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Dictionary Definition

flyer

Noun

1 an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution; "he mailed the circular to all subscribers" [syn: circular, handbill, bill, broadside, broadsheet, flier, throwaway]
2 someone who travels by air [syn: flier]
3 someone who operates an aircraft [syn: aviator, aeronaut, airman, flier]

User Contributed Dictionary

English

Alternative spellings

flier (fliers)

Etymology

-er fly

Noun

  1. A machine that flies.
  2. Someone who pilots or rides in an airplane.
  3. (Mainly US) A leaflet, often for advertising.
  4. The part of a spinning machine that twists the thread as it takes it to, and winds it on the bobbin

Translations

A machine that flies
Someone who pilots or rides in an airplane
(Mainly US) A leaflet, often for advertising
The part of a spinning machine that twists the thread as it takes it to, and winds it on the bobbin

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Extensive Definition

Flyer or flier may refer to:
flyer in German: Flyer
flyer in Spanish: Flyers
flyer in French: Flyer
flyer in Japanese: フライヤーズ

Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words

Amtrak, Jehu, acrobat, aerialist, aeronaut, aeroplaner, aeroplanist, agiotage, air pilot, airplanist, arbitrage, astronaut, aviator, baggage train, bareback rider, barnstormer, birdman, buying in, cable railroad, calculated risk, captain, chance, choo-choo, circus artist, cloud seeder, clown, cog railroad, cog railway, commercial pilot, copilot, crop-duster, el, electric, electric train, elevated, equestrian director, equilibrist, equity capital, express, express train, flier, flutter, fortune, freight, freight train, freighter, funicular, gamble, goer, goods train, hazard, hell-driver, high-wire artist, horse racer, hummer, hustler, instructor, interurban, jet jockey, jockey, juggler, licensed pilot, lightning express, limited, lion tamer, liquidation, local, luck, metro, milk train, monorail, parliamentary, parliamentary train, passenger train, pilot, play, plunge, profit taking, racer, rack-and-pinion railroad, railroad train, rainmaker, rattler, ringmaster, risk, rolling stock, round trade, runner, scalping, scorcher, shuttle, shuttle train, sizzler, slack-rope artist, snake charmer, special, speculation, speed demon, speeder, spot sale, stepper, stockjobbery, stockjobbing, streamliner, stunt flier, stunt man, subway, sword swallower, test pilot, tightrope walker, train, trapeze artist, tube, tumbler, turfman, turn, uncertainty, underground, venture, venture capital, way train, wingman
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