FLIERS Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

fliers

noun

variants also flyers

plural of flier

as in ventures

a risky undertaking willing to take a flier on the bold, new venture

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sure things

as in pilots

one who flies or is qualified to fly an aircraft or spacecraft a hot-air balloon flier

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Recent Examples of fliers The event comes nearly a week after anti-Muslim protesters gathered outside a Dearborn City Council meeting and Ku Klux Klan recruitment flyers were found in nearby communities. — Hannah McIlree, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026 The airline offers extended stays in Finland’s capital city at no extra cost to fliers—the itineraries can be booked as a multi-city trip. — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2026 Kadel always had her head bent over her work, page after page of detailed line drawings that later appeared on friends’ bedroom and living room walls and sometimes on fliers for shows at Spaceland or the Silverlake Lounge. — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026 Winter Park has some flyers on the outside with Marshall commit Tristan Gunn and Johnny Slack. — Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026 The sisters stuffed envelopes with flyers marketing tours, and traveled with their parents on scouting trips. — Brianna Randall, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 Though potential mission delays could still open up opportunities for these innovative flyers to tag along. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 17 Aug. 2026 Even before the hearing was over Monday, Herz was passing out flyers urging voters to turn down the referendum. — Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2026 Goodbye Blue Monday tips more cozy and eclectic, with comfy couches, vintage lamps, and bulletin boards full of fliers. — Hannah Agran, Midwest Living, 15 Aug. 2026

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Noun

Dillman and his coconspirator used the funds to pay themselves and to make risky and speculative investments in other cryptocurrency ventures, authorities said, citing other evidence presented at the trial.

— Jason Green, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
Parton's business acumen extended beyond the entertainment industry, with an empire that included hotels, branded Duncan Hines baking kits, fragrances, beauty products, wines, apparel, merchandise and other ventures.

— Devarrick Turner, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of ventures

Noun

Congress has a role to play, too, by balancing the censuring of officials whose risks don’t pay off with awards for those who take heroic gambles for the right reasons.

— Doug Beck, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
But getting to this point required one of the Civil War’s most famous naval gambles.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of gambles

Noun

The Infamous Flight Jacket No piece from the film – except perhaps Maverick’s aviators – is more closely tied to its costume design than the pilot jacket.

— Brett F. Braley-Palko, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
The brand is known for iconic models like the Portugieser, originally made in the 1930s for two Portuguese merchants, and the Big Pilot, created for aviators in the 1940s.

— Frances Solá-Santiago, InStyle, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of aviators

Noun

The momentum in many criminal legal enterprises began hurtling toward digitally automating this analytic regime of knowledge.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Aug. 2026
Instead of waiting for hyperscalers and enterprises to find financing, Nvidia is helping create the financing ecosystem itself.

— Sanjit Singh Dang, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of enterprises

Noun

Such speculations reflect the richness of possibilities that the new work opens up.

— Philip Ball, Scientific American, 20 Aug. 2026
Their speculations, although deemed inaccurate by later historians, helped shape popular understandings of the ancient druids.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of speculations

Noun

Aledo looked strong in a scrimmage at Tim Buchanan Stadium, with Lewisville transfer quarterback Tre Williams completing 14 of 21 passes for 180 yards and two touchdown throws.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Aug. 2026
But too often, the inherently simpler throws appear difficult.

— Dane Brugler, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of throws

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