Most of the students at Ivy League schools are from wealthy, affluent families.
Affluent people are sometimes rude and spoiled.
Reported acts of violence are increasing in the affluent parts of the city. Some of the more affluent politicians voted against the initiative.
His affluent neighbor actually owned five expensive cars, and seldom used four of them. The burglaries occurred in an affluent neighborhood west of the city.
People who live in affluent neighborhoods usually have someone to take care of their landscaping.
I think it is RICH.
wealthy
The part of speech that "the affluent" would be would be dependent on the usage.If it were a subject, "The affluent" would be doing something: The affluent are cheating their workers.If it were a direct object: The affluent would be having something done to them: The affluent were saddled with another tax.If it were an indirect object "The affluent would have been the recipient of something: A tax break was given to the affluent.The affluent could posses something and become the possessive in a sentence: The money that President Obama wants to redistribute from the taxes of the affluent is insufficient to satisfy the deficit.If you want to go all Latin on the issue, you could implicate "The affluent" in the sentence and come up with: By the means of the affluent, the Democrat party realized that President Obama is a one term president.
The poor couple worked hard, saved and invested their money wisely and became very affluent. Starting at the bottom, Homer built a very affluent company.
A - for affluent
wealthy, affluent
Affluent.
Affluent