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Definition: Flier |
FlierNoun1. Someone who travels by air. 2. Someone who operates an aircraft. 3. An advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution; "he mailed the circular to all subscribers". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "flier" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1839. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Business | A supplementary catalog (as of a mail-order house). . also written flyer. . /WEBIN 66 1-. . /. . --pages publicitaires insérées dans des journaux l'occasion. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: FlierSynonyms: aeronaut (n), airman (n), aviator (n), bill (n), broadsheet (n), broadside (n), circular (n), flyer (n), handbill (n), throwaway (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Mariner | Aerial navigator, aeronaut, balloonist, Icarus; aeroplanist, airman, aviator, birdman, man-bird, wizard of the air, aviatrix, flier, pilot, test pilot, glider pilot, bush pilot, navigator, flight attendant, steward, stewardess, crew; astronaut, cosmonaut; parachutist, paratrooper. |
Mart | Verb: speculate, invest, trade, trade stocks, play the market; buy long, sell short, take a position, straddle; take a plunge, plunge in, take a flier. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Flier |
| English words defined with "flier": barnstorm. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "flier": DAEDALUS. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "flier": flyer. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Flier" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Frisian (floor). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | I'm a high night flier and a rainbow rider ("Joy to the World"; performing artist: Three Dog Night) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Pa Takes a Flier in Stocks (1915) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Wingless flier. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Propaganda flier depicting two images of education in Thailand; one of a teacher lecturing students under Communism, and the other of students doing scientific experiments and math under freedom. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | The "Patrician," the largest passenger plane yet to be produced, piloted by Capt. St. Claire Street, army flier, who brought it from Bristol, Penn.. to Washington, with twenty passengers and baggage, at Bolling Field. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Flier" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.36% of the time. "Flier" is used about 61 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.36% | 60 | 43,597 |
| Adjective (comparative) | 1.64% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 61 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "flier": high flier ♦ stunt flier ♦ take a flier. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "flier": high-flier. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "flier"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | fletushkë reklame (flyer), provë (assay, audition, averment, demonstration, evidence, experiment, fact, fitting, prill, probation, prolusion, proof, reasoning, rehearsal, run through, rush, school, seal, sign, substantiation, taste, tasting, test, touch, trial, try, try on, try out, witness), pilot (aeronaut, airman, aviator, flyer, pilot), ekspres (espresso, express, flyer, limited), aviator (aviator, George), aventurë financiare (flyer). (various references) | |
Arabic | مغامرة (adventure, adventurousness, enterprise, escapade, flyer, foolhardiness, gamble, hazard, recklessness, risk, riskiness, throw, venture), نشرة إعلانية (flyer), قفز (bound, gambol, glove, hop, jump, jump out, leap, leapfrog, leaping, leapt, lope, pop, skip, spring, start up, vault), سريع (brisk, clipping, express, expressible, fast, feathered, fleet, hasty, momentary, nippy, precipitate, prompt, quick, rapid, rattling, ready, rife, smart, snappy, speed, speedy, swift), طيار (airman, flying, pilot). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | рекламно листче (flyer), експрес (express), авантюра (adventure, venture), авиатор (aviator, sky pilot), летец (aeronaut, airman, aviator, flyer, flying man, pilot, sky pilot), бързо превозно средство (flyer), бърз кон (clipper, courser, flyer, spanker), борсова спекулация (jobbing). (various references) | |
Chinese | 飞行物 (flyer). (various references) | |
Czech | letec (airman, aviator, flying man). (various references) | |
Dutch | strooibiljet (handbill, leaflet, tract). (various references) | |
Esperanto | flugfolio. (various references) | |
French | prospectus (flyer, flying). (various references) | |
German | flugblatt (broadsheet, handbill, handout, leaflet, pamphlet). (various references) | |
Greek | ιπτάμμενοσ, ιπτάμενοσ (flying, volant), αεροπόροσ (aeronaut, airman, aviator, aviatrix, flyer), ταχεία αμαξοστοιχία (express, fast train). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מכתב חוזר (circular), עלון פרסומת (flyer, handbill, prospectus), טיס (airman, aviator, flyer, pilot). (various references) | |
Hungarian | ugrás (breach, dive, flyer, gambade, hop, jump, jumping, leap, leaping, skipping, spring, vault, vaulting), szárny (arm, fan-tail, flank, flap, lap, pinion, plane, side, van, vane, wing), repülõ (abn, airborne, aircraftman, airman, flyer, flying, volant). (various references) | |
Italian | volatore (flyer), volantino (folder, handbill, handout, leaflet), aviatore (airman, aviator, flyer). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 引き札 (announcement flier). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ひきふ (announcement flier). (various references) | |
Korean | "라이어 (flyer, plier, Pliers). (various references) | |
Norwegian | flyger (flyer). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ierflay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | folhasolta, salto de volteio, insecto (bug, insect), comboio expresso (flyer, flywheel), aviador (airman, aviator, flyer, flying man, flywheel), ave (bird). (various references) | |
Romanian | fluture (butterfly, Spangle, throttle), zburãtor (airman, flyer, flying, winged), pasãre (bird, layer), aviator (airman, aviator, flyer, flying man). (various references) | |
Russian | летчик (airman, aviator, ferry pilot, fly boy, flyer, flying man, pilot, soloist). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | spekulacija (speculation), pilot (aviator, pilot), letak (fly sheet, handbill, handout, leaflet, throwaway), letač (flyer, pilot). (various references) | |
Spanish | folleto (booklet, brochure, handbill, handout, leaflet, pamphlet, paperback, prospectus), volante (balance, balance wheel, bird, flying, flywheel, handbill, handlebars, handout, helm, joystick, rudder, shuttle, shuttlecock, steering-wheel, volant, wheel), prospecto (handbill, leaflet, prospectus), aviador (airman, aviator, flyer). (various references) | |
Swedish | flygare (aeronaut, airman, aviator, flyer, flying man, pilot). (various references) | |
Thai | ใบปลิว (bill, flyer, flysheet, handbill, leaflet), นักบิน (aviator, flyer), ผู้โ"ยสารเครื่องบิน. (various references) | |
Turkish | uçan canlı, trapezci (aerialist, trapeze dancer), pilot (aircraftman, aviator, birdman, flyer, pilot), havacı (aircraftman, airman, aviator), hızlı tren, el ilanı (dodger, fly sheet, handbill, leaflet, pamphlet, throwaway), ekspres otobüs (express, limited). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | експрес (express, flyer), льотчик (airman, aviator, flyer, pilot), птах (bird, flyer). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | vật bay (flyer). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "flier": fliers. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "flier": highflier, rufflier, snufflier. (additional references) | |
Words containing "flier": highfliers. (additional references) | |
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"Flier" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: alier, clier, Faleiro, faliar, feier, Felbiger, fier, fiera, fiero, filepro, filor, filreg, flaire, flauer, flaur, fleery, flei, flere, flie, fliem, fliez, fliker, flior, flir, flire, flirk, flirp, fliver, fliwer, fluer, fluger, fluxer, foier, foire, fylgia, Klier. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "flier" (pronounced flī"er) |
| 4 | f l ī" er | flyer. |
| 3 | -l ī" er | liar, plier, supplier. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: filer, lifer, rifle. | |
| Words within the letters "e-f-i-l-r" | |
-1 letter: file, fire, lief, lier, life, lire, reif, riel, rife, rile. | |
-2 letters: elf, fer, fie, fil, fir, ire, lei, lie, ref, rei, rif. | |
-3 letters: ef, el, er, if, li, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-f-i-l-r" | |
+1 letter: ferial, ferlie, filers, filler, filmer, filter, fliers, ireful, liefer, lifers, lifter, pilfer, refile, refill, refilm, relief, rifely, riffle, rifled, rifler, rifles, trifle. | |
+2 letters: briefly, defiler, direful, failure, febrile, ferlies, fertile, fickler, fiddler, fielder, fierily, filaree, filbert, filcher, fillers, filmers, filmier, filters, firefly, firelit, flakier, flamier, flawier, flaxier, flicker, flinder, flinger, flipper, flirted, flirter, flitter, flivver, flueric, flukier, flutier, flytier, fragile, frailer, friable, fribble, frijole, frilled, friller, frizzle, gulfier, leafier, lifters, loftier, lucifer, pilfers, prefile, prelife, profile, refiled, refiles, refills, refilms, reflies, reliefs, riffled, riffler, riffles, riflers, riflery, stifler, trefoil, trifled, trifler, trifles. | |
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