'Flyer' definitions:
Definition of 'flyer'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Flyer'
From: GCIDE
- Flyer \Fly"er\, n. [See Flier.]
- 1. One that uses wings. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The fly of a flag: See Fly, n., 6. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Anything that is scattered abroad in great numbers as a theatrical programme, an advertising leaf, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Arch.) One in a flight of steps which are parallel to each other(as in ordinary stairs), as distinguished from a winder. [1913 Webster]
- 5. The pair of arms attached to the spindle of a spinning frame, over which the thread passes to the bobbin; -- so called from their swift revolution. See Fly, n., 11. [1913 Webster]
- 6. The fan wheel that rotates the cap of a windmill as the wind veers. --Internat. Cyc. [1913 Webster]
- 7. (Stock Jobbing) A small operation not involving ? considerable part of one's capital, or not in the line of one's ordinary business; a venture. [Cant] --Bartlett. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'flyer'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acrobat,
- aerialist,
- aeronaut,
- aeroplaner,
- aeroplanist,
- agiotage,
- air pilot,
- 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,
- flier,
- 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