high-flyernoun
UK UK also high-flier, US highflier, highflyer uk/ˌhaɪˈflaɪ.ər/us/ˌhaɪˈflaɪ.ɚ/high-flyer noun (PERSON)
[ C ] US usually highflier someone who has a lot of ability and a strong wish to be successful and is therefore expected to achieve a lot:
High-flyers in the industry typically earn 25 percent more than their colleagues.
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Successful (things or people)
- a heavy hitter idiom
- achiever
- alive
- alpha male
- ascendant
- chart
- fly
- have sth in your pocket idiom
- have the world at your feet idiom
- healthy
- high-flying
- lion
- made
- ride
- roll
- to have arrived idiom
- top-rated
- tried
- triumphant
- up and down idiom
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high-flyer noun (ORGANIZATION)
[ C, + sing/pl verb ] mainly UK an extremely successful organization, business, or team
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Successful (things or people)
- a heavy hitter idiom
- achiever
- alive
- alpha male
- ascendant
- chart
- fly
- have sth in your pocket idiom
- have the world at your feet idiom
- healthy
- high-flying
- lion
- made
- ride
- roll
- to have arrived idiom
- top-rated
- tried
- triumphant
- up and down idiom
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