COSTARS Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

costars 1 of 2

noun

variants or co-stars

plural of costar

as in actresses

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nonactors

costars

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verb

present tense third-person singular of costar

as in hams

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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

The actresses, both 34, have experienced a lot of life together, the highs and the lows, amid their rise to fame as child stars.

— Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2026
Now 35 years old, she was raised among a deeply creative family in Santiago; her parents are artists, and her aunt, Claudia di Girólamo, is one of Chile’s most prominent actresses.

— Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of actresses

Verb

The track apes the softly anthemic approach of U2, Coldplay, and the National—until all of that elegant uplift topples like an overly ambitious wedding cake.

— Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 12 June 2026
But if getting Andy back in the Runway fold feels a lot like getting her into it in the first film, that feeling will only persist, as the sequel apes the original feature nearly beat for beat, with some small swaps here and there.

— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 29 Apr. 2026

Definition of apes

Noun

The two tied the knot in July 2010 in a New York ceremony with hundreds of guests, among them sports and entertainment stars including LeBron James, Spike Lee, Serena Williams, Ciara, Kim Kardashian and Ludacris, The Times reported.

— Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
While two of the three semifinalists had a base camp here, and international stars like Harry Kane, Lionel Messi and Jude Bellingham lived in Kansas City, the biggest story arguably was what happened west of town.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of stars

Verb

After a long chase Rama is able to kill the deer with his arrow, but, before dying, Maricha imitates Rama’s voice and cries out for Sita and Lakshmana.

— Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
Constantin Brâncuși’s marble-and-limestone sculpture L’oiseau (1923/1947), for example, commands the space, while Wolfgang Tillmans’s 2022 photograph tree filling window imitates an open window in a closed space.

— Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of imitates

Verb

Batlló, Antoni Gaudí masterpiece whose roof arch mimics a dragon’s back].

— Sean McGowan, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2026
Opened in 2014 after partnering with Wisconsin engineers and sourcing French equipment, the facility closely mimics traditional European aging environments.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 2 Nov. 2026