high flyers
Ambitious success seekers
High flyers are people who achieve notable success, especially in business or politics—ambitious types on a fast track upward.
The term suggests both accomplishment and aspiration: The company recruits high flyers from top universities.
Also spelled high-fliers.
A high flyer can also be anything that flies or soars high, literally or figuratively.
- achieversThose who accomplish goals
- skyVisible overhead expanse
- hawkTaloned predatory bird
- ambitiousStrongly desiring achievement
- soarAscend to heights
successful · talented · elite · cream of the crop · visionaries · trailblazers · driven · gifted · prodigies · wizards · intelligent · glide · innovative · titans · eagles · fliers · jet set · altitude
- VIPscelebrities, superstars, head of state, stars, legend
high flyersunderachievers
Those performing below capacity
failures · losers · also-rans · underperformers · washouts
high flyersunambitious
Lacking desire for achievement
slackers · coasters · drifters · clock-watchers · time-servers
high flyersbottom feeders
Creatures eating from below
small fry · nobodies · foot soldiers · minions · grunts
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