Synonyms of five-starnext
: of first class or quality
a five-star hotel

Examples of five-star in a Sentence

at those prices the restaurant's food should be nothing but five-star
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And where many a five-star is let down by little plastic cartons of UHT milk in the in-room tea and coffee station, here fresh milk in a pretty jug is delivered to the room on request. Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026 Sanremo news The Royal Hotel Sanremo, a gracious five-star Belle Epoque landmark, is one of the Riviera’s best-value luxury offerings. Catherine Sabino, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026 Advertisement At the height of his modeling career, flying transatlantic and staying in five-star hotels, Richards returned to New York and slept on a mat on the floor of a cult apartment, seeing no contradiction. Jp Mangalindan, Time, 1 June 2026 Only eight weren’t four- or five-star recruits out of high school. Manny Navarro, New York Times, 1 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for five-star

Word History

First Known Use

1913, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of five-star was in 1913

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“Five-star.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/five-star. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.

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