flier

noun

fli·er | \ ˈflī(-ə)r

variants: or less commonly flyer

Definition of flier

1 : one that flies She's a frequent flier on that airline. specifically : airman He was a flier on an aircraft carrier.

2 : a reckless or speculative venture —usually used in the phrase take a flier He took a flier in politics soon after getting his degree.

3 usually flyer : an advertising circular Flyers announcing the concert were distributed throughout the city.

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Synonyms & Antonyms for flier

Synonyms

adventure, chance, crapshoot, enterprise, flutter [chiefly British], gamble, speculation, throw, venture

Antonyms

sure thing

Examples of flier in a Sentence

These birds are graceful fliers. They distributed flyers announcing the concert throughout the city.

Recent Examples on the Web

All first-time space fliers, McClain, Koch and Hague are members of NASA’s Astronaut Class of 2013, the first to include equal numbers of women and men. — Marcia Dunn, The Seattle Times, "Spacewalking astronauts install better station batteries," 3 Apr. 2019 The fliers also show tweets from U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Zephyr Teachout, a legal scholar and former candidate for governor and attorney general. — Jimmy Vielkind, WSJ, "State Street: Albany Lawmakers Eye Campaign Finance Reform, but Activists Want More," 13 Jan. 2019 And, through her many years in the limelight, she’s racked up quite a lot of frequent-flier miles and become no stranger to the charms of New York. — Vogue, "Deepika Padukone on Hollywood, Badminton, and Living With Depression," 20 Mar. 2019 On Saturday, though, fans trickling in to festival grounds were greeted with fliers on utility poles calling for a boycott of Meinert’s businesses. — Michael Rietmulder, The Seattle Times, "Capitol Hill Block Party rages on with #MeToo undertones," 23 July 2018 In just the last week, the white supremacist groups Patriot Front and Vanguard America have plastered college campuses with fliers, the ADL said. — Karen Farkas, cleveland.com, "Ohio colleges rank 6th for incidents involving white supremacists, Anti-Defamation League says," 1 Feb. 2018 That is good news for fliers who have grown accustomed to vying for desirable seats and bag space. — Alison Sider, WSJ, "Fliers Find an Old Friend on More Planes: Empty Seats," 21 Jan. 2019 For more frequent fliers, the JetSmarter membership is a better option, the company says. — Marcia Heroux Pounds, Sun-Sentinel.com, "JetSmarter expands private jet services to public," 13 June 2018 The alternative for less-frequent fliers is to pay $3,500 per domestic flight and $4,000 for an international flight without any annual fee. — Hugo Martin, latimes.com, "United Airlines offers wealthy fliers at LAX access to a private terminal to avoid the crowds," 26 May 2018

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