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flyer

adj · noun · verb · 22 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈflaɪə(ɹ)/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aɪə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: F L AY1 ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

comparative form of fly: more fly

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: comparative, form-of

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

That which flies, as a bird or insect.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A machine that flies.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

An airplane pilot.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: aviator, aviatrix

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A person who travels by airplane.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A leaflet, often for advertising.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: circular, leaflet

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

The part of a spinning machine that twists the thread as it takes it to and winds it on the bobbin

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

An arch that connects a flying buttress into the structure it supports.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: architecture

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

A person who is lifted and/or thrown by another person or persons.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: synchronized swimming

Topics: acrobatics, arts, cheerleading, hobbies, lifestyle, performing-arts, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

A stray shot away from the group on a target.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: engineering, firearms, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

A standard rectangular step of a staircase (as opposed to a winder).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

A female kangaroo; a roo; a doe; a jill.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

A leap or jump.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

noun

Meaning 14

A risky investment or other venture.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

noun

Meaning 15

A fast-moving person or thing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

noun

Meaning 16

A false start.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

noun

Meaning 17

Synonym of flying cymbal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: flying cymbal

Antonyms: none provided

18

verb

Meaning 18

To distribute flyers (leaflets).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

19

verb

Meaning 19

To distribute flyers in (a location) or to (recipients).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

20

noun

Meaning 20

an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he mailed the circular to all subscribers

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: circular, handbill, bill, broadside, broadsheet, flier, throwaway

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: ad, advertisement, advertizement, advertising, advertizing, advert

Narrower terms: stuffer

21

noun

Meaning 21

someone who operates an aircraft

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: aviator, aeronaut, airman, flier

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: skilled worker, trained worker, skilled workman

Narrower terms: aviatrix, airwoman, aviatress, pilot, airplane pilot, Bennett, Floyd Bennett, Bleriot, Louis Bleriot, Cochran, Jacqueline Cochran, Doolittle, Jimmy Doolittle, James Harold Doolittle, Earhart, Amelia Earhart, Hughes, Howard Hughes, Howard Robard Hughes, Lindbergh, Charles Lindbergh, Charles A. Lindbergh, Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Lucky Lindy, Mitchell, William Mitchell, Billy Mitchell, Post, Wiley Post

22

noun

Meaning 22

someone who travels by air

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: flier

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: traveler, traveller

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *plew- Proto-Indo-European *plewk- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *pléwketi Proto-Germanic *fleuganą Proto-West Germanic *fleugan Old English flēogan Middle English fliender. English fly Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Germanic *-izô Proto-West Germanic *-iʀō Proto-Germanic *-ōzô Proto-West Germanic *-ōʀō Old English -ra Middle English -ere English -er English flyer From fly + -er (comparative suffix).

From fly + -er (agent noun suffix). With regard to the sense "female kangaroo": because of the high speed at which they move.

Across languages

Translations

156 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Esperanto: fluganto — that which flies
  • Italian: velivolo — machine that flies
  • Macedonian: ле́тало (létalo) — machine that flies
  • Portuguese: voador — machine that flies
  • Russian: лета́тельный аппара́т (letátelʹnyj apparát) — machine that flies
  • Arabic: طَيَّار (ṭayyār) — someone who pilots or rides in an airplane
  • Belarusian: лётчык (ljótčyk) — someone who pilots or rides in an airplane
  • Bulgarian: лете́ц (letéc) — someone who pilots or rides in an airplane
  • Czech: letec — someone who pilots or rides in an airplane
  • French: pilote — someone who pilots or rides in an airplane
  • German: Flieger — someone who pilots or rides in an airplane
  • Irish: eitleoir — someone who pilots or rides in an airplane
  • Italian: volatore — someone who pilots or rides in an airplane
  • Macedonian: ле́тач (létač) — someone who pilots or rides in an airplane
  • Polish: awiator — someone who pilots or rides in an airplane
  • Polish: lotnik — someone who pilots or rides in an airplane
  • Portuguese: piloto — someone who pilots or rides in an airplane
  • Russian: лётчик (ljótčik) — someone who pilots or rides in an airplane
  • Spanish: piloto — someone who pilots or rides in an airplane
  • Tagalog: manlilipad — someone who pilots or rides in an airplane
  • Ukrainian: льо́тчик (lʹótčyk) — someone who pilots or rides in an airplane
  • Albanian: fletëpalosje — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Albanian: trakt — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Arabic: نَشْرَة (našra) — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Arabic: نَشْرَة إعْلَانِيَّة (našra ʔiʕlāniyya) — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Arabic: مَنْشُور (manšūr) — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Arabic: وَرَقَة (waraqa) — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Armenian: թռուցիկ (tʻṙucʻik) — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Armenian: շրջաբերական (šrǰaberakan) — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Azerbaijani: vərəqə — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Belarusian: лісто́ўка (listówka) — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Belarusian: улётка (uljótka) — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Belarusian: фла́ер (flájer) — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Bulgarian: листо́вка (listóvka) — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Burmese: လက်ကမ်းစာစောင် (lakkam:cacaung) — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Chinese Mandarin: 傳單 /传单 (chuándān) — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Czech: leták — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Danish: løbeseddel — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Dutch: flyer — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Dutch: folder — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Dutch: vlugschrift — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Estonian: lendleht — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Estonian: flaier — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Finnish: lentolehtinen — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Finnish: lennäkki — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Finnish: mainoslehtinen — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Finnish: joukkokirje — leaflet, often for advertising
  • French: tract — leaflet, often for advertising
  • French: prospectus — leaflet, often for advertising
  • French: flyer — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Georgian: ფურცელი (purceli) — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Georgian: პროკლამაცია (ṗroḳlamacia) — leaflet, often for advertising
  • German: Flugblatt — leaflet, often for advertising
  • German: Flyer — leaflet, often for advertising
  • German: Rundschreiben — leaflet, often for advertising
  • German: Handzettel — leaflet, often for advertising
  • German: Flugschrift — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Greek: εγκύκλιος (egkýklios) — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Hebrew: עָלוֹן (alón) — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Hebrew: פלייר — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Hebrew: פלאייר (fláyer) — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Hindi: पत्रक (patrak) — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Hindi: पुस्तिका (pustikā) — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Hindi: इश्तहार (iśtahār) — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Hindi: पर्चा (parcā) — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Hindi: किताबचा (kitābcā) — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Hungarian: szórólap — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Hungarian: röplap — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Hungarian: röpcédula — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Irish: bileoigín — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Italian: annuncio — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Italian: volantino — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Italian: opuscolo — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Japanese: 散らし (chirashi) — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Japanese: チラシ (chirashi) — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Japanese: フライヤー (furaiyā) — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Japanese: 檄 (geki) — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Kazakh: листовка (listovka) — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Kazakh: үндеу (ündeu) — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Kazakh: үндеухат (ündeuxat) — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Khmer: ត្រាក់ (trak) — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Khmer: ត្រៈ (traʼ) — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Khmer: ខិត្តប័ណ្ណ (khettaʼban) — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Korean: 플라이어 (peullaieo) — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Korean: 전단 (jeondan) — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Korean: 전단지 (jeondanji) — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Kyrgyz: листовка (listovka) — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Lao: ໃບປິວ (bai piu) — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Latvian: skrejlapa — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Lithuanian: lapelis — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Lithuanian: proklamacija — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Macedonian: леток (letok) — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Māori: mātārere — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Māori: tawhera — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Norwegian Bokmål: flyveblad — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Norwegian Bokmål: løpeseddel — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Iranian Persian: تِراکْت (terâkt) — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Iranian Persian: فِلایِر (felâyer) — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Iranian Persian: وَرَقِه (varaġe) — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Polish: ulotka — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Portuguese: folheto — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Portuguese: panfleto — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Portuguese: circular — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Romanian: foaie volantă — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Russian: листо́вка (listóvka) — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Russian: фла́ер (flájer) — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Russian: аги́тка (agítka) — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Serbo-Croatian: ле̏так — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Serbo-Croatian: фла̏јер — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Serbo-Croatian: lȅtak — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Serbo-Croatian: flȁjer — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Slovak: leták — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Slovene: letak — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Spanish: volante — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Spanish: octavilla — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Spanish: circular — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Swedish: cirkulär — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Swedish: flygblad — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Tagalog: palibot — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Tajik: варақа (varaqa) — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Thai: ใบปลิว (bai-bpliu) — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Thai: แผ่นปลิว (pɛ̀n-bpliu) — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Turkish: el ilanı — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Turkish: broşür — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Turkish: kitapçık — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Ukrainian: листі́вка (lystívka) — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Ukrainian: фла́єр (flájer) — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Urdu: پَرْچَہ (parca) — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Urdu: کِتابْچَہ (kitābca) — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Uzbek: listovka — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Uzbek: varaqa — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Vietnamese: tờ quảng cáo — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Vietnamese: tờ rơi — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Vietnamese: tờ bướm — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Vietnamese: truyền đơn — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Walloon: afitchete-riclame — leaflet, often for advertising
  • Dutch: vleugel — part of a spinning machine
  • Finnish: lyhty — part of a spinning machine
  • Finnish: siipi — part of a spinning machine
  • French: broche — part of a spinning machine
  • French: épinglier — part of a spinning machine
  • German: Spinnflügel — part of a spinning machine
  • Italian: aspo — part of a spinning machine
  • Welsh: fflei — part of a spinning machine
  • Finnish: tukikaari — architecture: connecting arch
  • German: Strebebogen — architecture: connecting arch
  • Swedish: strävbåge — architecture: connecting arch
  • Finnish: nousija — person who is lifted and/or thrown by another person or persons
  • Bulgarian: стъпа́ло (stǎpálo) — standard rectangular step of a staircase
  • Finnish: suora porras — standard rectangular step of a staircase
  • Russian: ступе́нька (stupénʹka) — standard rectangular step of a staircase
  • Russian: ступе́нь (stupénʹ) — standard rectangular step of a staircase
  • Finnish: naaraskenguru — female kangaroo
  • Swedish: känguru — female kangaroo
  • Swedish: känguruhona — female kangaroo
  • Finnish: loikka — leap or jump
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