Meaning

7 senses
  1. A person who or a type of aircraft that flies at high elevations.

  2. (figuratively)An ambitious person, especially one who takes risks or has an extravagant lifestyle.

    Überflieger, Überfliegerin

  3. A vertical pole used in commercial fishing to locate the beginning and end of a long fishing line.

  4. A glamorous stock that potentially offers high returns to investors.

  5. A swingboat.

  6. A type of phaeton carriage.

  7. (UK, obsolete, slang)A writer of begging letters.

More definitions
  • a person of great ability and ambition

Translations

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By meaning 1
figurative: an ambitious person:

Forms

plural: highfliers

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a person of great ability and ambition:highflyer

Word family

1 related words

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