star

1. 1.

   feature as the star

   “The movie stars Dustin Hoffman as an autistic man”

   Broaderhave

   Narrowerco-star
2. 2.

   be the star in a performance

   Broaderperform

   Narrowerco-star

   dramaturgy

3. 3.

   mark with an asterisk

   “Linguists star unacceptable sentences”

   Synonymsasterisk

   Broadermark

1. 1.

   indicating the most important performer or role

   “the leading man”

   “prima ballerina”

   “prima donna”

   “a star figure skater”

   “the starring role”

   “a stellar role”

   “a stellar performance”

   Synonymsleadingprimastarringstellar

   Similarmajor

Other forms of star

plural

stars·

past tense or participle

starred

present participle

starring

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about star

What does star mean?

star means "(astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior". That is the primary sense; the word has 12 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in star?

star has 1 syllable: star. In IPA it is /ˈstɑɹ/.

What is another word for star?

Close synonyms include ace, adept, champion, sensation, maven. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is star a common word?

star is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with star?

4 words rhyme with star. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.