as in star
the person who has the most important role in a play, movie, or TV show
a headliner on variety shows in the early days of TV
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Recent Examples of headliner
The headliner lineup will include Fitz and the Tantrums (March 14), The Band Perry (March 21), Walker Hayes (April 18) and Phillip Phillips (April 25).
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Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 26 Feb. 2026
The headliner is Nvidia, whose results will come amid mounting skepticism on the Street about AI.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 25 Feb. 2026
While Mporokoso is the headliner, Garcia-Evans is more than just an important sidekick.
—Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
Allen and Ohio State linebacker Sonny Styles were the headliners, though.
—Joseph Hoyt, Dallas Morning News, 25 Feb. 2026
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Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 26 Feb. 2026
The headliner is Nvidia, whose results will come amid mounting skepticism on the Street about AI.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 25 Feb. 2026
While Mporokoso is the headliner, Garcia-Evans is more than just an important sidekick.
—Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
Allen and Ohio State linebacker Sonny Styles were the headliners, though.
—Joseph Hoyt, Dallas Morning News, 25 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for headliner
Noun
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Recent Democratic stars rising out of Texas titillated the base, not the middle let alone the right.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
4 Mar. 2026
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The comedian and NewsRadio star has not spoken much about the incident, which was captured on video originally published by TMZ.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Toto Wolff, the Mercedes team principal, suggested the possible advantage was only worth a few horsepower — not the few tenths of a second some rivals had feared — and that other teams were potentially looking for excuses before the season had even started.—
Luke Smith,
New York Times,
28 Feb. 2026
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Butler relayed the information to Deigh Martin, the assistant principal at Apalachee.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
28 Feb. 2026
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“Headliner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headliner. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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