affluents

Rivers joining larger

Affluents are tributaries—streams or rivers that flow into a larger body of water: The Missouri is one of the Mississippi's major affluents.

The word shares its root with affluent, suggesting flowing toward abundance.

Less commonly, affluents refers to wealthy people collectively, though this use is rare compared to the adjective.

wealthy

millionaires

People worth seven figures

plutocrats · oligarchs · aristocrats · elite · heirs · heiresses · philanthropists · entrepreneurs · investors · capitalists

tributaries

tributary

Stream entering larger river

branch · inflow · watershed · drainage · watercourse · upstream · downstream · junction · mouth · basin

prosperity

wealth

Abundance of valuable resources

flourishing · thriving · success · privilege · luxury · extravagance · lavishness · grandeur · exclusivity · prestige

Opposites
hydrological flow direction

affluentseffluents

Discharged liquid waste

distributaries · outflows · outlets · drainage channels · runoff

hydrological hierarchy

affluentsmain channel

Principal navigable passage

mainstem · main stem

Phrases
Family

affluent, affluence, affluently

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