Skip to main content
flier

flier

20 3.3
A person who travels by airplane
  • noun
  • /ˈflaɪər/
  • US
translation icon : viajero
  • I've got so many frequent-flier miles.
  • frequent fliers

Examples

Synonyms

flyer
vsflier
109 3.3

A person who travels by plane or pilots one

refers only to passengers rather than pilots or crew
frequent flyer
vsflier
23 2.6

A person who flies often and gets rewards from an airline

is used for any person who travels by plane regardless of frequency
air traveler
vsflier
  • US
5 2.3

A person who travels by plane

is a shorter informal variant used in everyday speech

Compounds

1 5.1

A person who is very successful and likely to go far at work or school

high-flier
  • Jargon
6.8

A company or stock whose price rises quickly in the market

An animal or aircraft that flies high above the ground

7.2

A pilot who does flying tricks at public shows

How Frequent

flier
  • US
20 3.3
traveler
  • US
286 1.0

Surface Forms

flier singular
fliers plural

Morphology

flier = fly (transparent) = fly + er

Derived by the regular agent/actor formation 'fly' + '-er', generalized to someone who travels by plane.

Etymology

Flier comes from the verb fly, meaning 'to move through the air'. A helpful way to remember this travel meaning is to think of a flier as a person who 'flies' from place to place by airplane, so a flier is an air traveler.