HIGHFLIERS Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

highfliers

noun

variants or highflyers

plural of highflier

as in powerhouses

an ambitious person who eagerly goes after what is desired one of New York's largest law firms, it attracts highfliers looking for a big-time legal career

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Recent Examples of highfliers There are already apps for booking private jets—FlyHouse delivers a selection of charter aircraft in just 30 seconds, for example—but Revaire also connects you to a network of highfliers. —

Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 Feb. 2026 The movie starts on high, with rapturous views of the Manhattan skyline and David King (Denzel Washington), one of the city’s highfliers, pacing on the balcony of his penthouse on the Brooklyn waterfront. —

Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2026 While the market swoon eliminated scores of internet highflyers, Cisco survived the upheaval. —

Jordan Novet, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2025

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powerhouses

Noun

However, college basketball has never featured a greater disparity between the haves and the have-nots, largely due to the transfer portal, which allows powerhouses like Florida to snatch mid-major stars with such swiftness that the sport has yet to take preventative action.

— Noah White, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2026
For example, most of Netflix’s revenue still comes from subscribers that Hollywood giants typically record outside their studio units, along with a growing contribution from advertising revenue, which is most pronounced in the TV networks divisions of Hollywood powerhouses.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 17 Mar. 2026