FLIERS Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

fliers

noun

variants also flyers

plural of flier

as in ventures

a risky undertaking willing to take a flier on the bold, new venture

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sure things

as in pilots

one who flies or is qualified to fly an aircraft or spacecraft a hot-air balloon flier

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Recent Examples of fliers Volunteers had mobilized across Yellowstone since September and posted flyers in search of the dog, named Luna, described as a white Jack Russell and Chihuahua mix. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026 Toop started working on putting all the pieces into place, calling local pools and posting flyers to gauge interest. — Idaho Statesman, 14 Oct. 2026 Anliker complained to mall management, filed a police report and distributed flyers warning shoppers away from Beauty Essentials. — Monika Evstatieva, NPR, 14 Oct. 2026 The airline uses a fleet of 40 of the luxury vehicles to drive its high-value flyers right to the plane. — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026 Greep — who eventually came to the stage an hour later than scheduled, and without his backing band — addressed the accusation on the flyers to begin the Vancouver show. — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2026 The agency can hold community meetings or disperse fliers to warn neighbors about the potential risk. — Assistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026 Those premium fliers are the customers Delta’s rivals are courting with Starlink. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026 Maryland’s student body, which helped tape fliers across the campus this week to raise awareness for Ashar, was notified Wednesday night that he had been found, according to a campus alert. — Angie Orellana Hernandez, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Kim points to a conglomerate in India, broadcaster joint ventures in Thailand, mining companies in Mongolia and a beverage brand in China, all of which are backing films.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026
But hey, isn’t that what new business ventures are supposed to do in Silicon Valley?

— Noel Murray, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of ventures

Noun

For now, the central test is whether autonomous electric railcars can move from supervised pilots to dependable commercial service across existing rail networks.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2026
Badly injured, Captain Machchhar somehow opened the cockpit door, allowing passengers to overpower al-Hammami, and two off-duty pilots to take control of the plane and land it in Saudi Arabia.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of pilots

Noun

While the human might try big gambles to come back from a significant deficit, Ataraxos would work its way back into the game slowly and methodically.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 1 Oct. 2026
On fourth-and-6 from the Poinciana 48, Gateway Coach Marlin Roberts and gambles on the first play of the fourth quarter.

— Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of gambles

Noun

As Earth faces an overwhelming alien threat, these young aviators are thrown into relentless combat that tests their loyalty, courage and faith in one another.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
Two years later Norwegian polar explorer and zoologist Fritjof Nansen wore Burberry gabardine on his expedition to cross the Arctic Ocean, and the fabric became popular among other polar explorers and aviators who wore it on their missions.

— Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of aviators

Noun

The Commanders inexplicably ran the clock out on themselves in field-goal range and had to settle for a tie against the Giants, who wasted two chances to win in overtime.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026
California voters have up to three chances to fix a mistake on their ballot, including by exchanging it at the county elections office or indicating the correction directly on the original ballot without initialing it.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of chances

Noun

Most enterprises have spent years building access controls inside their source systems, but those controls were designed for applications, not for AI.

— Sean Nathaniel, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
But in keeping with the nature of such enterprises, failure was not an option.

— Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of enterprises

Noun

Justin Herbert needed some late throws against a prevent defense just to get over the 100-yard mark.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026
That 20 percent accuracy on such throws is fourth worst among NFL starters, ahead of only Daniel Jones, Jacoby Brissett and Ward.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026

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