Affluences

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The state of having a great deal of wealth and resources that provides a high standard of living and opportunities
2. An abundance of material possessions and financial resources leading to a comfortable lifestyle and social advantages
3. The quality of being well-off, characterized by significant economic prosperity and the privileges that accompany it

Etymology: "Affluences" is the plural of "affluence," which comes from Latin "affluere," meaning "to flow toward" (from "ad," "to," and "fluere," "to flow"). The image is literal: wealth imagined as water streaming in, which English took up through Old French in the late Middle Ages.

Synonyms: wealth, prosperity, richness, opulence, abundance

Antonyms: poverty, destitution, lack, insufficiency, dearth