highflier
highflier · highfliers
Überflieger, Überfliegerin
A person who or a type of aircraft that flies at high elevationsA person who or a type of aircraft that flies at high elevations.
/haɪˈflaɪə(ɹ)/
Meaning
7 sensesA person who or a type of aircraft that flies at high elevations.
(figuratively)An ambitious person, especially one who takes risks or has an extravagant lifestyle.
Überflieger, Überfliegerin
A vertical pole used in commercial fishing to locate the beginning and end of a long fishing line.
A glamorous stock that potentially offers high returns to investors.
A swingboat.
A type of phaeton carriage.
(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: highfliersSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- a person of great ability and ambition:highflyer
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedhigh-flying