high-flyer

high-fly·er

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [hahy flahy-er]
- /haɪ ˈflaɪ ər/
- /haɪ ˈflaɪ.ər/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hahy flahy-er]
- /haɪ ˈflaɪ ər/

Definitions of high-flyer word

noun high-flyer a person who is extravagant or goes to extremes in aims, pretensions, opinions, etc. 1
noun high-flyer a person or thing that flies high. 1
noun high-flyer a stock, often speculative, whose price moves up or down widely. 1
noun high-flyer successful person 1
countable noun high-flyer A high-flyer is someone who has a lot of ability and is likely to be very successful in their career. 0
noun high-flyer a person who is extreme in aims, ambition, etc 0

See all 8 definitions of high-flyer

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Origin of high-flyer

First appearance:

before 1680

One of the 48% oldest English words

First recorded in 1680-90; high + flier

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Parts of speech for High-flyer

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of High-flyer

high-flyer popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 47% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

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