English adjective: star | |||
1. | star indicating the most important performer or role | ||
Samples | The leading man. Prima ballerina. Prima donna. A star figure skater. The starring role. A stellar role. A stellar performance. | ||
Synonyms | leading, prima, starring, stellar | ||
Similar | major | ||
Antonyms | minor | ||
English noun: star | |||
1. | star (object) (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior | ||
Broader (hypernym) | celestial body, heavenly body | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | binary, binary star, double star, fixed star, giant, giant star, loadstar, lodestar, multiple star, neutron star, nova, red dwarf, red dwarf star, red giant, red giant star, sun, supergiant, supernova, variable, variable star, white dwarf, white dwarf star | ||
Instance hyponym | Alpha Crucis, Asterope, Beta Centauri, Beta Crucis, Deneb, Denebola, Pollux, Regulus, Spica, Sterope, Sun | ||
Member meronym | constellation, extragalactic nebula, galaxy | ||
Domain category | astronomy, uranology | ||
2. | star (person) someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field | ||
Synonyms | ace, adept, champion, genius, hotshot, maven, mavin, sensation, superstar, virtuoso, whiz, whizz, wiz, wizard | ||
Broader (hypernym) | expert | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | track star | ||
3. | star (object) any celestial body visible (as a point of light) from the Earth at night | ||
Broader (hypernym) | celestial body, heavenly body | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | starlet | ||
4. | star (person) an actor who plays a principal role | ||
Synonyms | lead, principal | ||
Broader (hypernym) | actor, histrion, player, role player, thespian | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | co-star, film star, idol, matinee idol, movie star, television star, TV star | ||
5. | star (shape) a plane figure with 5 or more points; often used as an emblem | ||
Broader (hypernym) | plane figure, two-dimensional figure | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | asterism, hexagram, pentacle, pentagram, pentangle | ||
6. | star (person) a performer who receives prominent billing | ||
Synonyms | headliner | ||
Broader (hypernym) | performer, performing artist | ||
7. | star (communication) a star-shaped character * used in printing | ||
Synonyms | asterisk | ||
Broader (hypernym) | character, grapheme, graphic symbol | ||
8. | star (cognition) the topology of a network whose components are connected to a hub | ||
Synonyms | star topology | ||
Broader (hypernym) | network topology, topology | ||
English verb: star | |||
1. | star (stative) feature as the star | ||
Samples | The movie stars Dustin Hoffman as an autistic man. | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | feature, have | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | co-star | ||
2. | star (creation) be the star in a performance | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | do, execute, perform | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | co-star | ||
Domain category | dramatic art, dramatics, dramaturgy, theater, theatre | ||
3. | star (change) mark with an asterisk | ||
Samples | Linguists star unacceptable sentences. | ||
Synonyms | asterisk | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | mark | ||