as in celebrity
a person who is widely known and usually much talked about
even a cast of megastars couldn't keep the would-be blockbuster from fizzling at the box office
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Recent Examples of megastar
The sport was rocked by the high-profile scandal involving megastar Shohei Ohtani and his interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara.
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Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 28 July 2025
On the Raw after WrestleMania 27 in 2011, after The Rock had cost Cena his WWE Championship match against The Miz, the two megastars agreed to face each other in the main event of WrestleMania 28—a full year later.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025
The megastar missed out on the Amazon billionaire and the former journalist’s wedding due to obligations with her Lifetimes tour in Australia.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 7 July 2025
Speculation about his disappearance abounded, but Catalano says years of intense workouts had taken a toll on the megastar's body, a fact Simmons himself confirmed in an interview with PEOPLE days before his death.
—Jillian Frankel, People.com, 2 July 2025
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Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 28 July 2025
On the Raw after WrestleMania 27 in 2011, after The Rock had cost Cena his WWE Championship match against The Miz, the two megastars agreed to face each other in the main event of WrestleMania 28—a full year later.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025
The megastar missed out on the Amazon billionaire and the former journalist’s wedding due to obligations with her Lifetimes tour in Australia.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 7 July 2025
Speculation about his disappearance abounded, but Catalano says years of intense workouts had taken a toll on the megastar's body, a fact Simmons himself confirmed in an interview with PEOPLE days before his death.
—Jillian Frankel, People.com, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for megastar
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Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Allen hosting Black celebrities like Diahann Carroll despite network skittishness.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Aug. 2025
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And sports stars and Mahatma Gandhi and Florence Nightingale and more than 20,000 other pieces, and with them, a question: What's to become of it all? Krasula, closing on 77, never had kids.—
Neal Rubin,
Freep.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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This philosophy is one that many NFL teams are gravitating toward where star athletes are seeing little to no playing time in the preseason.—
Drew VonScio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Aug. 2025
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Their relationships and personalities come through on-screen.—
Scott Greenstone,
NPR,
7 Aug. 2025
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Clarkson has also been open about her daughter's independent personality.—
Julie Tremaine,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Fans of Swift, the superstar singer, are excited about her appearance on the latest episode of the New Heights podcast, which will be released Wednesday night.—
Emily Curiel,
Kansas City Star,
13 Aug. 2025
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Thomas Rhett's 'Better in Boots Tour' Country music superstar Thomas Rhett is coming to Cincinnati.—
Caroline Ritzie,
The Enquirer,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Megastar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/megastar. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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