HEADLINERS Synonyms: 16 Similar and Opposite Words

headliners

noun

plural of headliner

as in stars

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 headliners This fall’s New York Comedy Festival is taking shape with some big-name headliners. — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2026 Justin Bieber was one of several headliners at the 2026 event, and his performance was applauded by fans and critics. — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026 The headliners are The Breaks, a jazz/funk/roots super-trio of sorts featuring Galactic drummer Stanton Moore, Greyboy Allstars organist Robert Walter, and New Mastersounds guitarist Eddie Roberts. — Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 2 July 2026 The music Never short on variety, Bonnaroo has previously hosted headliners from Elton John to Radiohead and Paul McCartney to Bruce Springsteen. — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 June 2026 The members of the Los Angeles indie-pop trio Muna, who are all in their early 30s, are the youngest headliners who will perform at the venue this year. — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 June 2026 Among the headliners, Davis native and 2020 Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist Nyjah Huston will compete in the skate street event for the New York club. — Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 25 June 2026 But two other World Cup headliners, France’s Kylian Mbappé and Norway’s Erling Haaland, refused to let Messi be the only star on display. — David K. Li, NBC news, 23 June 2026 Christina Aguilera, Jill Scott, Seal and Jordan Davis were announced as fellow headliners last month. — Alexandra Simon, CBS News, 23 June 2026

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Noun

Bedard is the face of an Original Six franchise in a huge market, one of the faces of the league, and one of its biggest names and biggest stars.

— Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 19 July 2026
The audio of the sports stars’ heated conversation is largely inaudible, so Paul hopped online to offer his side of the story.

— Angelique Jackson, Variety, 18 July 2026

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Then control runs downhill to individual school districts, filtering through local school boards and even principals.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026
Donaldson and her research team worked with data from surveys administered to principals from across the country, as well as qualitative interviews with principals from Connecticut, Washington, and Tennessee.

— Mac Murray, Hartford Courant, 10 July 2026

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