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affluent🔊

Somebody who is wealthy.

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

💬 Quotations
The affluents of the Amazon are, half of them, of this nature, while the other half are whitish and opaque, the difference depending upon the class of country through which they have flowed.

Abundant; copious; plenteous.

(by extension) Abounding in goods or riches; having a moderate level of material wealth.

(dated) Tributary.

(obsolete) Flowing to; flowing abundantly.