Adjective modifier

• less: Here was a fine opportunity to ensure that the less affluent should benefit increasingly from its wealth.

Modifies a noun

• suburb: Richmond An affluent suburb in South West London where Robin Dunstan lived with his parents.

• neighborhood: These are highly affluent neighborhoods - 3 times more people than average earn over £ 40,000 per annum.

• lifestyle: This was very different from the affluent lifestyle of the 21st century.

• society: Yet, such arrangements should become the norm in our affluent society.

• ward: The pattern of the suburbs was more complex, with quite marked differentials between the most affluent and the least affluent suburban wards.

• peer: Young people from even the most deprived backgrounds were shown to outshine their more affluent peers if they regularly read outside school hours.

Modifying Another Word

• moderately: There is no need for anyone to be involuntarily in such a state in a moderately affluent western society.

• relatively: Ashford BC is a relatively affluent district with a strong economy.

• reasonably: Some tho, as you can see from the picture are more fortunate and have a reasonably affluent standard of living.

• increasingly: London's club life also went through a renaissance too, catering for increasingly affluent young people.

• newly: But what if the newly affluent in Asia do aspire to just as many car and plane trips?

• fairly: The growth of the Canary Wharf complex has brought in an influx of people, from the fairly affluent to the very rich.

Infinitive complement

• buy: If you are affluent enough to buy your way out you escape.

Used with adjective complement

• become: As society becomes more affluent in cash terms, time becomes more precious.

• target: They will be closely tied to existing BBC programs and will target affluent 40 to 55 year-olds.

• feel: Currently, consumers do not feel as affluent as they did in 2004, but neither are they trading down.

• consider: Traditionally Rumney has been considered more affluent than neighboring Llanrumney.

• look: Some of it still looked very primitve whilst other parts contained large houses and looked very affluent.

Preposition: in

• country: It seems pool has become a yuppie sport for the affluent in western countries.