highflyer
Soaring ambitious person
A highflyer is someone who achieves exceptional success or shows outstanding ability, especially in business or academics: She was a highflyer at the investment bank.
The term can also describe an ambitious person aiming for rapid advancement.
Originally and still occasionally, a highflyer is simply a bird or aircraft that flies at great altitude.
Also spelled high-flyer or high flyer.
Ambitious, driven person
- striverOne who works diligently
- climberOne who scales
- aspiringSeeking to achieve
- drivenIntensely determined to achieve
motivated · hungry · enterprising · self-starter · upwardly mobile · determined · tenacious · industrious
Gifted youth with rare talent
- whizInformal term for expert
- geniusPerson of rare brilliance
- virtuosoSupremely accomplished performer
- maestroDistinguished musical leader
savant · wizard · valedictorian · champion · overachiever · wunderkind · phenom · standout
Accelerate a process
- executiveSenior organizational leader
- corner officePremium workplace for leadership
- promotionRank increase or publicity
- advancementForward movement or promotion
career · ladder · MBA · bonus · stock options · headhunted · management · leadership
Wealthy frequent traveler
- mogulInfluential industry leader
- tycoonDominant industrial leader
- magnateWealthy business leader
- power brokerInfluential behind-scenes dealmaker
mover and shaker · VIP · socialite · plutocrat · aristocrat · blueblood · one-percenter · fat cat
go-getter
Ambitious, driven person
driven · motivated · hungry · enterprising · self-starter · upwardly mobile · determined · tenacious · industrious · eager
prodigy
Gifted youth with rare talent
maestro · savant · wizard · valedictorian · champion · overachiever · wunderkind · phenom · standout · star
fast-track
Accelerate a process
- executiveSenior organizational leader
- corner officePremium workplace for leadership
- promotionRank increase or publicity
advancement · career · ladder · MBA · bonus · stock options · headhunted · management · leadership · C-suite
jet-setter
Wealthy frequent traveler
power broker · mover and shaker · VIP · socialite · plutocrat · aristocrat · blueblood · one-percenter · fat cat · big shot
award
Honor given for merit
- accoladeExpression of high esteem
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
- distinctionNotable difference or honor
laurels · kudos · medal · trophy · commendation · tribute · plaudit · acclaim · decorated · celebrated
highflyerunderachiever
One performing below capacity
failure · loser · also-ran · underperformer · mediocrity
highflyerslacker
Idle responsibility evader
coaster · drifter · clock-watcher · time-server · layabout
highflyerbottom feeder
Creature eating from substrate
small fry · nobody · little guy · small fish · rank and file