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a ball-shaped gaseous celestial body that shines by its own light<itʼs difficult to see the stars at night in the middle of the city because of all the streetlights>Synonymsluminary, sunRelated Wordsconstellation; dwarf, fixed star, giant star, lodestar (also loadstar), neutron star, nova, red giant, supernova, variable star, white dwarf
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the person who has the most important role in a play, movie, or TV show<when the star of the school play came down with the flu on opening night, her understudy got to go on>Synonymslead, principalRelated Wordsleading lady, leading man; superstar; ingenue (or ingénue), starletNear Antonymsextra, supernumerary
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a person who is widely known and usually much talked about<the publicʼs endless fascination with stars>— see celebrity 1
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