highflyers
Ambitious successful people
Highflyers are people who achieve exceptional success or show outstanding ability, especially in business or academics.
The term suggests ambition and rapid advancement: The company recruits highflyers from top universities.
Also spelled high-flyers or high flyers.
The singular highflyer describes an individual: She's a real highflyer in the marketing world.
Ambitious, driven person
- climberOne who scales
- striverOne who works diligently
- drivenIntensely determined to achieve
- ambitiousStrongly desiring achievement
goal-oriented · determination · tenacity · grit · hustle · perseverance · motivation · aspiring
One exceeding all expectations
- valedictorianTop-ranked graduating student
- prodigyGifted youth with rare talent
- wunderkindRemarkably talented youngster
- successFavorable outcome attained
accomplishment · excellence · breakthrough · milestone · triumph · victory · masterpiece · record-breaker
Wealthy frequent traveler
- socialiteProminent figure in fashionable circles
- eliteSuperior select group
- privilegedHaving special advantages
- exclusiveLimited to one group
aristocratic · blueblood · Oxbridge · gentry · upper-crust · well-connected · pedigreed · snobbery
Senior organizational leader
- CEOTop corporate officer
- mogulInfluential industry leader
- tycoonDominant industrial leader
- magnateWealthy business leader
entrepreneur · dealmaker · power-broker · rainmaker · titan · wheeler-dealer · boardroom · C-suite
Celebrated achievement recipient
- honoreeOne being celebrated
- celebratedWidely known and praised
- decoratedMade more visually appealing
- acclaimedPublicly and enthusiastically praised
distinguished · renowned · famous · accolades · honors · kudos · plaudits · commendations
go-getter
Ambitious, driven person
ambitious · goal-oriented · determination · tenacity · grit · hustle · perseverance · motivation · aspiring · self-made
overachiever
One exceeding all expectations
- valedictorianTop-ranked graduating student
- prodigyGifted youth with rare talent
- wunderkindRemarkably talented youngster
success · accomplishment · excellence · breakthrough · milestone · triumph · victory · masterpiece · record-breaker · standout
jet-setter
Wealthy frequent traveler
- socialiteProminent figure in fashionable circles
- eliteSuperior select group
- privilegedHaving special advantages
exclusive · aristocratic · blueblood · Oxbridge · gentry · upper-crust · well-connected · pedigreed · snobbery · entitlement
executive
Senior organizational leader
magnate · entrepreneur · dealmaker · power-broker · rainmaker · titan · wheeler-dealer · boardroom · C-suite · hotshot
laureate
Celebrated achievement recipient
- honoreeOne being celebrated
- celebratedWidely known and praised
- decoratedMade more visually appealing
acclaimed · distinguished · renowned · famous · accolades · honors · kudos · plaudits · commendations · prestige
highflyersunderperformers
Those achieving below potential
underachievers · failures · losers · laggards · also-rans
highflyersunderachievers
Those performing below capacity
unambitious · slackers · drifters · coasters · plodders