four-star

adjective

ˈfȯr-ˈstär 

: of a superior degree of excellence

a four-star French restaurant

Synonyms

• A-OK
• A1
• awesome
• bang-up
• banner
• beautiful
• blue-chip
• blue-ribbon
• boffo
• bonny [chiefly British]
• bonnie
• boss [slang]
• brag
• brave
• bully
• bumper
• capital
• choice
• classic
• cool [slang]
• corking
• crackerjack
• cracking
• dandy
• divine
• dope [slang]
• down [slang]
• dynamite
• excellent
• fab
• fabulous
• famous
• fantabulous [slang]
• fantastic
• fine
• first-class
• first-rate
• first-string
• five-star
• frontline
• gangbusters
• gangbuster
• gilt-edged
• gilt-edge
• gone [slang]
• grand
• great
• groovy
• heavenly
• high-class
• hot
• hype [slang]
• immense
• jim-dandy
• keen
• lovely
• marvelous
• marvellous
• mean
• neat
• nifty
• noble
• number one
• No. 1
• numero uno
• out-of-sight [slang]
• par excellence
• peachy
• peachy keen
• phat [slang]
• prime
• primo [slang]
• prize
• prizewinning
• quality
• radical [slang]
• righteous [slang]
• sensational
• slick
• splendid
• stellar
• sterling
• superb
• superior
• superlative
• supernal
• swell
• terrific
• tip-top
• top
• top-notch
• top-of-the-line
• top-shelf
• topflight
• topping [chiefly British]
• unsurpassed
• wizard [chiefly British]
• wonderful

Examples of four-star in a Sentence

a home film library with nothing but four-star pictures

Recent Examples on the Web

The Midtown hotels include the Row NYC Hotel, a four-star hotel in the middle of the theater district, and the century-old Roosevelt Hotel near Grand Central. —Luis Ferré-Sadurní, New York Times, 25 May 2024

The four-star prospect was UCLA’s top running back target. —Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 23 May 2024

Sure enough, Franklin — who grew into a four-star recruit and the second-best player in California from the Class of 2021, according to 247sports — received an offer from the Crimson Tide … as well as Florida, Tennessee and so many others. —Ryan McFadden, The Denver Post, 19 May 2024

Maryland also signed five-star prospect and McDonald’s All American center Derik Queen, a Baltimore native who played at St. Frances before transferring to Montverde Academy in Florida, as well as four-star guard Malachi Palmer. —Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 1 May 2024

Word History

Etymology

from the number of asterisks used to denote relative excellence in guidebooks

First Known Use

1921, in the meaning defined above