Synonyms of highflier

highflier

noun

ˈhī-ˈflī(-ə)r 

variants or highflyer

as in powerhouse

an ambitious person who eagerly goes after what is desired

one of New York's largest law firms, it attracts highfliers looking for a big-time legal career

Synonyms & Similar Words

• powerhouse
• hustler
• enterpriser
• go-getter
• self-starter
• go-ahead
• live wire
• bootstrapper
• hummer
• achiever
• doer
• eager beaver
• comer
• individualist
• he-man

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• idler
• loafer
• trifler
• dawdler
• slacker
• malingerer
• laggard
• lounger
• shirker
• drone
• goldbrick
• procrastinator
• sluggard
• loiterer
• lingerer
• putterer
• lazybones
• dreamer
• slowpoke
• dropout
• daydreamer
• stick-in-the-mud
• quitter
• dallier
• neglecter
• ignorer
• ne'er-do-well

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of highflier

The bankruptcy follows that of another highflier in the U.S. oil patch, Whiting Petroleum Corp., which filed for Chapter 11 at the start of April after championing what was once the premiere U.S. shale field, the Bakken of North Dakota. —David Wethe, Fortune, 29 June 2020

The Federal Reserve lent trillions of dollars to bail out Wall Street highfliers, hoping that by stabilizing big banks, the benefits would flow through to the rest of the economy. —Sheila Bair For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 27 Mar. 2020

Traders have turned to derivatives to bet on the continued rise of some tech highfliers, wagering that there are even bigger gains ahead for the group. —Gunjan Banerji, WSJ, 20 Feb. 2020

O’Neal continued, referring to the legendary former Nets and Philadelphia 76ers highflier Julius Erving. —Marc Stein, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2020