affluent
AF-loo-untadjMeaning having plenty of money; wealthy
Memory hook af-FLU-ent: money FLOWS in. For the Hills family, money flows in like a river; they are affluent.
The affluent family spent every summer at their lake house.
In context The fishing village was once poor, but after the harbor was rebuilt it grew affluent: new houses lined the hill and sailboats crowded the docks.
Similar wealthy, rich, prosperous, well-off
Opposite poor, destitute, needy, impoverished
From Latin affluere, “to flow toward, to abound”: ad- (to) + fluere (to flow).