1. flier(n = noun.person) flyer - someone who travels by air;
is a kind of traveler, traveller
Derived forms verb fly9, verb fly1
2. flier(n = noun.person) aeronaut, airman, aviator, flyer - someone who operates an aircraft;
is a kind of skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker
has particulars: airwoman, aviatress, aviatrix, airplane pilot, pilot, bennett, floyd bennett, bleriot, louis bleriot, cochran, jacqueline cochran, doolittle, james harold doolittle, jimmy doolittle, amelia earhart, earhart, howard hughes, howard robard hughes, hughes, charles a. lindbergh, charles augustus lindbergh, charles lindbergh, lindbergh, lucky lindy, billy mitchell, mitchell, william mitchell, post, wiley post
Derived form verb fly3
3. flier(n = noun.communication) bill, broadsheet, broadside, circular, flyer, handbill, throwaway - an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution; "he mailed the circular to all subscribers"
is a kind of ad, advert, advertisement, advertising, advertizement, advertizing
has particulars: stuffer
1. One who flies or flees; a runaway; a fugitive. Shak. [1913 Webster]
2. A fly. See Fly,
3. See Flyer,
4. See Flyer,
5. An aëroplane or flying machine. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
flier, var. of FLYER.
N sailor, mariner, navigator, seaman, seafarer, seafaring man, dock walloper, tar, jack tar, salt, able seaman, A, B, man-of-war's man, bluejacket, galiongee, galionji, marine, jolly, midshipman, middy, skipper, shipman, boatman, ferryman, waterman, lighterman, bargeman, longshoreman, bargee, gondolier, oar, oarsman, rower, boatswain, cockswain, coxswain, steersman, pilot, crew, aerial navigator, aeronaut, balloonist, Icarus, aeroplanist, airman, aviator, birdman, man-bird, wizard of the air, aviatrix, flier, pilot, test pilot, glider pilot, bush pilot, navigator, flight attendant, steward, stewardess, crew, astronaut, cosmonaut, parachutist, paratrooper.