they own a large house and two cars

2. In older geography books, an affluent can also mean ____.

a) a lake fed by melting snow
b) a stream flowing into a river
c) a wide bend in a river
d) a wealthy landowner by a river

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b) a stream flowing into a river

Associated Words

Words that end in -uent: subsequent, frequent, eloquent, consequent

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: rich, prosperous, poor

More words from this list

bureaucracy, enchantment, hangar, luminous, petroleum, shuttle, upholsterer, aggravation

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