'Flier' definitions:
Definition of 'Flier'
From: GCIDE
- Flier \Fli"er\ (fl[imac]"[~e]r), n. [Form Fly, v.; cf. Flyer]
- 1. One who flies or flees; a runaway; a fugitive. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Mach.) A fly. See Fly, n., 9, and 13 (b) . [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Spinning) See Flyer, n., 5. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Arch.) See Flyer, n., 4. [1913 Webster]
- 5. An a["e]roplane or flying machine. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Synonyms of 'flier'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acrobat,
- aerialist,
- aeronaut,
- aeroplaner,
- aeroplanist,
- agiotage,
- air pilot,
- airman,
- airplanist,
- Amtrak,
- 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,
- flutter,
- fortune,
- freight,
- freight train,
- freighter,
- funicular,
- gamble,
- goer,
- goods train,
- hazard,
- hell-driver,
- high-wire artist,
- horse racer,
- hummer,
- hustler,
- instructor,
- interurban,
- Jehu,
- 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