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- [hahy flahy-er]
- /haɪ ˈflaɪ ər/
- /haɪ ˈflaɪ.ər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [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
Information block about the term
Origin of high-flyer
First appearance:
before 1680 One of the 48% oldest English words
First recorded in 1680-90; high + flier
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for High-flyer
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
See also
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