costars 1 of 2

variants or co-stars
Definition of costarsnext
plural of costar

costars

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of costar

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Recent Examples of costars
Verb
The actress called out her Goodbye June costars Helen Mirren, Toni Collette and Andrea Riseborough, as well her Avatar costar Sigourney Weaver who have also rejected Hollywood's plastic surgery pressures. Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 8 Dec. 2025 Ruffalo got to reunite with his former Marvel costars Downey and Paltrow, as well as his Dark Waters costar Victor Garber. Raven Brunner, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for costars
Noun
  • When a coalition of figures assembled at a Georgetown University forum, in February, 2023, the former Crown Prince sat humbly in a row of eight, alongside two actresses, a soccer player, and an Iranian Kurdish separatist.
    Azadeh Moaveni, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026
  • And as with the rest of her fellow actresses who’d opted for aesthetics that put their beauty in the spotlight, her vibe was freeing and radiant.
    Gretta Monahan, Boston Herald, 19 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Even if giant, enormous voids with no stars and galaxies in them at all did exist, this structure couldn’t possibly be one of those.
    Big Think, Big Think, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The former’s Grand Luxe iteration will appear on the 950 Platinum-Gold model in the collection, which offers up that base in 18-karat Sedna Gold alongside a Constellation medallion in 18-karat white gold with an Observatory dome done in white opal enamel surrounded by stars.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 26 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • More importantly, this origin story of a movie and a movement apes the joie de moviemaking and the jazzy looseness of the original to an absolutely amazing degree, replicating an off-the-cuff feeling that’s more than a second-hand buzz.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
  • There are high columns crawling with ivy, nearly 12 acres of rolling lawns, teensy windows with teensy shutters, and a diminutive pool house that apes a fairy-tale cottage.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Whether or not life imitates art remains to be seen.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Patagonia’s proprietary synthetic fill imitates down’s structure by spinning air-trapping microfilaments around a central fiber and requires fewer stabilizing seams and baffles than down.
    Kelly Bastone, Outside, 10 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Alaska, Hawaiian are consistent performers The AQR also singled out Alaska Airlines as the steadiest performer in the industry.
    Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • To show how this idea could work, the researchers recreate Martian conditions using a regolith simulant called MGS-1, which mimics the composition of Martian soil.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Its namesake ingredient, the patented Phytomelatonin Extract, mimics melatonin’s natural activity in the skin.
    Jenny Berg, Vogue, 19 Mar. 2026

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“Costars.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/costars. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.

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