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HIGHFLIER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does highflier mean? 

HIGHFLIER (noun)
  The noun HIGHFLIER has 1 sense:

1. a person of great ability and ambitionplay

  Familiarity information: HIGHFLIER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HIGHFLIER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A person of great ability and ambition

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

highflier; highflyer

Hypernyms ("highflier" is a kind of...):

achiever; succeeder; success; winner (a person with a record of successes)


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