Associations to the word «Highflier»

Wiktionary

HIGHFLIER, noun. A person who or a type of aircraft that flies at high elevations.
HIGHFLIER, noun. (idiomatic) An ambitious person, especially one who takes risks or has an extravagant lifestyle.

Dictionary definition

HIGHFLIER, noun. A person of great ability and ambition.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats