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Noun
Theron’s Old Guard 2 costars KiKi Layne, Henry Golding and Marwan Kenzari were also in attendance at the event, as Theron and Layne took part in a live version of Hot Ones with host Sean Evans and one highest bidder following the night’s fundraising auction. Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 29 June 2025 Lee gives it his all as usual, but with Gi-hun gone at the midpoint, the episode gives way to his superb costars; Lee Byung-hun as the Front Man, Wi Ha-jun as his brother Jun-ho, Park Gyu-young as No-eul. Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 28 June 2025 Sources told the Hollywood Reporter that Anderson and her costar ultimately took home equal pay for the series. Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 23 June 2025 The two would later appear as costars in Citizen Ruth (1996), Daddy and Them (2001), Inland Empire (2006) and on HBO's Enlightened. Andrea Wurzburger, People.com, 22 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for costar
Recent Examples of Synonyms for costar
Noun
  • The Australian actress has been nominated for eight Academy Awards and won twice (for Martin Scorsese’s The Aviator and Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine), and has also been nominated for two Emmys (Mrs. America) and has won four Golden Globes from 13 nominations.
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 27 June 2025
  • The actress was recently spotted in Midtown Manhattan, looking like a polished New Yorker in black wide-leg pants with a unique button-up shirt tucked into the waistband.
    Mia Huelsbeck, People.com, 27 June 2025
Verb
  • Episode writer Zachary Reiter knows exactly how to ham up the calm before the storm, warming us up with sentimental moments (like a mother preparing her son for his first date) and frisky foreshadowing (of course there’s a couple getting it on in the bathroom).
    Laura Bradley, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2024
  • In honor of the Games’ host country this year, the star opted for a vintage, Parisian cabaret-style performance, hamming up her movements with every opportunity.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 26 July 2024
Noun
  • With a championship pedigree and legacy to match, Parker’s new role was no longer the star but the connector.
    Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2025
  • Perhaps the star of the show truck is Iveco’s xCursor 13 engine which produces 500 hp and 2200Nm of torque.
    Trinity Francis, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
Verb
  • Instead of trying to ape a classic 16-bit console on modern hardware, why not develop the game properly on the original console?
    Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
  • Banijay creative exec Lucas Green recently raised concerns that YouTubers aping traditional formats are bad for business but Hugill disagreed.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • But the club are still indelibly linked to the abuses of their nation-state owners — from the Qatar Airways badge on their shirts to the transfer fees for their constellation of starlets.
    Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 2 June 2025
  • Others not in Flick’s plans for next season include former La Masia starlet Ansu Fati, young playmaker Pablo Torre, homegrown goalkeeper Inaki Pena and holding midfielder Oriol Romeu.
    James McNicholas, New York Times, 9 June 2025
Noun
  • His brother, Mason, is a walk-on linebacker at UTSA.
    Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 June 2025
  • His first college coach, Paul Tidwell, remembers Boyer arriving at Snow Junior College in Ephraim, Utah, as a 180-pound walk-on linebacker with no college offers and no fanfare.
    Matt Barrows, New York Times, 18 June 2025
Verb
  • But as these systems gained the ability to imitate reasoning, planning, and decision-making among options, emergent behaviors began raising red flags.
    Hamilton Mann, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
  • Some fireworks transcend the standard pops and booms to imitate a non-fiery object.
    Ethan Wolin, Sacbee.com, 28 June 2025
Noun
  • Pro wrestling was Hollywood suddenly, with Hogan playing the role of leading man.
    Marc Raimondi June 25, Literary Hub, 25 June 2025
  • Reacher leading man Alan Ritchson also met the Bidens, as documented in an Instagram post shared early Tuesday.
    EW.com, EW.com, 17 June 2025

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“Costar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/costar. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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