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