flier

1 someone who travels by air [syn: flyer]

2 someone who operates an aircraft [syn: aviator, aeronaut, airman, flyer]

3 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, flyer, throwaway]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪə(r)

Alternative spellings

flyer (flyers)

Etymology

-er fly

Noun

1. Something that flies.
2. Someone who pilots or rides in an airplane.
3. (Mainly US) A leaflet, often for advertising.

Synonyms

• (2) aviator, aviatrix

See also

• advertisement
• booklet
• brochure
• catalogue, catalog
• circular
• handbill, hand bill
• junk mail
• leaflet
• pamphlet

Flyer or flier may refer to:

• aviator, someone who flies an aircraft, a pilot,
• the top person in a cheerleading stunt,
• flyer, single page pamphlet,
• FLYER, UK general aviation magazine,
• Wright Flyer, the first powered aircraft designed and built by the Wright Brothers,
• Philadelphia Flyers, a National Hockey League team,
• Fort Worth Flyers, an NBA Development League team,
• Dayton Flyers, University of Dayton athletic team,
• flier (Centrarchus macropterus), a North American fish,
• female kangaroo,
• Flyer, an album by Nanci Griffith from 1994,
• flying roller coaster, a type of roller coaster where the riders are secured in flying position with the track overhead,
• Flying Scooters, an amusement ride consisting of suspended vehicles rotating around a center post,
• a term used in The Land Before Time film series to describe a pterosaur,
• Flyer Industries Limited, a former name of New Flyer Industries.

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