FLIER

circular, handbill, bill, broadside, broadsheet, flier, flyer, throwaway

(noun) an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution; “he mailed the circular to all subscribers”

aviator, aeronaut, airman, flier, flyer

(noun) someone who operates an aircraft

flier, flyer

(noun) someone who travels by air

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

flier (plural fliers)

Alternative form of flyer (more common in US, except in the sense of "leaflet")

Verb

flier (third-person singular simple present fliers, present participle fliering, simple past and past participle fliered)

Alternative form of flyer

Anagrams

• Filer, Friel, filer, lifer, rifle

Source: Wiktionary


Fli"er, n. Etym: [Form Fly, v.; cf. Flyer]

1. One who flies or flees; a runaway; a fugitive. Shak.

2. (Mach.)

Definition: A fly. See Fly, n., 9, and 13 (b).

3. (Spinning)

Definition: See Flyer, n., 5.

4. (Arch.)

Definition: See Flyer, n., 4.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

13 June 2025

AIRPLANE

(noun) an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; “the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane”


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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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