highflier

high·fli·er

noun \ˈhī-ˈflī(-ə)r\

Definition of HIGHFLIER

1

: a stock whose price rises much more rapidly than the market average

2

: a company whose stock is a highflier

3

: an ambitiously competitive person with high aspirations

Variants of HIGHFLIER

high·fli·er or high·fly·er \ˈhī-ˈflī(-ə)r\

Examples of HIGHFLIER

1. <one of New York's largest law firms, it attracts highfliers looking for a big-time legal career>

First Known Use of HIGHFLIER

circa 1961

Related to HIGHFLIER

Synonyms

bootstrapper, go-ahead, go–getter (or highflyer), hummer, hustler, live wire, powerhouse, rustler, self-starter

Related Words

eager beaver; achiever, comer, doer, enterpriser; he-man, individualist

Near Antonyms

dawdler, idler, loafer, lounger, putterer, trifler; goldbrick, malingerer, procrastinator, shirker, slacker; drone, lazybones, sluggard; dallier, laggard, lingerer, loiterer, slowpoke, stick-in-the-mud; ignorer, ne'er-do-well, neglecter; daydreamer, dreamer; dropout, quitter

Rhymes with HIGHFLIER

attire, backfire, bemire, catch fire, cross fire, denier, desire, entire, for hire, fox fire, Greek fire, grey friar, hang fire, hellfire, live wire, on fire, prior, rimfire, sapphire, sea fire, snow tire, town crier, trip wire, umpire, watch fire, white friar