five-star

adjective

ˈfīv-ˈstär 

: of first class or quality

a five-star hotel

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
• four-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 five-star in a Sentence

at those prices the restaurant's food should be nothing but five-star

Recent Examples on the Web

Facebook An ambitious plan by a local affordable housing developer to build more than 400 low-income units in downtown San Diego has reached a key milestone that will allow the city to start negotiating terms for redeveloping a site once intended for a five-star Ritz-Carlton hotel. —Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2024

The first opened in 2022 in Midland to five-star reviews. —Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 May 2024

Williams was a five-star recruit out of Chicago’s Whitney Young High School. —Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 15 May 2024

Over 15,000 shoppers have given this mop a five-star rating, with many praising its ease of use and durability in their reviews. —Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 14 May 2024

An extended stay at a five-star hotel would be more expensive than renting a luxury apartment. —Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 May 2024

The jeans have earned over 1,500 five-star ratings from shoppers. —Jamie Allison Sanders, Peoplemag, 5 May 2024

But with nearly 4,000 five-star reviews to back them up, this mid-rise option from Amazon Essentials should do the trick. —Kristine Thomason, Travel + Leisure, 3 May 2024

It was sold over 40,000 times in the past month and has amassed more than 17,400 five-star ratings. —Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 May 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1913, in the meaning defined above