- leading, prima, star, starring, stellar - 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"
Antonym: minor (indirect, via major)
- star - (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
--1 is a kind of celestial body, heavenly body
--1 is a member of galaxy, extragalactic nebula; constellation
--1 has particulars:- ace, adept, champion, sensation, maven, mavin, virtuoso, genius, hotshot, star, superstar, whiz, whizz, wizard, wiz - someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
--2 is a kind of expert
--2 has particulars: track starDerived form: verb star2 - star - any celestial body visible (as a point of light) from the Earth at night
--3 is a kind of celestial body, heavenly body
- star - a plane figure with 5 or more points; often used as an emblem
--4 is a kind of plane figure, two-dimensional figure
--4 has particulars: hexagram; asterism; pentacle, pentagram- star, principal, lead - an actor who plays a principal role
--5 is a kind of actor, histrion, player, thespian, role player
--5 has particulars:co-star; film star, movie star; idol, matinee idol; television star, TV star Derived forms: verb star2, verb star1 - headliner, star - a performer who receives prominent billing
--6 is a kind of performer, performing artist
Derived forms: verb star2, verb star1 - asterisk, star - a star-shaped character * used in printing
--7 is a kind of character, grapheme, graphic symbol
Derived form: verb star3 - star topology, star - the topology of a network whose components are connected to a hub
--8 is a kind of topology, network topology
- ace, adept, champion, sensation, maven, mavin, virtuoso, genius, hotshot, star, superstar, whiz, whizz, wizard, wiz - someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
- star - feature as the star; "The movie stars Dustin Hoffman as an autistic man"
--1 is one way to have, feature
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun star6, noun star5
Something ----s somebody
- star - be the star in a performance
--2 is one way to perform, execute, do
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun star6, noun star5, noun star2
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
- star, asterisk - mark with an asterisk; "Linguists star unacceptable sentences"
--3 is one way to mark
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun star7
Somebody ----s something