star

• (s) 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
  leading, prima, starring, stellar,

Nouns

• (n) (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
• (n) someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field adept, hotshot, maven, mavin, superstar, virtuoso, whiz, whizz, wiz, wizard, sensation, ace, genius, champion,
• (n) any celestial body visible (as a point of light) from the Earth at night
• (n) an actor who plays a principal role principal, lead,
• (n) a plane figure with 5 or more points; often used as an emblem
• (n) a performer who receives prominent billing headliner,
• (n) a star-shaped character * used in printing asterisk,
• (n) the topology of a network whose components are connected to a hub star topology,

Verbs

• (v) feature as the star
  • The movie stars Dustin Hoffman as an autistic man
• (v) be the star in a performance
• (v) mark with an asterisk
  • Linguists star unacceptable sentences
  asterisk,

Synonyms

Words of close approximity