Usually means: Person achieving success rapidly, prominently.
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  1. highflyer: Merriam-Webster
  2. highflyer: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. highflyer: Vocabulary.com
  4. Highflyer, highflyer: Wordnik
  5. highflyer: Wiktionary
  6. highflyer: Dictionary.com
  7. Highflyer (horse): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. highflyer: Rhymezone
  9. highflyer: FreeDictionary.org
  10. highflyer: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. highflyer: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. highflyer: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Highflyer)

▸ noun:  Alternative form of highflier [A person who or a type of aircraft that flies at high elevations.]

Similar:
highflier, high-flier, high flier, fly-boy, jetfighter, flyer, airfarer, frequent flyer, jetplane, jet-liner, more...

Opposite:
underachiever, low achiever, mediocre, average

Types:
overachiever, go-getter, high roller, mover and shaker, whiz kid, rocket scientist, more...

Adjectives:
british, stately, old, loftiest, celebrated

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Similar:
highflier, high-flier, high flier, fly-boy, jetfighter, flyer, airfarer, frequent flyer, jetplane, jet-liner, more...

Opposite:
underachiever, low achiever, mediocre, average

Types:
overachiever, go-getter, high roller, mover and shaker, whiz kid, rocket scientist, more...

Adjectives:
british, stately, old, loftiest, celebrated



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