Associations to the word «Highflier»

Wiktionary

HIGHFLIER, noun. A person who or a type of aircraft that flies at high elevations.
HIGHFLIER, noun. (idiomatic) An ambitious person, especially one who takes risks or has an extravagant lifestyle.

Dictionary definition

HIGHFLIER, noun. A person of great ability and ambition.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca